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Filed October 29, 2006 by Antonio French
In a room on the 18th floor of Bank of America Plaza on a rainy Friday afternoon, just hours before the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Championship, the team’s owners, their developer, and Mayor…
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Filed September 28, 2006 by Antonio French
Several African-American elected officials and community leaders have asked supporters of the extremely well-funded Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures why so little of their budget is being spent with and on the black community. “As…
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Filed October 4, 2006 by Travis Reems
The following letter from school board Vice President Bill Purdy was sent to the Post-Dispatch as a letter to the editor in response to an earlier editorial. The editors of the Post chose not to…
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Filed October 26, 2006 by Antonio French
Cable news network Fox News has picked up on the controversy surrounding ACORN’s GOTV and voter registration campaigns. Reporter Jeff Goldblatt is in Kansas City today reporting on ACORN’s troubles there. His story, to run…
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Filed October 31, 2006 by Antonio French
The Associated Press is reporting that President George W. Bush will be coming to Missouri on Friday to stump for Sen. Jim Talent. Details are still not available, but such a public event would mark…
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Filed July 12, 2006 by Antonio French
Did Slay ask DESE to take over SLPS? By Antonio D. French A rumor is circulating around St. Louis Public Schools that the Mayor and at least one holdover from the last school board majority…
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Filed December 14, 2006 by Antonio French
All sides agreed on one thing during yesterday’s discussion of the $14.5 million TIF for developer John Steffen’s makeover of St. Louis Centre — this is a bad deal for the taxpayers of the City…
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Filed July 28, 2006 by Antonio French
As we reported yesterday, State Education Commissioner Kent King has appointed five people to a special committee charged with analyzing the current state of St. Louis Public Schools and making recommendations to the Missouri Board…
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Filed May 8, 2006 by Antonio French
Should the story of Grover Cleveland High School end with “…and the school district forever closed the doors of Cleveland in 2006 after nearly two decades of neglect,” it would be a sad tale indeed.…
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Filed February 23, 2006 by Peter Downs
by Peter DownsFebruary 22, 2006 -- Superintendent Creg Williams' announcement at the St. Louis school board meeting on February 14 of a "strategic plan" for city public schools obscured another important act at the meeting:…
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