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Filed June 28, 2006 by Antonio French
Click here to download this week's print(able) edition of PUB DEF Weekly. Copy, Print, Share.As always, feel free to print out as many as you like and share them with friends, neighbors and co-workers.And for…
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Filed June 7, 2006 by Antonio French · 20 archived comments
The vice-president of the teachers union asked the St. Louis Board of Education yesterday to put on next week's regular board meeting agenda a proposal to require employees who have opted not to join the…
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Filed June 6, 2006 by Antonio French
School board member Peter Downs made a motion at tonight’s administrative meeting to have the superintendent look at cancelling the district’s contract with controversial maintenance contractor Sodexho. By a vote of 4-2, the board voted…
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Filed September 29, 2006 by Antonio French
The U.S. Senate, by a vote of 65-34, has passed a controversial bill that gives broad authority to President George W. Bush to interpret (or re-interpret) the long-standing Geneva Convention standards on the treatment of…
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Filed October 11, 2006 by Antonio French
The Post-Dispatch’s Jo Mannies is reporting that nearly 1,500 voter registration cards turned in recently by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) have been flagged as “potentially fraudulent” by the St. Louis…
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Filed November 21, 2006 by Antonio French
A PUB DEF VIDEO REPORT The St. Louis City School Board heard a report tonight by Chief Operating Officer Deanna Anderson on the costs and benefits of ending the district’s contract with Sodexho and bringing…
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Filed August 10, 2006 by Antonio French
The effort to recall 3rd Ward Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is on hold as the recallers and election officials wait for a judge to decide the legality of an Election Board practice of allowing aldermen…
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Filed May 25, 2006 by Antonio French · 1 archived comment
Dr. Lynn Spampinato's tenure as chief academic officer of the St. Louis Public Schools ended six months ago, but the effects of some of her controversial decisions are still being uncovered.At a recent meeting of…
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Filed October 11, 2006 by Antonio French
BREAKING NEWS The Missouri Supreme Court issued a ruling today allowing the proposal which seeks to raise the state’s tobacco tax more than 400% to pay for health services to stay on the November ballot.…
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Filed December 21, 2006 by Antonio French
A special school board meeting is tonight at 5:00 p.m. in the Foundation Room at the Administrative Building, 801 N. 11th Street. Click here for the agenda. And the Central Democratic Committees of both St.…
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