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Filed December 23, 2007 by Antonio French
According to the Post-Dispatch, Katherine Remington Martin of Ladue was crowned the queen at Saturday’s 123rd annual Veiled Prophet Ball. PubDef was not invited to this year’s ball and we’re really broken up about it…
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Filed November 6, 2007 by Antonio French
Teamster President James P. Hoffa will be in town tomorrow to announce the union’s support of Attorney General Jay Nixon in his gubernatorial bid. Hoffa will make the official announcement tomorrow at 1:00 PM at…
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Filed September 11, 2007 by Antonio French
Post-Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan writes: If the confrontation plays all the way out, George will lose his job. That will not be good, and I say that not just because I like George. Firing him…
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Filed March 28, 2007 by Antonio French
Gov. Matt Blunt has appointed Matthew Potter, Deputy Democratic Director for the St. Louis City Election Board, to the Board of Governors for Truman State University. Potter, 33, holds a bachelor’s degree in English from…
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Filed July 30, 2007 by Antonio French
State Representative Connie Johnson and an awkward State Senator Harry Kennedy joined celebrity doctor Ian Smith, comedian J. Anthony Brown, old school hip-hoppers Biz Markie and Slick Rick, St. Louis Ram legend Marshall Faulk, and…
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Filed March 6, 2007 by Antonio French
BILL HAAS — 206 — 19.43%TERRY KENNEDY — 853 — 80.47% “It’s tough to beat an incumbent. God must have another plan,” said Bill Haas. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesGreen…
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Filed December 31, 2007 by Antonio French
“No Confidence” in Police Chief In September, the membership of the St. Louis Police Officers Association voted “no confidence” in the leadership of Chief Joe Mokwa. But despite the lack of support among his officers…
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Filed May 9, 2007 by Antonio French
Governor Matt Blunt’s nominees for various State department directors were passed out of the Senate Gubernatorial Appointments committee this morning, and will now go to the floor of the State Senate for debate. Among these…
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Filed October 6, 2007 by Antonio French
Friday’s unseasonal upper-80-degree temperatures weren’t the only reason things were hot in the Board of Aldermen meeting yesterday. Racial tensions are high in the City of St. Louis following Mayor Francis Slay’s removal of the…
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Filed October 18, 2007 by Antonio French
The Department of Economic Development (DED) has approved the establishment of an Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) in St. Louis. The city’s EEZ covers the entire riverfront as well as large sections of the Northside and…
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