2007

License Collector Michael McMillan and Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly have teamed up to continue to bring government closer to the community. They are sponsoring three business license and resource fairs throughout the City.…

Appearing on a local news show this morning, Mayor Francis Slay said that the U.S. Conference of Mayors had recently voted, in a blind taste test, the City of St. Louis as one of the…

SLAY SHARES WITH DEVLIN — The mayor and the man accused of kidnapping two boys have something (or someone) in common: Richard Callow. According to Jake Wagman, Mayor Francis Slay is allowing his number one…

Four races.$11.5 million in the bank.And it’s only October. Click here to see a larger webpage version. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

In her weekly e-newsletter, St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Diana Bourisaw announced this week that 76 of the district’s 96 schools have reached attendance goals she set shortly after assuming the post in July. “Earlier…

Former U.S. Senator Jim Talent has sent an email to supporters reflecting on his loss and requesting financial aid in erasing his $85,000 of campaign debt. “I’ve replayed the campaign more than a couple of…

State Rep. Margaret Donnelly, a candidate for Attorney General, is threatening legal action against the Missouri Ethics Commission over its plans to hold closed hearings to determine which campaigns would face “hardships” by being forced…

Friday is the start of parents’ weekend at Washington University. It’s also the day thousands of tombstones will adorn the lawn north of the school’s library. The tombstones are part of a joint effort between…

From Michael Allen’s Ecology of Absence blog: With the McKee development, the aldermen are gatekeepers of redevelopment. They don’t need to see McKee’s plans to articulate a vision for their wards, and ask that the…

Local supporters of Presidential candidate John Edwards will be preparing meals for needy St. Louisans tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:00 a.m. at Reinert Hall, 303 S. Grand, on the campus of St. Louis University. For more…