2007

Since PubDef.net started 18 months ago, it has basically been a one man operation. The facts you read are as I know them to be true. The opinions expressed here have been my own. But…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Of the more than 32,000 students that attend St. Louis Public Schools, only slightly more than 4,000 of them are white. Despite whites making up only 14% of the district population,…

Two events will seek to educate the public today on the recently-signed legislation creating the $95 million Distress Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit. The first, hosted by Old North St. Louis Restoration Group, is a…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE In the matter of whether the name of a candidate for alderman should be removed from the ballot less than two weeks before the election, the Election Board today opted to leave…

Tom Weber of KWMU reports that 8th Ward Alderman Steve Conway has introduced a bill (Board Bill #372) that would raise taxes to pay for a city band. From the bill: “Under and by the…

The coalition seeking to remove Mayor Francis Slay from office appears to have won a battle in a much larger war. The group’s threat to protest a public fundraiser for Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has…

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Mayor Francis Slay and his public safety director, Sam Simon, have issued another — much stronger — ultimatum to Fire Chief Sherman George: promote by next Friday or face disciplinary action.Click here to read Simon’s…