2007

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There is a bit of Constitutional confusion in Jefferson City today. As readers of PubDef had expected for weeks (and readers of the Post just found out today), Governor Matt Blunt withdrew the names of…

The candidates on how they would get more minorities involved in the 6th Ward Democratic Organization… On the Board of E&A and our “weak mayor” form of government… On Rev. Larry Rice and the homeless…

From Jason Rosenbaum at the Columbia Tribune: Ed Martin, who served as Gov. Matt Blunt’s chief of staff, has resigned. The governor announced this afternoon that Martin, a St. Louis resident, had stepped down from…

"Fight, fight!," as we used to say on the school yard.The Political Eye column of the St. Louis American newspaper and MayorSlay.com, a creation of Public Eye, Inc., the PR firm of Richard Callow, have…

As expected, State Rep. Fred Kratky has resigned. According to an email obtained by PubDef.net, written from St. Louis City Elections Director Scott Leiendecker to the Governor’s Office, Kratky resigned “on or about Friday, June…

Tom Weber, of local NPR station KWMU, reports that Cape Girardeau-area Rep. JoAnn Emerson, a Republican, was especially supportive of Congressional Democrats’ so-called 100-hour agenda. Emerson voted for five of the six bills that passed…

Aldermanic candidate Pat Cacchione’s ad in the current issue of the St. Louis Argus: Click to see full page UPDATE: Lacy for Kacie (for real) 6th Ward voters are receiving robocalls from Congressman Lacy Clay…

After getting a free ride through most of his two terms in office, and benefiting from years of praise (deserved and undeserved) for the work of entrepreneurs and developers who’ve been rebuilding and repopulating downtown,…