2007

According to a new ranking by BlogNetNews.com, PubDef.net is the 7th most influential political blog in Missouri.The site (more specifically BlogNetNews.com/Missouri) launched a new feature this week that ranks which Missouri state politics and news…

This whole ugly mess with the stuffed monkey hanging in Firehouse 13 has brought to light a serious problem in how the Slay Administration is running both the St. Louis Fire Department and the City.…

Congressman Lacy Clay has issued the following statement in response to President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address delivered a short time ago: “Tonight, the President reviewed his long list of broken promises…

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,…

I’m scheduled to be a guest on “Collateral Damage” tonight with hosts D.J. Wilson and Fred Hessel and Steve Patterson of Urban Review STL. The show starts at 7:00 and can be heard on KDHX…

“Appointing a fire chief, police chief, or economic development director, or public works director, or streets department director because of his of her race is wrong,” said Mayor Francis Slay today standing next to Public…

Watch St. Louisan (and my fellow CBC alumnus) Larry Hughes in the NBA Finals tonight at 8:00 on Channel 30. Go Cavs! Here’s a conversation starter: When the hell is St. Louis going to get…

Derio Gambaro was sworn-in today as the newest member of the State Board of Education. Gambaro’s appointment is subject to Senate approval next year. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Appointments, Schools

Still fuming over Senator Chris Koster’s defection to the blue team, the Missouri Republican Party today issued a statement calling on the former GOP senate leader to return the hundreds of thousands of dollars he…