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2007
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John Triplett, father of 6th Ward Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, passed away early this morning of a heart attack. Known to many as “Big John,” Triplett, 55, was an official with the Plumbers and Pipefitters…
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“I’d like to thank all the little people…” The folks at St. Louis Magazine were nice enough to send two attractive women over today to present me with a plaque and a couple of early…
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Board Bill 376, the controversial BJC/Park deal, moved closer to passage by the Board of Aldermen today. But a veto by the three-member Board of Estimate and Apportionment still looms. Where E&A’s members stand:Mayor Francis…
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Governor Matt Blunt will soon choose from among three members of the Missouri Court of Appeals for his first appointment to the Missouri Supreme Court. The Appellate Judicial Commission selected the finalists from among 30…
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Longtime “Blairmont” watchdog Michael Allen sat down with PubDef Friday to discuss Governor Matt Blunt’s veto just hours earlier of the giant economic development bill that included a $100 million tax credit for one man,…
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Watch video from yesterday’s press conference by State Senators Maida Coleman and Michael Gibbon on the eve of their meeting today with DESE Commissioner Kent King regarding the future of St. Louis Public Schools at…
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BARACK ME ALL NIGHT LONG - All the local Obama Girls will soon have a place to camp out at. We’ve learned that the Barack Obama for President campaign has come to Missouri. They are…
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Democrat Sam Coleman officially kicked off his campaign for state representative last night. By the campaign’s estimate, several hundred people packed the Kappa House in midtown in support of Coleman’s campaign to replace State Rep.…
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PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE At a panel discussion yesterday on race and politics, Shamed Dogan, a Republican candidate for state representative in west St. Louis County, slammed Congressman Lacy Clay for his stance against a white…
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Cleaning out the old digital closet, we ran across this nugget of irony. In July 2006, when he was running for state senate, Derio Gambaro sent this mailer to St. Louis voters saying he was…
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