2007

Following today’s resignation of Larry Salci as head of Metro, the region’s public transportation system, speculation has quickly grown about who will replace him. Several sources say Robert Baer, former head of United Van Lines,…

The Board of Aldermen returns from their long summer break this morning. They were scheduled to return last Friday but cancelled the meeting so that aldermen could attend the funeral of 10th Ward Alderman Joe…

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…

Minority Floor Leader Maida Coleman (D-St. Louis) denied rumors that she is planning to make an early departure from the State Senate. Talk has spread around the Capitol that Coleman, who because of term limits…

The Appellate Judicial Commission now is accepting applications for the position of judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Ronnie L. White, effective July 6.…

The following statement is from John Farrell, Comptroller Darlene Green’s spokesman… “The comptroller believes people on both sides of this issue have strong points. On one side are the citizens and taxpayers who want to…

Governor Matt Blunt has reappointed Wayman F. Smith (D), 66 of St. Louis City, to the Board of Regents of Harris-Stowe State University. Smith is a former St. Louis alderman and an attorney with Smith Partnership. He…

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE Following meetings with representatives from BJC, Citizens to Protect Forest Park, the Aldermanic Black Caucus, and other interested parties, Comptroller Darlene Green believes that a deal on the proposed BJC expansion plan…