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“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…
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At last night’s debate between the candidates for President of the Board of Aldermen, a question from the audience asked President Jim Shrewsbury why his personal law practice is located in St. Louis County and…
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From reporter Dave Helling’s story in Sunday’s Kansas City Star: Antonio French’s St. Louis-based Web site, www.pubdef.net, is one of the best-known and most frequently viewed political Web sites in Missouri. French shoots, edits and…
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Earlier this week, State Representative Talibdin El-Amin and his wife, Committeewoman (and former state representative) Yaphett El-Amin hosted a town hall meeting at Wohl Community Center in north St. Louis. Here are a couple of…
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On the morning of Monday, September 17, members of CODEPINK from Springfield visited the Washington D.C. offices of Senators Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill with letters from their constituents demanding that they stop funding the…
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BREAKING NEWS Sources tell PubDef that State Rep. Joe Aull (D-Marshall) will be charged tomorrow in conjunction with providing State Senator Jeff Smith (D-St. Louis City) a false identification during a July 31 visit to…
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At a 1st Ward neighborhood meeting this morning, Mayor Francis Slay broke the news of the arrest of three youths in the shooting death of police officer Norvelle Brown. Keep up with St. Louis politics…
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The Governor’s Chief of Staff Ed Martin and Communications Director Rich Chrismer at a recent press conference. A picture says a thousand words. What does this one say? Comment below. The winner will be announced…
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