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Filed January 20, 2007 by Antonio French
This week Superintendent Diana Bourisaw marked her first six months at the helm of the city’s public schools by listing some of her administration’s accomplishments. “Thank you all for making my first six months at…
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Filed September 12, 2007 by Antonio French
You can’t blame a guy for trying. Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe appeared on Lizz Brown’s radio show this morning to counter any claims that he ever spoke in favor of House Bill 1, the economic…
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Filed September 17, 2007 by Antonio French
After promising that on Friday we’d hear a tape of a allegedly crooked real estate seller “saying he makes regular payments of cash to the local alderman,” KSDK ran a short follow-up that did not…
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Filed July 19, 2007 by Antonio French
At an event yesterday in O’Fallon Park in north St. Louis, Gov. Matt Blunt announced the appointment of Don R. Johnson to the Conservation Commission. Johnson is the first African American to hold the position.…
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Filed December 31, 2007 by Antonio French
KSDK Chickens Out Then Tries to Shut Down PubDef On September 18, Multimedia KSDK, Inc. filed a complaint with YouTube about our posting of a video contrasting a September 13 story by reporter Mike Owens…
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Filed June 5, 2007 by Antonio French
Following yesterday’s ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that Missouri’s practice of execution by lethal injection is not cruel or unusual punishment, Governor Matt Blunt voiced his agreement with the Court’s decision.…
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Filed December 14, 2007 by Antonio French
From KSDK.com: “Slay Says More Needs To Be Done To Address Racial Divide“ St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay told Channel 5 reporter Cordell Whitlock yesterday that he thinks Firefighters Union Local 73, which is white-dominated,…
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Filed August 13, 2007 by Antonio French
In this report, iconic journalist Dan Rather reports on the controversy and illusion that surround the same kind of electronic voting machines used in St. Louis County. On Thursday, Missourians for Honest Elections will host…
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Filed February 18, 2007 by Antonio French
In this week’s issue of the St. Louis Business Journal, which includes a long list of the “Most Influential St. Louisans”, I am for some reason listed as one of the most “influential” people in…
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Filed March 6, 2007 by Antonio French
Schmid - 376Gandolfi - 301Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net Related StoriesReed in the Lead (1)Latest Numbers (4)Absentee Returns (3)Ozier Files in the 22nd (3)Obama Coming to…
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