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A PUB DEF VIDEO REPORT A representative from the Missouri School Boards Association conducted a workshop this evening for members of the St. Louis Board of Education to discuss successful practices of functioning school boards.…
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Burning Crosses, Hanging Monkies. No, not quite the title of a new Wire Fu movie starring Chow Yung Fat. Just the latest chapter in St. Louis’ never-ending story of racists behaving badly. On the same…
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The following press release is from the St. Louis City Election Board in response to today’s indictment of eight former ACORN workers on charges of voter registration fraud: Earlier today, the U.S. Attorney for the…
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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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Speaking at a meeting hosted by Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe Wednesday in north St. Louis, freshman alderman Marlene Davis fired off at legislators that voted in favor of the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit…
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On Friday, KMOV Channel 4 interviewed Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, who is the new official local spokesperson for the Barack Obama presidential campaign, and PubDef.net editor Antonio French on the results of a new KMOV/Post-Dispatch…
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Earlier this week, St. Louis Community College (SLCC) suspended music professor Lawrence Stukenholtz for sexual misconduct. Stukenholtz was not suspended for any misdeeds at SLCC, but for incidents at Matter Dei High School in California,…
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The African American Aldermanic Caucus met last Friday to elect new officers. The new officers are as follows: Chairman - Ald. Terry Kennedy (18th ward)Vice Chairman - Ald. Bennice Jones King (21st ward)Secretary - Ald.…
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On Monday, Pine Lawn became the first town in Missouri to ban sagging pants. According to the ordinance, pants are illegally sagging if they show underwear or skin below the waist. This law applies to…
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Undeterred by record high gas prices, U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is taking a road trip this weekend. Following the national outrage over the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, the Missouri Senator…
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