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Filed February 7, 2008 by Antonio French · 1 archived comment
Gov. Matt Blunt has issued the following statement: “Tonight our fellow Missourians in the city of Kirkwood were terrorized by a senseless and horrific crime at an open government meeting. We know at this hour…
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Filed January 22, 2008 by Antonio French
BREAKING NEWS Saying his mission as governor has been accomplished, Gov. Matt Blunt made the surprise announcement of the decade today. “What we set-out to achieve four years ago has been accomplished,” said Blunt in…
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Filed March 21, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 3 archived comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE9usq2jHhI Alderwoman April Ford Griffin, 38, of St. Louis’ Fifth Ward likes things a little colorful or daringly draped in animal print, but being a civil servant for 11-and-a-half years means less flash and setting…
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Filed January 5, 2008 by Antonio French
In today’s New York Times (hat tip to the Arch City Chronicle for first noting it), former Riverfront Times reporter Malcolm Gay pens an article on the City of St. Louis’ ongoing racial problems following…
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Filed February 21, 2008 by Antonio French · 9 archived comments
Apparently administrators at St. Louis Public Schools were the last to hear that the we’re in the middle of a winter ice storm. Less than two hours after school started this morning, they’ve announced kids…
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Filed November 4, 2008 by Antonio French
Maybe it’s my Catholic upbringing, but I just don’t feel comfortable when everything is going great. And now this news: Bush’s brain, AKA Karl Rove, is predicting Barack Obama will have a landslide victory tonight.…
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Filed April 18, 2008 by Antonio French · 10 archived comments
State Treasurer candidate Andria Simckes tried to rebut reports that she supported the controversial ballot initiative that seeks to outlaw most forms of affirmative action in Missouri. In an email to supporters and the press…
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Filed May 5, 2008 by Antonio French · 2 archived comments
Supporters of an effort to get on the November ballot a measure to eliminate affirmative action in Missouri missed their midnight deadline last night. In all likelihood, it was not a strategic blunder, but probably…
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Filed March 22, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 3 archived comments
License Collector for the City of St. Louis Mike McMillan admits that he’s “very pleased with how things have gone so far” in the 14 months he’s spent in the office. It’s a place where…
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