2008

I had to laugh just a little bit when Republican Congressmen called the proposed Sub Prime bailout a step toward socialism.  Back in 2004 I wrote a piece suggesting that in a different time Republicans…

St. Louis City Treasurer Larry Williams is very likely on his way to his seventh term as the czar of city parking, so it is understandable that he, being the responsible financial stalwart that he…

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed was in Jefferson City yesterday asking the Missouri Ethics Commission to let him keep his over-the-limit campaign contributions. From the Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz blog: Reed was elected president of…

This is how Jet Magazine reported on March 22, 1993: Freeman Bosley Jr., is poised to become St. Louis’ first Black mayor after winning 44 percent of the vote in a four-man Democratic primary. Bosley,…

Barack Obama will very likely win Lacy Clay’s 1st Congressional District, but a good predictor of how well Obama will do in the all-important delegate count in Missouri will be how well he does in…

DEMOCRATSHillary Clinton - 34.15%Barack Obama - 54.79% REPUBLICANSRon Paul - 5.96%Fred Thompson - 5.96%Mitt Romney - 25.47%Rudy Giuliani - 9.76%John McCain - 30.89%Mike Huckabee - 16.53% PROPOSITION S (Sales Tax Increase)YES - 64.31%NO - 35.69%…

The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, just issued its decision in the case of Robin Wright-Jones v. Connie L. Johnson, an appeal from the city of St. Louis involving a challenge to the validity…

Looking for a 100-year old school building? It’s a buyer’s market! On February 27th, St. Louis Public Schools put seven previously closed, vacant schools on the market. As the St. Louis Business Journal reported today,…