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Filed March 24, 2008 by Antonio French

With the deadline for candidate filing just 25 hours away, longtime St. Louis Sheriff Jim Murphy might have thought he may skate to re-election without an opponent. No such luck. Murphy will face at least…

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Ed Martin: No Tax Dollars for Mortgage Bailouts

Filed April 3, 2008 by Ed Martin · 7 archived comments

http://www.pubdef.net/videos/ed-martin-mortgage-crisis.flv 7 Comments For This Post STLCo GOP Says: April 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am Nice to see the conservative perspective represented here. Ed Martin is RIGHT on! anon Says: April 3rd, 2008 at 2:21…

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Our Friend, Steve Patterson

Filed February 4, 2008 by Antonio French

Our thoughts and prayers are with our friend and fellow blogger Steve Patterson today. The proud St. Louis urbanist and UrbanReviewSTL.com webmaster suffered a stroke over the weekend and remains in the hospital. He is…

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Nixon on State’s High Unemployment Rate

Filed August 18, 2008 by Antonio French

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A new report released Friday showed that after 7,700 Missourians lost their jobs last month, the state’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to 6.4 percent — the highest mark in at least…

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Board Hires Reed Aide as Attorney [Updated]

Filed January 18, 2008 by Antonio French

Following the sudden resignation of Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman as attorney and clerk for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, in a closed session this morning, the board quickly hired a member of the Aldermanic President…

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McCain narrowly wins Missouri (maybe) as the state goes from red to purple

Filed November 4, 2008 by Antonio French

Missouri may have lost its reputation for accuracy in choosing the president (McCain is leading by less than 7,000 votes with thousands of provisional ballots still to be counted), but it definitely retained its status…

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FBI Investigating ACORN

Filed October 17, 2008 by Antonio French