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Filed November 7, 2008 by Antonio French
Senate Republicans today unanimously endorsed Sen. Charlie Shields, R-St. Joseph, to serve as President Pro Tem, the Missouri Senate’s top position, for the 95th General Assembly beginning Jan. 7, 2009. Shields must be elected to…
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Filed April 8, 2008 by Antonio French · 2 archived comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPlkt4DQM1M 2 Comments For This Post anon Says: April 8th, 2008 at 4:09 pm I wonder how Ed will feel if his friend wins and the politicos in charge don’t like him so they overturn…
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Filed November 4, 2008 by Antonio French
Problems at north St. Louis County polling places make national news. From CNN: Voters in line at two polling locations in the suburb of Jennings have been experiencing waits of 4 hours or more, according…
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Filed April 18, 2008 by Antonio French · 1 archived comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKjWW_TxEMU 1 Comments For This Post Ben Says: April 18th, 2008 at 8:16 pm Man, that ain’t nothing. Kiddie rides at the county fair. Japan does it WAY better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJPS4lokxtw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWtA-TxRO7A&feature=related Leave a Reply Name…
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Filed October 3, 2008 by Antonio French
As the House seeks to take up a second vote on the $700 billion mortgage bailout plan, now is probably a good time to reflect. Good ol’ Ed Martin was saying it way back in…
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Filed January 25, 2008 by Antonio French
Senator Claire McCaskill told reporters yesterday that President Bill Clinton was playing “fast and loose” with the facts when attacking Senator Barack Obama on his wife’s behalf. “Because of the larger megaphone he has as…
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Filed January 11, 2008 by Antonio French
St. Louis County state rep. John Bowman, the former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of paying a Bank of America vice president $1,000 to influence the approval…
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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 January 24, 2008 by Antonio French
Reporter Lucas Hudson interviews Mayor Francis Slay in this week’s issue of the Vital VOICE. From Hudson’s intro: The city’s sweltering racial thermometer portends an all-out political meltdown as Mayor Francis Slay was booed right…
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Filed January 12, 2008 by Antonio French
First the New York Times, now the Associated Press via the Boston Herald. From yesterday’s Herald: Few brotherhoods are as strong as the one among firefighters, who depend on one another just to stay alive.…
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