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Filed February 7, 2008 by Antonio French
State Senator Rita Days, a Democrat from north St. Louis County, and State Rep. Timothy Jones, a Republican from Eureka (”The home of Six Flags,” he reminded us.), have been elected to chair and vice-chair,…
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Filed September 4, 2008 by Antonio French
Perishible items are missing from the aisles at the local Wal-Mart. Non-perishables like canned goods, juices, and even bottled water are in reasonably good supply. Though batteries are still hard to come by. Most Commented…
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Filed February 22, 2008 by Tomminesha Matchingtouch · 16 archived comments
The SLPS Administrative Facilities Committee has been discussing the possibility of school consolidations as a means of better utilization of school funds. Gundlach, Lyon, Mark Twain, Meramec, Mitchell, Shenandoah, Simmons, Blow and Wilkinson Early Childhood…
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Filed March 26, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 3 archived comments
UPDATE 1 P.M. WILL YOU BE MY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? The race for Lt. Governor is as crowded as Hwy 70 at 6 p.m., who didn’t scratch their name on the list as closing bell yesterday?…
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Filed May 14, 2008 by Antonio French · 5 archived comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3pQ1JNW0jw 5 Comments For This Post Douglas Duckworth Says: May 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am God has blessed us indeed. kjoe Says: May 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am God owes us. She damned us with…
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Filed August 19, 2008 by Antonio French
As a young girl laid in her bed, butterflies swarmed in her belly with anticipation of the first day of school that awaits when she opens her eyes. A freshman no more, young Shaneick Golden…
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Filed February 5, 2008 by Antonio French
Based on exit polls, CNN is projecting that Barack Obama will win his home state of Illinois. No surprise there. The real question will be by how much. Will he be able to rack up…
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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 October 3, 2008 by Antonio French
In the hours before yesterday’s Vice-Presidential debate in St. Louis, producer Davin Hutchins of the American News Project and blogger Antonio French of PubDef.net spent the day yesterday interviewing supporters and opponents of Alaska Governor…
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Filed January 11, 2008 by Antonio French
The Missouri Republican Party today slammed the Democrats for three elected officials’ hig-profile run-ins with the law. From the GOP press release: In a stunning miscarriage of justice, Democrat Sen. Chuck Graham will not face…
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