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Filed November 3, 2008 by Antonio French
We bet you’re wondering where you’re going to spend Election Night. We’ve got the scoop on the best places to watch the results Tuesday night, whether you want to cheer for Obama with Ludacris or…
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Filed October 1, 2008 by Antonio French
[CORRECTED] St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay is calling on all the elected officials in his district to come to a phone bank at his office Monday to call through St. Louis City’s and St. Louis…
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Filed April 25, 2008 by Antonio French · 22 archived comments
According to numbers released today by the Missouri Office of Administration, the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County are heading towards more population losses. St. Louis City, which has seen a small population…
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Filed February 5, 2008 by Antonio French
Former Fire Chief Sherman George voting at Woodward Elementary. School board member Bill Purdy gathering signatures to recall Mayor Francis Slay at Hodgen Elementary.
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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 November 2, 2008 by Antonio French
Like the Japanese took the American invention of the automobile and created the Prius, the Obama campaign has taken the 2004 Dean for America online campaigning model to a whole other level. Aside from the…
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Filed January 29, 2008 by Antonio French
EDITOR’S NOTE:  Sorry, the sound’s not so good on the first interview. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net
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Filed April 8, 2008 by Danielle Belton · 6 archived comments
It’s a preemptive thanks, but no thanks. State Rep. Connie Johnson sent a letter to Firefighters Local 73 Tuesday stating she would not “seek nor accept” any endorsement from the union due to the “racial…
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Filed March 20, 2008 by Antonio French
Who is the best dressed male politician in St. Louis? Lewis Reed Gregg Daly T.D. El-Amin Rodney Hubbard Mike McMillan Francis Slay View Results
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Filed September 26, 2008 by Antonio French
Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early Palin fan, wrote on the National Review website that Palin is “clearly out of her league…I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger…
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