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Filed August 20, 2008 by Antonio French
A fourth of St. Louis Public School students missed the first day of school (7,000 out of a projected enrollment of 28,000). Governor Matt Blunt and the man he put he put in charge of…
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Filed June 18, 2008 by Antonio French
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…
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Filed February 19, 2008 by Antonio French
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Filed November 25, 2008 by Antonio French
Filing has begun for the 2009 city elections. Several of the odd-numbered wards will surely be engulfed in battles to decide new aldermen and Comptroller Darlene Green will likely face opposition in her re-election bid,…
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Filed September 30, 2008 by Antonio French
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…
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Filed September 25, 2008 by Antonio French
David Letterman did not like Senator John McCain canceling his appearance on his show to supposedly head back to Washington to work on the $700,000,000,000 Wall Street bailout plan. Actually, McCain didn’t head back to D.C. Nor…
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Filed August 20, 2008 by Antonio French
“Off The Record”, a locally-produced documentary about the violent realities of young people living in St. Louis’ roughest neighborhoods, will have an encore showing at the Tivoli theatre on Sunday, August 24th at 4:45 p.m.…
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Filed February 29, 2008 by Jackson Foote · 2 archived comments
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,…
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Filed August 23, 2008 by Antonio French
Barack Obama’s campaign announced to the world at 2:00 in the morning, and by text message, that Senator Joe Biden is Obama’s pick for Vice-President. It was a great choice. Joe Biden offers the best…
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Filed October 14, 2008 by Antonio French
From the Oct. 12, 2008 Chicago Sun-Times: John McCain is hammering Barack Obama about his ties to Chicago educator Bill Ayers, co-founder of the Weather Underground, a group that used violence in the 1960s and…
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