2008

The City of St. Louis will balance its budget with a tax increase. Sounds like everything Republicans say about our Democratic city is not all untrue. While many different elected officials and editorials spoke out…

Gov. Matt Blunt has issued the following statement: “Tonight our fellow Missourians in the city of Kirkwood were terrorized by a senseless and horrific crime at an open government meeting. We know at this hour…

Dr. Henry Givens, Jr.ChairmanMartin Luther King, Jr. State Celebration Commission3026 Laclede AvenueSt. Louis, Mo. 63103 Re: St. Louis Racial Climate - Economic Boycott Alert Dear Dr. Givens: We write concerning the current intense racial climate…

NEW ORLEANS, LA — I’ve temporarily “unembedded” from my unit and headed to New Orleans. I’ve reserved a room at the Hotel St. Marie in the French Quarter and can’t wait till my 2:00 check-in…

Margaret Donnelly calls on St. Louis Police Board to ask for new Independent Investigation The Citizens of St. Louis deserve to know all of the facts ST. LOUIS – Representative Margaret Donnelly called on the…

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…

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…

Systematic underreporting of rapes, missing money from police vaults, and now the “borrowing” of impounded vehicles for the personal use of cronies and his own daughter. Do you think it’s time for Police Chief Joe…