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Entries Tagged as 'STL County Executive Charlie Dooley'

Quote of the Day: “I Hope I Don’t Even Have to Get Into That Godfather Thing of a Couple of Years Ago”

March 21st, 2011 · 1 Comment

Corleone crime family consiglieri Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) confers with The Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in a scene from The Godfather St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Bill McClellan pens a “confidential” memo to embattled STL County executive Charlie Dooley regarding his controversial consiglieri John Temporiti. Here’s an excerpt: I hope I don’t even have [...]

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Son of Dooley Consiglieri Lands 70K County Patronage Job – During Hiring Freeze!

March 18th, 2011 · No Comments

Corleone crime family consiglieri Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) confers with The Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in a scene from The Godfather And the beat goes on! The St. Louis Post Dispatch is reporting today that St. Louis County Executive Dooley’s rewarded his  consiglieri John Temporiti with a patronage job for his son son Mike [...]

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Video: A Conversation With STL County Assessor Candidate L.K. (Chip) Wood

February 10th, 2011 · No Comments

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Related: Dooley Flip Flops On Electing County Assessor; Top Advisor Admits “No Vision” for StL County

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Inexperience Beats Experience; Wood Chosen as Republican Assessor Nominee

January 13th, 2011 · 2 Comments

St. Louis County Republicans chose real estate firm owner L.K. “Chip” Wood as its candidate in April’s election to choose an assessor. It was close vote with the final tally being 23-21. Insiders are telling us that Mr. McNary’s “experience” is what ultimately doomed him in the end: Wikipedia: In 1963, McNary began his career [...]

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TIPLINE: Zimmerman OUT, Barry IN for STL County Assessor

December 20th, 2010 · No Comments

Rumors are running wild that St. Louis County Democrats will choose former state representative Joan Barry to be their candidate to run in April for the new St. Louis County assessor position. Their first choice was state representative Jake Zimmerman but apparently he is not interested. DEVELOPING… Related: Dooley Flip Flops On Electing County Assessor; [...]

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Reader Questions STL County Executive’s Home Assessment; Did “AAA Charlie” Get a Sweetheart Deal?

November 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

A reader noticed another gaffe on the Dooley Facebook page. This time its from a commenter questioning why the county executive’s tax assessment grade went down on his home while assessment grades on other homes around his went up:

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