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April, 2009 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 3

Entries from April 2009

“Democrats For Education Reform” Gather in St. Louis

April 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments

(from l-r) Charles Williams, Boogie D, Joe Williams, Kevin Chavous, Horace Sheffield, Dr. Ben Chavis, State Rep. T.D. El-Amin, Rodney Hubbard, Earl Simms, Ray Cummings, Aaron North, and Demetrious Johnson. From suiteSTL: The Democrats For Education Reform gathered in St. Louis on Saturday at Harris-Stowe State University for a Town Hall Meeting with HOT 104.1. […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · St. Louis

Temple Joins America Bashers; Kisses Up to Dictators

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Does Roy Temple actually believe that “critique’s” from Iran, Venezuela and Cuba’s leaders are “fair minded?” Scary! From Politico: “Unlike some previous presidents who exacerbated the polarization in the country, President Obama has shown a willingness to listen to the fair-minded critiques of those who have a different worldview and factor in their suggestions when […]

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Tags: Roy Temple

Video: “I Want to Work in My Own Neighborhood”

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

With the economy shedding jobs at a 600,000 a month clip, and with the confirmation of open borders economic development director Linda Martinez, expect to see more protests like these in inner city St. Louis and Kansas City communities. These protesters are angry about construction work being done in their community by a local firm […]

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Tags: Affirmative Action · Jay Nixon · St. Louis

Better Courts for Missouri Demands Supreme Court to Stop Stonewalling Sunshine Request

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Isn’t it ironic that the king of the sunshine request, Tony “Baghdad” Messenger, is conspicuously silent on the numerous sunshine requests that are simply being ignored right now by the Democrats? In a letter delivered today, Better Courts for Missouri called on the Missouri Supreme Court and Mr. Thomas F. Simon, Esq., Chief Clerk and […]

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Tags: MO Supreme Court · Tony Messenger

Worst Spin Headline of the Year

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Between the never ending and often far reaching posts against Lt. Gov. Kinder, and the man love crush they have for Ed Martin, you sometimes have to wonder what the good folks over at FiredUp Missouri are smoking! It’s only April, but we definitely have to nominate this FUM headline as the worst attempt at […]

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The Teapot Calling the Kettle Black (no pun intended)

April 14th, 2009 · No Comments

As you’ve probably heard by now, longtime St. Louis Post Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown was let go yesterday for allegedly violating the paper’s “ethics” policy, a policy apparently designed to protect the paper’s independence and credibility. Now that you’ve picked yourself off the floor, let’s examine this a little more closely. Do you also find […]

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Tags: Media Bias · St. Louis

Charges Dropped Against Rep’s. Smith & Aull; Can We Now See the Surveillance Tapes?

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Sen. Jeff Smith met Paris Hilton at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles on February 24th of last year. It will be interesting to see if the Sunshine Law requests by the Missouri Republican Party and Antonio French of PubDef for the Missouri Gaming Commission tapes are honored, since those records were promised once the Smith and […]

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Tags: MO Legislature

Quote of the Day: “I Don’t Have an Explanation to Give for Any of the Contributions”

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Rowdy Rod’s back in the news again for questionable tactics. Can anyone believe that a potential investigation at the capitol involving “Pay to Play” does not somehow involve Jetton? You would think that this guy would be trying to stay under the radar! Springfield News Leader: “Since his four-year reign as speaker effectively ended last […]

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Tags: Spkr. Jetton

Media Priorities: Money Laundering, Who Cares? Koster Hires New Press Secretary!

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

While the St. Louis Post Dispatch was reporting the “stop the presses” news last Friday that Attorney General Chris Koster had finally hired a press secretary, the money laundering activities of Koster and his consigliere FOJ (Friend of Jay) Chuck Hatfield during last year’s campaign again go unnoticed. You would think that a story revealing […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

A Little Perspective Here Please!

April 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Usually we’re in lock step agreement with our friends over at Bungalow Bills Conservative Wisdom, but today, we have to make an exception. It seems that freshman State Representative Eric Burlison has raised the ire of one of the posters: “Eric Burlison, representative for Missouri’s 136th District was on the Vincent David Jericho show this […]

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Tags: MO Legislature