One thing you can say for sure, Mr. Dooley sure is loyal (to a fault) to his cronies. Instead of firing these cronies from their plum patronage jobs, he’d rather throw hardworking county employees out into the street who actually do meaningful work for the county. Post Dispatch: County Executive Charlie A. Dooley said Wednesday […]
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Dooley Lays Off 26; $200k a Year Cronies Keep Their Jobs
January 26th, 2012 · No Comments
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More Dooley Cronyism in St. Louis County?
April 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Quote of the Day: Former Temporiti Trash Client “Becoming Closer and Closer to a Monopoly All the Time” If the cronyism going on in St. Louis County Executive Dooley’s office wasn’t so sad, it would be hilarious fodder for Ripley’s Believe it or Not! First, the day after Dooley’s re-election mind you, St. Louis County […]
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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 · No Comments
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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St. Louis Loses Dem Convention: Is Brian Wahby Responsible?
February 1st, 2011 · No Comments
Brian Wahby, co-chair of the St. Louis Host Committee Well, it looks like St. Louis is out of the running for the 2012 Democrat convention. It was announced this morning that St. Louis was bypassed for Charlotte, North Carolina. Although their platform doesn’t necessarily line up with ours, having the convention in St. Louis would […]
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Video: Website Exposes History of Corruption in Dooley Administration
October 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Hat tip:suedegroup2010 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/LsBc3uTck1Q” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] The Corrigan campaign has countered the “Bail Out Bill” website that the Dooley campaign launched immediately after the August primaries. Here’s an excerpt from a statement released last week: County Executive Charlie Dooley’s disturbing pattern of corruption has been the subject of multiple news articles, television spots, […]
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Quote/Picture of the Day: AAA Charlie Inc. – “No Bids, No Problem Since 2003”
October 21st, 2010 · No Comments
Charlie Dooley and John Temporiti conducting business as usual? In a rare treat for you today, we combine our picture of the day and quote of the day into one post for your enjoyment. Our political cartoonist did an excellent job of illustrating just what has been going on in St. Louis County for the […]
Tags: Editorial Cartoons · Picture/Quote of the Day · STL County Executive Charlie Dooley
Corrigan Cites “Corruption” Specifics on Dooley’s No Bid Contracts
September 30th, 2010 · No Comments
“The time is now to send a strong message to Charlie Dooley that no-bid contracts and pay-to-play politics will no longer be tolerated by the people of St. Louis County. This administration has violated the public’s trust over and over again. Public servants are supposed to do what’s right for all citizens, not the chosen […]
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Quote of the Day: Dooley Consiglieri: “I Have Never Told a Client that I Have Charlie’s Ear”
September 16th, 2010 · No Comments
Picture credit: KMOX.com STL County Executive Dooley reacts to a reporter’s question last week regarding his consiglieri and campaign manager John Temporiti. St. Louis County Councilman Greg Quinn, a frequent critic of County Executive Charlie Dooley, held a press conference yesterday claiming that he found a “gaping loophole” in Mr. Dooley’s recently released ethics code. […]
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Progressive Blog Blasts Charlie Dooley’s “Vision”
August 18th, 2010 · No Comments
Progressive blogger questions STL County Executive Charlie Dooley’s “vision.” The very progressive blog Show Me Progress had some unusually harsh criticism for St. Louis County executive Charlie Dooley. As we wrote after the primary election that Mr. Dooley is hemorrhaging support among Democrats, this harsh piece seems to be another indication of that. The progressive […]