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June, 2007 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 14

Entries from June 2007

Todd Graves & Voter Fraud

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

In a post yesterday, Fired Up Missouri tried to give the impression that former U.S Attorney Todd Graves was as obsessed with voter fraud during his tenure as they are. What was Graves great crime? Charging three Kansas City residents with voter fraud ten days before the 2004 election. During his testimony before the Senate […]

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Tags: Voter Fraud

“Baghdad” Tony Has Thin Skin

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

“Baghdad” Tony Messenger – you know the guy who believes the demise of the newspaper business is overstated – offered a thinly veiled defense (inspired no doubt by our post this morning) which criticizes Missouri Pulse and Fired up Missouri’s almost obsession with single issue, partisan topics. Hancock’s constant carping at Jay Nixon and Fired […]

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Tags: Tony Messenger

Slay Says He’s No Nagin

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay says his city’s flood levees might not make the cut in the event of a major flood. Unlike some mayors, he’s making a fuss before the flood… Lawmakers in St. Louis City, and on Capitol Hill, say it is in need of repair. St. Louis City Mayor Francis Slay fears […]

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Tags: Mayor Frances Slay · St. Louis

Fired Up Missouri/Missouri Pulse: Beaters of the Dead Horse

June 5th, 2007 · No Comments

Although we rarely, if ever, agree with Fired Up Missouri, at least while Roy Temple was at the helm, you could at least count on fresh propaganda from the Democratic hack blog. FUM attempts AGAIN to embarrass the K.C Star into reporting an obvious non story from a series from the McClatchy Newspapers on voter […]

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Tags: Voter Fraud

Gov. Enacts Midwives Law

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

From the AP: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Blunt signed legislation Friday that started out expanding health insurance options and ended up, unbeknownst to most lawmakers, legalizing midwifery. Under current Missouri law, midwifery is a felony crime — punishable by up to seven years in prison — when practiced by anyone other than […]

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Tags: Matt Blunt · Sen. John Loudon

Danforth Center to Honor Bond

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center said Monday that it will name a plant growth facility at the center after U.S. Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond. The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is a not-for-profit research institute located at 975 N. Warson Road in St. Louis County. In a release, officials of the center said […]

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Tags: Senator. Kit Bond

Steelman Gets No Love from Utah

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

By Matt Canham (Excerpted) Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman is leading a national “terror-free investing” effort that she hopes will shame major companies from doing business with the countries on the State Department’s list. So far, she isn’t getting much support, including here in Utah, a state that is one of the most ardent supporters of […]

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Tags: Iraq War · Sarah Steelman

“Carnahan for Congress” & Jeff Roe?

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

While checking our site statistics last week, we noticed an unusual Democratic visitor. Now the fact that it was a Democrat – or a Republican for that matter – is not the point; we do have political news service in our name. The unusual aspect of this visit was who it was and who they […]

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Tags: Carnahans'

Tip Line: Erdman Derails Hulshof

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

The Pitch called K.C.’s Warren Erdman last week “one of the city’s most powerful men. The former staffer to then Gov. Kit Bond – who managed Bond’s 1986 Senate campaign and then served as Bond’s chief of staff – is apparently so powerful now, that he doesn’t even fear his old boss. Insiders tell the […]

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Tags: Jason Van Eaton · Rep. Kenny Hulshof · Rep. Sam Graves · Senator. Kit Bond · Tip Line

“Libertarian Guy” Podcasting

June 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Libertarian Guy has worked out the bugs for his new podcast. Listen to the finished product here.

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