“Where was the Governor when Ed Martin – his chief of staff – hired Gentry Trotter as an assistant? That’s a puzzlement to me.” ( 7/12/07) Martin Duggan – Host of Donnybrook Host of Donnybrook The Missouri Political News Service can hazard a guess that Mr. Duggan will have even more questions for Mr. Martin […]

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Just when you thought the “Kings of the Hatorade” couldn’t sink to any new lows, the St. Louis American has found a way to out do even themselves. In a distasteful and insulting attempt at humor, the Political Eye today plays on the spelling of state rep candidate Shamed Dogan’s first name to highlight Dogan’s […]

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Following on the school reform theme. This interview of K.C. Superintendent Anthony Amato is hilarious. The Pitch totally makes a fool out of him! These school superintendents are like bad NFL head coaches, no matter how bad their records, they still get recycled and eventually end up with new head coaching jobs. By Eric Barton […]

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By Maurice Harris The face of public education in Saint Louis is changing. Although court challenges continue, the city’s school board has become superseded by a new transitional board appointed by Gov. Matt Blunt, Mayor Francis Slay, and Lewis Reed, president of the Board of Aldermen. It’s a change that makes sense: During the past […]

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Businessman and Show Me Institute President Rex Sinquefield was a noticeable player in the last two campaign finance quarters. He says though that his contributions are “laughably small in the grand scheme of things.” (PICTURE: Wall Street Journal) From CDT Politics Blog: The rush of campaign finance reports have come and gone, but one of […]

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COLUMBIA–Gov. Matt Blunt today stressed his commitment to the conservation of Missouri’s natural resources with the appointment of Don R. Johnson. With Gov. Blunt’s appointment, Mr. Johnson, a Democrat, becomes the first African American to serve on the Missouri Conservation Commission. “Don Johnson will make an excellent addition to the Conservation Commission,” Gov. Blunt said. […]

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Sen. McCaskill’s comments on the Senate’s all nighter: ”We have to be clear with the American people who is blocking the way forward,” she said. We need to out them and this is the first step of effectively outing the republican strategy, which is, their success is our failure. And that’s exactly what Americans are […]

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Looks like Speaker Jetton has more ethics issues: Did Jetton send this out to the entire caucus? Can he sign items as Speaker when it is for his personal business? Didn’t Griffin get in trouble for signing legal documents as Speaker? From: Rod Jetton [mailto:rodjetton@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:50 PM To: XXX Subject: […]

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“People of color missed out on the first industrial revolution and there’s no reason for us to miss out on the second.” –Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver By L. Yvonne Bruner Emanual Clever II, U. S. Congressman for the Fifth District of Missouri, met with Hispanic and African American leaders last week to talk with them about […]

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