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October, 2007 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 9

Entries from October 2007

14th Circuit Court Still Number 1 in Missouri

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

The 14th Circuit Court, which includes Randolph and Howard counties, received the Daniel J. O’Toole award during the annual judicial conference held in Springfield recently. The Court was recognized as being the most efficient multi-county circuit in Missouri. Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Laura Denvir Stith presented the award to Presiding Judge Scott A. Hayes […]

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Tags: MO Supreme Court

Sam Page Raises Half Million for Primary

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

For Immediate Release October 11, 2007 Contact: David Woodruff Phone: 314-989-9939 State Representative Sam Page reports that his supporters have given half a million dollars to fund his Primary candidacy. The official third quarter statement affirms that $503,480 was raised as of September 30. Page is a candidate for the Democratic nomination of Lieutenant Governor. […]

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Tags: Decision '08

Hands Off the ’Net

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

“If Democrats think that extending the Internet-tax moratorium for an additional four years is a good thing, then why not go the extra mile and make it permanent?” – House Republican whip Roy Blunt By The Editors Government tends to tax any new thing under the sun. We’re lucky, then, that it hasn’t gotten its hands […]

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Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt

PubDef Video: Former Fire Chief Calls Demotion “Constructive Termination”

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

PubDef:  Former fire chief Sherman George made it clear today that the circumstances surrounding his refusal to make promotions and his subsequent demotion by Mayor Francis Slay and his public safety director Charles Bryson was, for him, always about ensuring the best and most qualified people were elevated in the department. It was the mayor’s […]

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Tags: Mayor Frances Slay · St. Louis · Videos

Blunt Calls Jackson’s Bluff; Decides Not to Run Against Blunt

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Our guest contributor Raymond Fitzgerald hit the nail right on the head yesterday. Fitzgerald opined on this site that Col. Jack Jackson was not going to commit political suicide and challenge Governor Blunt next year. He speculated that Jackson merely wanted a face to face meeting with the Governor to gauge his reaction to a possible Jackson candidacy. “I […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Matt Blunt · Sen. Michael Gibbons

Quote of the Day: Sunlight Foundation on Disparity in Earmarks

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

“And here’s an bizarre solution suggested: members of the Congressional Black Caucus have called on the House leadership to address the disparity. Rep. William Lacy Clay of St. Louis and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) of Kansas City suggest expanding the House Appropriations Committee by two members, with both seats going to black reps.”  Read more… […]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Lacy Clay

Sen. McCaskill Meeting the Troops

October 11th, 2007 · No Comments

(PHOTO) Senior Airman Lauren Padden/U.S. Air Force Senator Claire McCaskill meets members of Team Whiteman at a B-2 dock during the senator’s visit on Oct. 10 to Whiteman Air Force Base. McCaskill spoke with active duty members as well as members of the Air Force Reserve and Army National Guard during visits to displays of […]

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Tags: Iraq War · Senator McCaskill

SW Blogger Offers Blunt/Nixon Scorecard

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Branson Missouri blog:  “Team -During campaign season, aka hunting season for reporters, back room discussions involve the capacity and talent of candidates and leaders. Blunt’s team outperforms Jay Nixon’s team when it comes to PR. If Nixon or democrats in general want to gain momentum they’ll have to increase their talent pool, information delivery mechanisms […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Jay Nixon · Matt Blunt

24th State: “Newspaper Blogs: The Good, Bad And Ugly”

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

24th State:  Jeff Jarvis describes the problem with newspaper blogs. So I think that if newspapers are going to blog, they should have lots of blogs at lots of addresses, lots of people creating lots of brands. And this also means that they must be written in the human voice of the person, not the […]

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Politics 101

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

By Raymond Fitzgerald (guest contributor)  Good political move today by the Blunt Administration to not meet with disgruntled, perennial candidate Jack Jackson tomorrow. The Democrats are attempting to spin the decision as evidence that “Matt Blunt is running scared.” But even a third tier political operative/blogger -with a political science degree and a host of failed candidates behind him – can understand it would be foolish to give Jackson […]

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Tags: Decision '08 · Matt Blunt