Hi five man! Aren’t these Black folks stupid? I bought Betty Thompson for $2,500!  NAME OF COMMITTEE: SLAY FOR MAYOR REPORT DATE: 2/23/2009 ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS NAME AND ADDRESS OF RECIPIENT   NAME: Betty L. Thompson ADDRESS:1204 Washington Ave. Ste. 4 CITY / STATE: St. Louis […]

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Showing his brazen disregard for the environmental welfare of St. Louis, Francis Slay reported accepting two $5,000.00 contributions on February 9 from Holcim, Inc., a Swiss-based company set to open the world’s largest cement plant in Ste. Genevieve later this year. The plant, opposed by the American Bottom Conservancy, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, and […]

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Former State Rep. Betty Thompson is holding a Black History event  for Mayor Frances Slay (insert joke here) today at her son’s construction business. The address is Kwame Building Group, 1204 Washington Avenue, Suite 200. ($50 bucks to anyone who video tapes the attendees entering and leaving the fundraiser) The St. Louis American has story […]

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Former State Rep. Betty Thompson is holding a Black History event  for Mayor Frances Slay (insert joke here) tomorrow (February 19th) at her son’s construction business. The address is Kwame Building Group, 1204 Washington Avenue, Suite 200. We hear there’s free admission to those who bring a donut!   Hi five man! Aren’t these Black […]

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UPDATE: Former State Rep. Betty Thompson holding Black History event for Mayor Slay on February 19th at son’s construction business, Kwame Building Group, 1204 Washington Avenue, Suite 200.  Damn donuts, more popular than me! Like Governor Jay Nixon, St. Louis Mayor Frances Slay also enjoys very cool relations with the African American community. For a […]

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If you’re outside of St. Louis, and you are wondering why two prominent African American politicians are challenging Mayor Francis Slay, then check out this PubDef video: hat tip: adfrench Rally to Recall St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay(10/21/07) [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/S2uafWFN9xo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay on the impact of the subprime mortage crisis. Click here to listen.

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By Lucas Hudson The city’s sweltering racial thermometer portends an all-out political meltdown as Mayor Francis Slay was booed right out of the Old Courthouse by supporters of the city’s ousted first black fire chief, Sherman George, as he gave a speech Jan. 21 honoring Martin Luther King Jr. This humiliating show of resentment demonstrates […]

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We offered St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay some unsolicited advice yesterday after his Monday MLK fiasco. We suggested that the Mayor should have avoided the event all together, and instead, offered a statement mentioning the “vocal few” that were there to disrupt his speech. Later in the day, KMOX reporter Kevin Killeen said in his […]

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St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay “Chillin’ Like A Villain” By Chad Garrison Somewhere in Arizona a CEO by the name of Jim Tuton is smiling. In early 2006 I took a look at how St. Louis awarded Tuton’s American Traffic Solutions (ATS) with a multimillion-dollar contract to install red-light cameras in the city. My reporting […]

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