By Graf Shepherd So there I am, at 6:00 in the a.m., going over the opposition’s proposed jury instructions.  Naturally, I am not in a great mood.  (This mood was not improved by the opposition’s decision to use a squirrelly, 8-point font.) I am listening to KMOX and half paying attention, when I hear yet […]

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St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley announced on February 2, 2009, that he is reducing the countywide tax assessment bill by $9 Million. As always, the devil is in the details. Hat tip: leepresser [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/PUBZ8BhGY3Q” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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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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Jay Nixon’s appointee to head the Department of Economic Development, Linda Martinez, has not only come out in favor of illegal immigration at all costs while also telling the Legislature that she is against illegal immigration, it now surfaces that Martinez apparently favors a merger of St. Louis City and St. Louis County: “Martinez was […]

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From the Eagle Forum blog: It requires 41 seats to filibuster in the Senate, but reports are that Gregg is going to give up his 41st seat in exchange for personal gain: an appointment as Secretary of the Commerce in the Obama Administration. The Democrats will control him in the Obama Administration and gain complete […]

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Hat tip: kbiadotorg A group of Mid-Missouri political activists are urging community members to keep working towards racial equality. They met Wednesday on the University of Missouri campus. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/FnmegZVhib8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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By J. Jonah Jameson Missourians shouldn’t be surprised that media hound Jay Nixon wasn’t jumping on the condemnation bandwagon after Blago The Terrible’s misdeeds were exposed to the fine people of the state of Illinois and the rest of the nation yesterday. The Washington Post reports today that an official with the Service Employees International Union was acting as an intermediary […]

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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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Dr. Terrence Jones, a political science professor at UMSL, comments on the likelihood that the electoral college can ever be eliminated.  hat tip: JoAlwood [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EDG7nDvITR8″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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WSJ “Numbers Guy” blog: Zogby’s Misleading Poll of Obama Voters Hat tip:ChamberPR [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/G7odUXzouOo” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

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