Attorney Rick Fischer from the Wake Up Call blog delves further into the shenanigans going on in O’ Fallon, Missouri. O’Fallon City Administrator Bob Lowery On May 13, 2006 residents who used (old) Koch Road, a county road in O’Fallon, woke up to find the road destroyed. Without warning and without any legal authority a […]

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Wonder what we can expect from Mrs. Clinton while she’s in St. Louis? More planted questions from ringers and fake southern accents? [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/iqMDR0IGuCM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Wake Up Call blog: There is no better example of what big money will get you than in St. Charles County, Paul McKee’s home base. While the Post-Dispatch has recently decided to focus on McKee’s influence over elected officials it has all but ignored the story as it relates to St. Charles. McKee and other […]

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If one were to judge the competency of one’s ability to govern this country, due to experience and background, then probably none of the individuals running for President of the United States would qualify. Looking at what separates the candidates is a very thin line, but dead presidents (money) in the long run, will make […]

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By Tim Woodcock Rex Sinquefield could have retired and opted for the quiet life. Instead he left his life in California, where he ran an investment company, and returned in 2005 to St. Louis, the city in which he grew up, and threw himself into the political arena and into philanthropy. The dining room of […]

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Former State Representative Sherman Parker will be one of five panelists who will share their views on race and politics at a Cultural Leadership event scheduled for Sunday. The November 4th event – moderated by Dave Drebes from the Arch City Chronicle and MOScout.com – will be held at 3:00 pm at the Central Reform […]

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By Kathleen McLaughlin I went to Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hyde Park on October 25 for Metropolitan Congregations United’s fall public meeting, in hopes that Paul McKee Jr. would appear. I don’t believe in Santa Claus, or the Great Pumpkin. But I hoped a prominent — if reclusive — local developer who says he […]

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Hat tip: South County Truth Spot By Susan E. Sagarra St. Louis County’s property tax reassessment system has been an endless source of frustration, aggravation and anger for homeowners, business owners and politicians for several years. The taxpayers have been and remain livid; some state lawmakers are vowing to find a solution that makes the […]

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The Show-Me Institute has released a policy study about the abuses of eminent domain when used for private profit in Missouri. Although many government officials believe that eminent domain is necessary for comprehensive development projects that will help stimulate the economy, the study focused on how eminent domain often hurts economic development by creating economic […]

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