Picture credit: (2008) stlcommercemagazine.com Former Gov. Matt Blunt signs joint agreement in Beijing.  (Standing, left to right): Former Gov. Bob Holden; Stephen Perry of London Export Company Ltd.; St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley; Sen. Kit Bond; Sen. Claire McCaskill; Ma Xiuhong, Vice Minister, Ministry of Commerce; Congressman Russ Carnahan; Mayor Francis Slay. (Seated): Gov. […]

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St. Louis County government is “the biggest bargain in our town.”  –Charlie Dooley ‘‘Last week, we learned that the Dooley/Temporiti trash scheme may cost St. Louis County millions of dollars in damages to the private trash haulers they tried to run out of business, and now we learn that hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars […]

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Hat tip: MOWatchdog [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/0AzHAFC9d64″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: CDT: Bond advice aids budget for stimulus (5/31/09) “Although the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry was lobbying for the China hub facility in St. Louis, there had been no testimony about it. Jason Van Eaton, who was formerly on Bond’s staff, lobbied for the […]

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 Source: St. Louis Business Journal Like most entrenched incumbents this year who are trailing their opponents, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley seems to be avoiding debating his upstart challenger Bill Corrigan. According to a campaign press release, the campaign – including Bill Corrigan personally – has tried several times to get Mr. Dooley to […]

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The Dooley Administration once again displaying their raw arrogance of power. Post Dispatch: “Competition is what determines the lowest price and what determines the best service, ”[Democratic Councilman] Stenger said, ”The right thing to do, and the only thing to do, is have this go out to a bid, and not move another step toward […]

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While Elvis prepares to leave the building, Mr. Dooley does a Kubuki/two out of three falls wrestling dance(???) with a supporter last weekend. As the November 2nd election date approaches, the two candidates for St. Louis County Executive were busy on the campaign trail last weekend. They both were at the St. Louis American newspaper’s […]

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Republican St. Louis County Executive candidate Bill Corrigan released a ten point economic reviatliazation plan today. In a release, Corrigan listed a number of startling statics about the economic vitality of the county and the region: St. Louis County has lost over 43,000 jobs in the past seven years. Missouri is one of the worst […]

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Picture credit: KMOX.com STL County Executive Dooley reacts to a reporter’s question last week regarding his consiglieri and campaign manager John Temporiti. St. Louis County Councilman Greg Quinn, a frequent critic of County Executive Charlie Dooley, held a press conference yesterday claiming that he found a “gaping loophole” in Mr. Dooley’s recently released ethics code. […]

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Once again Charlie Dooley is following Bill Corrigan’s lead.  Bill Corrigan pushes for the County Assessor position to be elected,  after a couple of weeks, Charlie Dooley supports making the County Assessor position an elected position.  Bill Corrigan suggests that while the country  and the county are struggling financially, it might be a good idea […]

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Interesting strategy. Don’t know if its enough to make for Mr. Dooley’s loss of support from South County Democrats and African Americans.  Hat tip:dooleycampaign [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/HpT0ZGMza2s” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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