Springfield Mayor, City Council Find The Secret Sauce
An old department store building in the heart of downtown Springfield has been empty for a long time. A St. Louis developer came to town with big plans, but he just couldn’t quite finish the deal. He needed $3 million more dollars than the $26 million dollars he could already raise in capital, and by capital, I mean government money, government credits, and some pocket change from the developer ($4 million, not pocket change, but only 14% of the total). Fortunately, the city has found the secret sauce. That secret? A loan from the city government to be paid for…
When In A Hole, Keep Digging: You Might Find Gold Or Diamonds Or Something
According to the Missouri Education Watchdog blog, the Kirkwood school district in the St. Louis area has proposed a new bond issue to build new classrooms and an aquatic center. Asked how it would put teachers in the classrooms, well…. When the district official was queried on where the teachers were going to come from and how they were to be paid to fill these new classrooms (Kirkwood is currently deficit spending), the official, in all seriousness, said, "We’re not going to staff these rooms". What? This is the district’s response to a question about spending money for teachers we…
My Day With Missouri ACORN
I always feel like, somebody’s watching me, can’t get no privacy… I’d like to express what I’m saying in interpretative song. Every breath you take Every move you make Uh, every bank you stake, Every, uh, time, you get baked We’ll be videotaping you Since ACORN’s gone, you’re a new kid on the take Call it MORE but we know that you’re a fake You use the poor, and that’s a huge mistake We know you’re commies, commies, commie sleaze The most disgusting part of what Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment does for a living is exactly what made…
St Louis: Everything Old Is New Again
I’ve been digging back into the history of St Louis recently – you’d be surprised at just how rich a history we have – how our neighborhoods came to be, and how much influence we’ve had across the nation. The country and the city has changed, but some things never do. I got a kick out of this quote from Theodore Dreiser about the St Louis court system in the latter half of the 19th century. “A more dismal atmosphere than that which prevailed in this building would be hard to find,” he wrote. “Harlots, criminals, murderers, buzzard lawyers, political…
Analysis: The Symbolism and Reality of Proposition C
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — From the New York Times, to CNN, to Reuters, Proposition C’s passage was big news. GOP National Chairman Michael Steele weighed in, as did the Obama administration.
Seventy-one percent of Missourians who went to the polls in the state’s primary election Tuesday voted in favor of the proposal that would put state [...]
Meanwhile, Dooley Keeps His Locked In A Vault So He Can Roll In It Like Scrooge McDuck
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch blogs are floating a couple stories today about the leading GOP candidate for St. Louis County Executive, Bill Corrigan. The first has this laughable headline: Corrigan spends money he raised for St. Louis County executive race: After being a big fund raiser between April and June, Bill Corrigan of Ladue, a Republican candidate for St. Louis County executive, spent a big chunk of his money in the first 22 days of July. In a campaign finance report, Corrigan reported he spent $235,834 in that period while raising $19,518. In his previous report, which covered the April-June…
GOP Candidate Forum
The video above is from a candidate forum this past May for the four Republicans running for Missouri’s 97th State House district. The candidates are Gary Fuhr, Jerry Little, Chris Brown, and Bill Zobrist. Earlier I posted the introductory statem…
KSDK Reporter Ashley Yarchin Repeats ACORN Propaganda
KSDK decided to participate in propaganda today, airing a story of former ACORN members as a new organization called MORE that was standing up for homeowners. But MORE is ACORN, run by former Midwest director Jeff Ordower, who changed his organization name but not his tactics. KSDK was a willing dupe, sending a van and a reporter to take statements outside the AMDOCS building in Chesterfield, ignoring the criminal trespass of forty people invading a business office and carrying out a professionally organized protest to generate news coverage. KSDK shoots funny footage outside.This is what happened inside. Luckily, St Louis…
County Exec Race: Corrigan v Dooley
Republican Bill Corrigan out-raised Charlie Dooley (D) in second quarter:
In the quarter that ended last month, Republican challenger Bill Corrigan significantly outraised incumbent Democrat Charlie A. Dooley. Corrigan raised $340,000 and spent $7…
How We’ve Made a Difference
When you give over most of your private time to a cause, you need some feedback. We got some from former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan on Friday: The Summer of the Angry Mob Ms. Noonan reflected on the Townhall Revolt which began in St. Louis one year ago. Writes Noonan: When Rep. Russ Carnahan held [...]
Related posts:
- Latest Missouri US Senate Race Poll Rasmussen Report has the latest numbers from the Missouri Senate…
- Ensuring Liberty Congressional Town Hall Over at Ensuring Liberty, we held our first Congressional Virtual…
- Is Obama Using SEIU to Terrorize Citizens? Interesting. Mounting evidence suggests the White House may have been…
- Taxpayers to Bailout SEIU? Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) wants you to pay $165 billion…
- 4 Ways to Stop Democrat Sen. Bob Casey From Stealing Your Tax Money to Reimburse SEIU for Bribing Media Matters and Huffington Post Dana Loesch and 24th State have revealed the ring of…
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Polls
Loading ...Stuff