On October 5, 2006, the legendary World Saxophone Quartet, led by jazz legend Hamiet Bluiett, played at Lovejoy School in the small town of Lovejoy, Illinois where Bluiett had attended school six decades before. Those kids had quite a treat...
Roommates at Washington University spar over the 2008 election. One loves Barack Obama, while the other loves John McCain. And in a twist: the McCain fan is black (gasp!)
ACORN workers allege that they were instructed to tell people to vote for U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill while registering voters in support of the proposed minimum wage increase.
This video report comes from http://www.pubdef.ne t, a non-partisan political website based in the City of St. Louis, MO.
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill broke the news at a press conference a today: Barack Obama will be in St. Louis on Saturday for a 9:00 PM public event (no word yet where). That's just three days before Missouri and 20 other states get a chance to vote on the Democratic and Republican candidates.
The same night that voters in Iowa were caucusing for their presidential candidates, Democrats in St. Louis, Missouri (a state which does not have a caucus) held a mock caucus at a local bar to gauge support for the Democrats running for President.
On Jan 29, 2008 in Kansas City, MO.
Sorry about the bouncy camera. You wouldn't believe what I had to do to get this video. The place was PACKED!!!
http://www.pubdef .net
Some people are worried about developer Paul McKee quietly buying up hundreds of properties in north St. Louis. They are even more worried about the $100 million tax credit he's seeking from the state.
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