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Thursday, January 21st, 2010Just an FYI – for the weekends of Feb 5-8 and Feb 19-22.
more info here
Ameren UE requests a 18% rate increase
Thursday, January 21st, 2010This was emailed to me by Susan Turk, 8th ward activist. I encourage you to let the PSC how you feel about this issue and will add the public hearing meetings to my event calendar – CJ
Today I did something different. I attended a Public Service Commission hearing for the very first time. I had [...]
St. Louis Gets Award for Foreclosure Prevention Program
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009St. Louis recently was one of eight cities to receive the National League of Cities’ (NLC) 2009 Awards for Municipal Excellence. [...]
Ethics complaints filed against congressional candidate Bill Stouffer
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009With the recent state audits and ethics complaints, I find the trend for forcing accountability very refreshing with vast implications across the political spectrum – CJ
via Missourinet
The race for Missouri’s 4th District Congressional race is heating up beyond the campaigning. A Warrensburg man has filed complaints with both the Federal Election Commission and the Missouri [...]
Circuit Court Becomes Tweet-free Zone
Friday, November 6th, 2009St. Louis Circuit Court has become one of the first courts in America to address the growing problem of tweeting jurors. Social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook and MySpace have been causing headaches for judges who routinely tell jurors not to discuss trials outside the jury room.
Consider this: a British juror was dismissed from a [...]
Obama chooses Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009from my.BarackObama.com:
I am proud to announce my nominee for the next Justice of the United States Supreme Court: Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
This decision affects us all — and so it must involve us all. I’ve recorded a special message to personally introduce Judge Sotomayor and explain why I’m so confident she will make an excellent Justice.
Judge [...]
On Voting Rights, Test of History v. Progress – NYTimes.com
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009By ADAM LIPTAK
Published: April 27, 2009
WASHINGTON — Ellen D. Katz is a liberal law professor and a big fan of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which she calls the most effective civil rights legislation in American history. “It’s sacred,” she said. “It’s holy.”
But Professor Katz is torn about what the Supreme Court should do [...]
