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Thursday, September 24th, 2009via KWMU:
ST. LOUIS (KWMU) – Missouri Rep. Talibdin “TD” El-Amin has pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge for accepting a $2,100 payment from a St. Louis gas station owner.
El-Amin admitted Thursday in federal court that he solicited and accepted the payment in exchange for trying to help the gas station owner resolve [...]
Residents Warned of Scammers Impersonating US Census Workers
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009via SLFP.com
Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce’s Fraud Prevention Taskforce has issued a new warning of scammers posing as employees of the U.S. Census Bureau attempting to obtain citizens’ personal information.
Asking for a homeowner’s basic financial information, such as salary range, is normal. However, no genuine Census worker will ask for sensitive information like a Social Security [...]
South Grand illustrated in Beacon series
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009By Sam Washburn, Special to the Beacon Posted 12:09 p.m. Mon. Aug. 31 – “Intersections,” from illustrator Sam Washburn, is a new series in the Beacon. Each month, Sam will present an image of a neighborhood or an activity that is special to St. Louis. In his drawings, Sam hopes to distill a [...]
Volunteers Needed for the Fifth Annual Wine Festival
Friday, August 28th, 2009The St. Louis Wine Festival is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4 at the Grand Basin in Forest [...]
KWMU: Education chief visits St. Louis
Friday, August 28th, 2009Education chief visits St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, MO. (KWMU) – The nation’s education chief, Arne Duncan, says St. Louis is on the verge of an educational “sea change.”
Duncan was at Lexington Elementary in St. Louis as part of a union-sponsored “back to school” tour.
via KWMU: Education chief visits St. Louis (2009-08-27).
Senator Smith resigns – where do we go from here?
Thursday, August 27th, 2009As you all may know by now, Senator Jeff Smith pled guilty to two counts of obstructing justice and has resigned his 4th District Senatorial seat. This leaves a representational vacancy in 5 precincts of the 8th ward (the other 4 are represented by Sen. Wright-Jones of the 5th Senatorial District). I’d like [...]
Senator Jeff Smith’s resignation
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009Today, with great sadness and regret, I am resigning from the Missouri Senate.
During my 2004 Congressional race, I became aware of an independent effort to produce two mailers to benefit my campaign. Federal campaign finance law prohibits specific coordination between a campaign and anyone preparing an independent expenditure.
When the independent operator requested funding, I authorized [...]
