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[STL Today] Dispute over property tax ceiling heads to court

Virginia Young — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:16:00 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY — A recent veto by Gov. Jay Nixon has triggered a lawsuit over how local property tax rates are set.

The city of St. Joseph filed the suit yesterday in Cole County Circuit Court. The city says it stands to…

[News Tribune] Obama ventures back to hurting region -- with money

Virginia Young — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:19:00 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Venturing back to a region reeling in deep unemployment, President Barack Obama's latest mission in Indiana is to show that the costly stimulus plan he lobbied for is producing tangible help -- $2.4 billion in taxpayer grants to create electric cars and tens of thousands of jobs.

[Fired Up! Missouri] Get Your Own Fake Kenyan Birth Certificate & Start Asking "Legitimate" Questions

.Sean — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:42:00 -0400

What, you've got something better to do? Check it out at KenyanBirthCertificateGenerator.com.

(For some context, check out our previous coverage of the fraudulent Kenyan birth certificate filed by State Reps. Tim Jones and Cynthia Davis in their federal lawsuit against President Obama.)

This document, for instance, raises a lot of "legitimate" questions.

(h/t Indecision Forever)

[STL Today] Luetkemeyer constituent? It’s the Dems calling about your rep

Jake Wagman — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:15:00 -0400

Luetkemeyer

Freshman U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, who after less than a year in the U.S. House has positioned himself as an anti-Obama provocateur, has got the attention of national Democrats.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced today that Luetkemeyer, whose district includes…

[Fired Up! Missouri] The Fringe of the Fringe?

.Sean — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:06:00 -0400

Bill Hennessy, Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft
and Ed Martin at the St. Louis Tea Party

"Barack Obama wants to turn everyone into a Nazi snitch."

So says Bill Hennessy, who organized the St. Louis tea party events with Ed Martin, now a candidate for Congress.

Hennessy also helped organize this week's protest at Rep. Russ Carnahan's "Cash for Clunkers" press conference.

Can someone explain again where the "fringe" begins and the "mainstream GOP" ends?

ArchPundit has a (disturbing) screenshot:

(h/t Blog Saint Louis)

[Fired Up! Missouri] Maybe They Can Talk About Starting a War From the Auditor's Office

.Sean — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:06:00 -0400

KY3's Dave Catanese is reporting that former UN Ambassador John Bolton will be campaigning and raising money with fellow Bush Administration official Thomas Schweich (rhymes with "bike") in Springfield next month.

Bolton was "a central influence on [George W.][ Bush's tough-talking, black-and-white view of the world," and as an ambassador, was alleged to have "bullied and browbeat his underlings, misused his access to intelligence and undermined then Secretary of State Colin Powell." Before Bush appointed Bolton to the UN, it was revealed that Bolton had made misleading statements to Congress about his participation in investigations of intelligence failures.

[STL Today] Democrats charge extremism in new “Mob” ad

Bill Lambrecht — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:07:00 -0400

WASHINGTON — Birthers? Conspiracy devotees? Angry partisans? Bring it on, the Democratic National Committee seems to be saying in a hard-edged new ad.

The Web spot, called “Enough of the Mob,” is the Democratic Party’s response to the feisty…

[STL Today] Gov. Jay Nixon gets salute from Boy Scouts

Tony Messenger — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:40:00 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon better dust off that old Boy Scout uniform.

The Missouri governor is being honored by the National Eagle Scout Association with a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, according to a news release from the governor’s office.…

[STL Today] Citing Constitution, Bond votes yes on Sotomayor

Bill Lambrecht — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:57:00 -0400

Sen. Bond

WASHINGTON — It came as no surprise when Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond declared moments ago that he would support President Obama’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor to become a Supreme Court justice.

Bond, R-Mo., decried the effects of partisanship “infecting” the political system and said…

[Fired Up! Missouri] Anti-EFCA Groups Continue to Rely on Karl Rove and Bad Data

.Sean — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:08:00 -0400

The Economic Freedom Alliance, a right-wing business organization whose members include the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, is currently running billboards and online ads attacking Claire McCaskill, Ike Skelton, Russ Carnahan, Emanuel Cleaver and Lacy Clay. The ads, which some of you may have seen on billboards or online, accuses the Democratic members of Congress of "killing jobs" because they've been supported by labor organizations and support the Employee Free Choice Act.

The ads are based on a "thoroughly discredited study" funded by the "corporate-friendly, anti-union 'Alliance to Save Main Street Jobs" and "based entirely on decades-old data from a handful of Canadian provinces.