You might remember the post I published Jan. 11 about Dolores Sherman, the so-called “potato lady” running for a board of aldermen seat in St. Peters, Mo. Well, word on the street is that the 85-year-old self-employed grandmother has turned into even more of a “hot potato” than I thought she might when I published the [...]
Name of ‘Potato Lady’ Left Off Candidates List
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments
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ACLU Won’t Represent Driver in Obama Cap Flap
December 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Forty-five days after publishing news about Odell Stukes Jr. being suspended for refusing to remove a Barack Obama cap while on the job, the Obama Cap Flap continues. According to a new Suburban Journals report, the St. Louis-area bus driver involved in the case has been unable to get the American Civil Liberties Union or [...]
Tags: · ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, fort zumwalt school district, missouri commission on human rights, Obama, obama cap flap, odell stukes jr. stukes, suburban journals
‘October Surprise’ Might Be ‘Under the Bus’
October 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I may have found the source of the “October Surprise” Republican presidential nominee John McCain is likely to unveil during the next eight days. And I found it in my own backyard. Almost. On Tuesday, 66-year-old school bus driver Odell Stukes Jr. learned he can’t wear his Barack Obama cap on the job. In turn, [...]
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No-Call-List Candidate Calls Blogger for Third Time!
June 14th, 2008 · 6 Comments
About two months ago, I began receiving robo-calls from Michael E. Carter, a candidate for Missouri’s lieutenant governor post who is exploiting the average Joe’s immense dislike of automated phone calls (a.k.a., “robo-calls”) by — you guessed it — using the very tactic he purports to dislike. Below is a chronological review of my communications [...]
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