Matt Blunt

Missouri Bar to St. Louis County Voters: Retain All Judges But Hood

Every few years voters in St. Louis and St. Louis County get to choose whether to retain the judges appointed to their circuit courts by the governor's office. This year 24 judges are up for retention in the city and county. Of those two dozen judges, only one earned a failing grade from the attorne ... More >>

Does Missouri Allow Convicted Felons to Possess Guns?

​In a 4,650-word, front-page treatise in yesterday's New York Times, author Michael Luo lays bare a significant trend: each year, thousands of felons across the country have their gun rights reinstated following prison sentences, despite a federal law that strips away the right to bear arms fo ... More >>

America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

Bill Randles: Unknown Polls Almost as Well as Peter Kinder Against Governor Nixon

The whole "pantless party" thing is not helping Peter Kinder with McCain voters, Public Policy Polling finds.​Governor Jay Nixon would basically stomp the crap out of his likely Republican challenger, Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, if the 2012 gubernatorial election had been held this week.In fact, ac ... More >>

Tea Party favorite Ed Martin has some explaining to do

Ed Martin Denies Disparaging Former Elections Worker; We've Got the Tape

Photo by Jennifer SilverbergEd Martin, 2010 Congressional candidate can't recall what he told us​For an attorney and Congressional hopeful, Ed Martin sure has a funky memory. The Tea Party favorite can't seem to get his story straight when it comes to Jeanne Bergfeld, whom he fired from the St. Lo ... More >>

Ed Martin Sued by Former Board of Elections Employee for Comments in RFT

​Four years ago, Jeannie Bergfeld, who was once a high-ranking former employee at the city's bipartisan board of elections, filed suit against its two commissioners and then-chairman Ed Martin. (Y'all know Ed -- he's the conservative sparkplug now running for Congress against Russ Carnahan, and is ... More >>

Tea Party Crasher: Hard-charging Ed Martin wants to win your vote — and Russ Carnahan's congressional seat

Ed Martin Video Game: Gobbles Emails, Wastes Tax Dollars

edhackmanmartin.com​Russ Carnahan's congressional campaign today debuted an online video game featuring Republican challenger Ed Martin. Dubbed "Ed Martin is Hackman" the game is a riff on the '80s mainstay Pacman. Carnahan communication's director Angela Guyadeen says of the game: "The website us ... More >>

Ed Martin FOIA Request Reeks of Hypocrisy; Earns Great Zinger from Carnahan Campaign

Ed Martin: All about transparency​So, let's get this straight. Back in 2007 political reporter Tony Messenger (then with the Springfield News-Leader) exposed how Ed Martin was deleting political emails sent from his government computer as chief of staff for Gov. Matt Blunt. Blunt told Messenger th ... More >>

Missouri's E. coli problems are not confined to the Lake of the Ozarks

Todd Epsten Quits Police Board After Losing Presidency to Bettye Battle-Turner

Epsten is out, Battle-Turner is in.​In a move that could only happen in the backward world of St. Louis politics, the president of the Board of Police Commissioners was unceremoniously stripped of his title yesterday at a public meeting. Moments after losing the post, Todd Epsten resigned from ... More >>

U.S. Senate Election 2010: Roy Blunt Leading Robin Carnahan by 6 Points

Roy Blunt continues to hang on to his lead to be Missouri's next U.S. Senator.​In a race almost certain to attract widespread national attention later this year, Republican Rep. Roy Blunt continues to lead Democrat Robin Carnahan in the Missouri Senate contest, according to the latest Rasmu ... More >>

After Praying On It, Vincent Bommarito Resigns from Board of Police Commissioners

Uncle Vinnie resigns.​Vincent Bommarito is a civilian again, just the owner of a fancy restaurant.The 79-year-old proprietor of Tony's today -- "after much thought and prayer over the past several days" -- offered his resignation from the Board of Police Commissioners, effective immediately.I ... More >>

St. Louis Police Commissioner Springs Drunk Nephew From Jail, Delivers Him to Fancy Downtown Restaurant

Image Via Vincent Bommarito in his restaurant Tony's​Those five measly DWI's the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department issued on Mardi Gras? Well, make that four measly DWI's.One of the arrests was Christopher Campo, nephew to Vincent Bommarito, the proprietor of the esteemed downtown ea ... More >>

Matt Blunt: He's No Harry Truman

Harry Truman and his "The Buck Stops Here" placard. Have you heard this one already? Matt Blunt's attorneys are asking the court to replace their client with Governor Jay Nixon in a lawsuit accusing the former governor of defamation and wrongful termination in the firing of political aide Scott Ecke ... More >>

The Blunt Years, They Were Very Good Years ... So Sings Matt Blunt in New Book

Missouri's recently ex-governor Matt Blunt got a job yesterday with the big Washington D.C. lobbying firm Cassidy & Associates. In a press release, Cassidy CEO Marty Russo said the firm and its clients will benefit from "Governor Blunt's result-oriented and practical leadership." Russo also note ... More >>

Lawmaker Files Bill to Ban Red-Light Cameras in Missouri

State Senator Jim Lembke (R-St. Louis/St. Louis County) introduced a measure this week that would ban the use of red-light cameras in Missouri. If passed by the General Assembly and approved by Gov. Jay Nixon, Lembke's bill (SB 211) would become law in late August. A group calling itself Misso ... More >>

Hot Damn! McCain's Pick of Palin Sets Bill for VP Debate in St. Louis

Craptastrophe: Record rainfall has created a dung dilemma for Missouri farmers

The Morning Brew: Tuesday, 6.17

Hot Contender: If looks count, Sarah Steelman may be your next governor

Unreal Presents the Only Endorsement That Matters

Libertarians shun Chief Wana Dubie.

Critics say he's just blowing smoke.

Unreal News Challenge 2007

Week of December 27, 2007

Missouri Puts the F in F.O.I.

Fallen Star

Walk of Fame: Munchkin Mickey Carroll comes up short.

Forum on Paul McKee's North-Side Doings Devolves into Name-Calling

Arrested Development

A look at north St. Louis from ground zero.

Tax Credit Update

Public Flogging Meeting on Tax Credits

Phantom of the Hood, Part 2

A local developer continues to gobble up land on the city's north side.

A Tizzy Over Lizzie

School board members duke it out over a no-bid contract awarded to St. Louis radio talk show host Lizz Brown.

Out on the Missouri prairies, an odd collection of lawmen hunt modern-day cattle thieves.

Meet the "cow cops."

A Queer Debate

Unreal News Challenge 2005!

Time again to take the year-end quiz

Cell Block

Missouri scientists fear embryonic research may remain embryonic

O.P.C.

(Original Pampered Chef)

Pride and Prejudice

A ruckus rocks the gay community over a Log Cabin Republican's college scholarship

Too Many Cooks

Missouri’s days as the nation’s Meth Lab Capital are numbered. So what’s next?

Blade Run

"It's easier to get your genitals pierced than to get a good shave in St. Louis"

Unreal Makes Bid for Blues

Hey, Bill and Nancy Laurie: Unreal's got $200 and a hot new dance craze! Plus, we learn how to dupe the beer vendors at Fair Saint Louis, join a local blog in the clubhouse and get Matt Blunt's feelings on (Confederate) flag-burning.

The Hair, A Parent

Want a Brazilian wax for bikini weather? Not so fast, kiddo.

Letters

Week of March 23, 2005

Choke the Chicken

Adult businesses fear the "Smut Shop" bill will tax them into oblivion

Four More Smears

Has Daryl Duwe's transgression been forgiven?

All Aboard!

We get political with Kerry and Dean, feel the bite of a "Mad Dog" and discover something amazing about Prius ownership. Plus, confidential to Unreal readers: Parking downtown is easy!

Hold the Relish

Neil Hamburger just might be hipper than you are, but that doesn't mean you can't take his calls; meanwhile, St. Louis courts record their cases on handy stone tablets.

Dead Man Voting

St. Louis elections are a national joke. Trouble is, it's not funny anymore.

The Ethics Omission

Enforcers of Missouri's campaign-finance laws would rather hide than seek.