In a speech to the Missouri General Assembly this morning, Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond announced that he won't seek a fifth term in office in 2010.
"In 1972, I became Missouri's youngest Governor. Ladies and Gentlemen, I do not aspire to become Missouri's oldest Senator," said Bond.
The 69-year-old Republican served two terms as Missouri's governor before being elected to the Senate in 1986. Bond has not indicated how he'll spend his retirement, but sources tell Riv
Last Friday, St. Louis Public Schools' Elected School Board member David Jackson Jr. sent a formal request to three city aldermen asking them to introduce legislation barring any more charter schools from opening in the city. "Currently charter schools in the city deflect approximately $75 million dollars a year away from the SLPS," Jackson writes. "This has put the SLPS in somewhat of a financial crisis, as it relates to providing quality education for its students, achieving accreditation and
The charter-school lobby is getting down to brass tacks in its real-estate beef with the St. Louis Public Schools. Wikimedia Commons...to charter schools.Last week state Senator Jim Lembke introduced a bill in the Missouri General Assembly which prohibits any school district from putting deed restrictions into real estate contracts for buildings that are on the selling block. Specifically, districts could not prohibit their buildings from being used as schools.Charter-school supporters are pisse
Local politicos are a-wag over rumors that Sen. Jeff Smith, who represents part of St. Louis in the Missouri General Assembly, will soon announce he's stepping down because of legal problems.Daily RFT reached out to Smith this morning but hasn't yet gotten his response. More next week.
