http://www.pelopidas.com Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:51:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en February 25, 2010 was a day to honor the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) Seventh District’s finest and marked the debut of a powerful partnership. The District 7 Community Partnership’s Annual Officer of the Year Luncheon, held at The Pageant in the Delmar Loop, honored 18 officers chosen by their ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/district-7-community-partnership%e2%80%99s/ As Missourians embark on a serious conversation about economic growth, one of the ways we can take our state economic pulse is by listening to and getting involved with trade and professional organizations. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Associated Industries of Missouri, and the Missouri Growth Association ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/missouri-associations-working/ Jefferson City, Jan. 20, 2010 – Papers were filed today with the Missouri Ethics Commission to establish a ballot measure committee in support of a statewide voter initiative dealing with local earnings taxes in Missouri. The group, named Let Voters Decide, will soon start gathering the roughly 100,000 voter signatures needed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/saint-louis-kansas-city-missouri-earnings-tax/ As Governor Jay Nixon unveils his State of the State speech on January 20th before the Missouri General Assembly, it is expected that job growth and economic recovery ideas will be front and center. The drive toward dynamic economic growth for the Show-ME State economy is an important one to institute. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/art-post/ CFtweet: $13,000 from AMEREN UE to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 12/16/2009 # CFtweet: $9,000 from Save Our Ballot Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 12/14/2009 # CFtweet: $7,400 from Bank of America, N.A. to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 12/14/2009 # CFtweet: $7,400 from Peabody Investments Corp. to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-18-2/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Anheuser-Busch Cos, Inc. to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 12/14/2009 # CFtweet: $5,001 from ENGLER FOR MISSOURI to BOB DIXON FOR SENATE on 12/12/2009 # CFtweet: $20,079 from GROW MISSOURI COMMITTEE to Friends of Bob Johnson on 10/31/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Roy Pfautch to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER DEBT COMMITTEE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-17/ RT @CoryBooker: “I’ve never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.” – Paul Harvey # "The insurance companies win. Time to kill this monstrosity coming out of the Senate." #DailyKos http://bit.ly/7cLNeQ # For Missourians claiming Florida residence to miss State Income Tax, there may be a new house on the market soon. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-16/ RT @St_Louis_Blues: Tickets 4 Brett Hull Hall of Fame nite R almost gone. C Hull, Cujo & more: http://blues.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=58807 # @DonCalloway To quote the wise Jedi Yoda "Do or do not, there is no try." in reply to DonCalloway # Prediction: A lot more bloodhounds, pit bulls, and german shepherds will curiously-find ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-15/ @DonCalloway How did it turn out? in reply to DonCalloway # Wonder whether @joliejustus should start a savecoffeebreak.com effort in KCMO? # CFtweet: $10,000 from AT&T to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 11/19/2009 # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-14/ Mark Ingram - you deserve it! Congrats #Bama fans. # "If ignorance is bliss, there should be more happy people." - Victor Cousins # Onto WashU Olin School MBA event. http://bit.ly/68UfaD Sadly, Kauffman Found marks #STL 2nd to last in newco's http://bit.ly/68UfaD # For those under-employed, contact Larry Summers. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-13/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Chris Brown to FRIENDS OF CHRIS BROWN on 12/10/2009 # Chased a rainbow up I-55. Pot of gold appears to be in Kimmswick, MO state fee license office. # Just saw @LanceLeComb from #MSD on History Ch. #StL still pushes 13B gallons of combined sewer overflows in ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-12-6/ CFtweet: $6,800 from HCA Midwest Division to HEALTHPAC on 12/10/2009 # RT @Missourinet: MO Sports Hall of Fame announces 2010 class: The MO Sports Hall of Fame plans 2 honor 15 individua.. http://bit.ly/7kFdxk # CFtweet: $5,000 from Kozeny-Wagner, Inc. to ADVANCE ST. LOUIS on 12/11/2009 # #followfriday @MIssourischools @AFPMIssouri @johncombest Top 10 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-11-2/ CFtweet: $10,000 from LEWIS & CLARK REGIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND to CITIZENS FOR DIEHL on 12/09/2009 # Thanks to the more than 350 folks who supported #stvincent home for children last night. An amazing evening for holiday charity. # "There's zero redistribution of wealth when you're winning in sports." @NewtGingrich ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-10-2/ CFtweet: $9,891 from Sheraton Westport Plaza to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 12/03/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from UNITE HERE TIP State and Local Fund to UNITE HERE TIP MISSOURI STATE AND LOCAL FUND on 12/07/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Bernerd to FRIENDS OF RYAN MCKENNA on ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-09/ CFtweet: $62,463 from Carpenters District Council Of Kansas City & to CARPENTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY & VICINITY POLITICAL FU... # CFtweet: $5,175 from Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., d/b/a/ AT&T to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 12/08/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from Kansas City Life Insurance Co to KC LIFE INSURANCE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-08/ Good job #modot. Hwy 40 lanes were smooth and wide this morning from Saint Louis downtown. @bwahby # The latest in real-time search news, from the Google/twitter nexus. http://bit.ly/8J7duX # I praise my fav warbird airplane - the P51 Mustang. My uncle flew them, & was on his ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-07/ I remember when Hwy 40 traffic was terrible and the #STL Rams were great. How things do change. # #60Minutes on Jeff Canada's Harlem Children's Zone (97 blocks, 10K kids) 2nite. Firing teachers unless all kids don't go to college. # Harlem's budget: $76M (2/3 from private sector supporters in ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-06/ Why every #NCAA basketball fan should be watching #1 Freshman John Wall. http://bit.ly/51Akgb Amazing so far vs. Tarheels. # By 37, I have produced maybe 30 oil paintings. Vincent Van Gogh by this time made >800 - wow. But he didn't have twitter and Xboxes. # @DonCalloway Totally. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-05/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd to FRIENDS OF SHOEMYER on 12/03/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from JEFFERSON COUNTIANS FOR A DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY to CITIZENS FOR TIM MEADOWS on 12/02/2009 # RT @Missourinet: Today on Across Our Wide Missouri: The death of the Republic, Missouri's oldest newspaper. Link at Missourinet.com ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-04/ "His knowledge will lead many people," Rep. Paul Levota, regarding Rep. Chris Kelly. http://bit.ly/8oOgX3 #MOpolitics # MO kids diagnosed with autism - nearly 6,000. MO kids with any kind of special need on an IEP: over 130,000. http://bit.ly/7wAM97 # RT @amednews: Quality of care low on hospital boards' ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-03/ CFtweet: $25,000 from William E. White/M. Ellen Nichols to ELECT BILL WHITE on 12/02/2009 # RT @CoryBooker: "Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." William B. Sprague # More on MIssouri native @BradPitt and #MakeItRight Foundation in NOLA. http://bit.ly/5p3Ud0 # RT @newtgingrich: Our Real ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-02-2/ @LaurenceMaroney up the pipes on 4th down - TD! #NEPatriots 7NE - 3NOLA # Strong confidence in @LaurenceMaroney after a fumble. 2nd TD - 8 in last 6 games so far. #NFL # RT @DonCalloway: Randy Moss' beard is quite remarkable, actually. # CFtweet: $5,001 from Rex A. Sinquefield to CITIZENS ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-12-01/ @ChadLivengood I think all leaders tuning into citizens now want bigger plans to create real jobs, not just "cash with clunking deficits." # Michigan: “This state needs jobs, and we think medical marijuana can stimulate the state economy...,” - Nick Tennant http://bit.ly/4rRP83 # Something's going wrong with the Brett Favre Viking ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-30/ No catfish? RT @WestWingReport: http://twitpic.com/rgr1z - Obama "noodling" arnd w/ Chinese President Hu. (White House Photo/Pete Souza) # jrosenbaum An eternal question many wonder as well, like the Razorback field goal kicker today: http://bit.ly/6agCWE # RT @OneRamsWay: RB Steven Jackson is officially ACTIVE. Will go today. # "We've got to ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-29/ The real McCoy (Colt)...65 yard rush to TD! #Longhorns #NCAA # Rose Bowl, January 7th, 2010, Pasadena, CA...one Husker win away for Texas Longhorns. #BCS Colt McCoy 173 yards rushing - wow. # RT @WestWingReport: BHO's sweeping ethics regulations, which could kick lobbyists out of govt. advisory panels: http://bit.ly/92wOyD # Ready...spend...fire...aim? ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-27-2/ "Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only means." - Albert Einstein. # NASA Shuttle & ISS Naked Eye Views Avail: Thu Nov 26/05:40 PM 5 mins long Appr: 10 above NW Dep: 12 above SE http://bit.ly/FO8ML # Former Redskins cheerleader lobbies their way ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-26-2/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Gayle Palmer to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 11/24/2009 # Why your vote matters: had Ben Franklin's motion to make turkey our US bird won, some would be stuffing bald eagle this week. # Rural missouri - this must end... RT @FOX2now: PHOTO GALLERY: The faces of Meth http://bit.ly/6fY5ZQ # CFtweet: ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-25/ Internet Irony: WIKI's editors are becoming anything but fast, as it's hawaii name suggests. http://bit.ly/72hX2y # Maybe #STL should start a "Draft Arnold" campaign to play for the RAMS. At least he knows how to find the red zone. http://bit.ly/7e7Y4u # It is better to light one candle than to ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-24/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Lee Mechanical Contractors, Inc. to CITIZENS FOR ROMINE on 11/20/2009 # Edited RT @bwahby: Free Don Calloway http://bit.ly/4regFz # Kansas No More for Moore? RT @cqpolitics: Political Wire: Moore to Announce Retirement http://bit.ly/6gkoCX # Will Lou Dobbs become the new moon for middle class voters? http://bit.ly/781dL8 # Ohio GOP ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-23-2/ 40%. The number of health savings accounts used by people making less than 60%. http://bit.ly/5C7RUJ # $60K, not 60% on that last tweet. Back to my coffee. # "Capitalism is not the system of the past; it is the system of the future - if mankind is to have a ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-22-2/ CFtweet: $8,000 from Republic Services Inc to CITIZENS FOR TRUTH IN GOVERNMENT on 11/20/2009 # I am not procrastinating until tomorrow. # CFtweet: $25,000 from Thomas and Kristen Roberts to LAMPING FOR SENATE on 11/20/2009 # The one time that turning 60 might be a good thing: clenching floor debate in US ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-21/ Good to have @AFPMissouri back in the saddle tweckling for job growth. # CFtweet: $10,000 from Leggett & Platt to RON RICHARD 2010 on 11/19/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. d/b/a AT&T to MO SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 11/18/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Rex A.Sinquefield to FRIENDS TO ELECT ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-20/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Leggett & Platt to RON RICHARD 2010 on 11/19/2009 # Trust in Philanthropy http://bit.ly/S4zaq # CFtweet: $5,001 from Rex A. Sinquefield to CALLAHAN FOR MISSOURI on 11/19/2009 # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-19/ RT @digg_politics: "Lou Dobbs talks about Obama, CNN and who shot at his wife" - http://digg.com/d21AEfx?t8 # China leaders: It seems $800B of US dollar deficits earns your gov't a little more respect than previously-thought. No civil rights press # Warren Buffett & Goldman Sachs say, "Let 10,000 small businesses ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-18/ RT @CoMissourian: Greek life to place limits on socials http://bit.ly/2gfKBa #CoMo # RT @MissouriChamber: MO needs 444,183 new jobs: http://bit.ly/2Agii0. Seminar: http://bit.ly/1Wof0W # RT @fox4webteam: Larry Johnson signs w/ Bengals. http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-larry-johnson-signs-with-bengals-111709,0,4114014.story # RT @KBIA: Nixon announces tuition freeze for 2nd year in row for four year colleges and universities...more info at 4 on ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-17/ TD @LaurenceMaroney 7 Up! # Pats go up 13 pts; 4 min to Peyton's last stand # Billy-Billy. #Colts upset #Patriots. Stunning decision on 4th down. 35 to 34. #NFL rivalry to remember. # Bernanke: In the employment kitchen, without a jobs stove. #economicgrowth http://bit.ly/1W4gPi # Navy pilot Brian Burke ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-16/ For those following #STL police control, state militia started with Missouri Union lobbyist Gamble, under Honest Abe. http://bit.ly/1ZjeCt # One papparazzi series likely to be more popular than "Going Rogue." http://bit.ly/12HmtZ # CFtweet: $10,000 from Polsinelli Shughart to POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WI.. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-15/ @bwahby Happy hunting! Best nab some deer jerky before FDR's food rationing begins. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company to MIKE BURKE FOR MAYOR on 11/12/2009 # http://twitpic.com/phhnw - Here come the Great White hunter tails. This friend calls his buck "cheney" # The Bootheel over well-heeled... RT @keithkirk: Sikeston ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-14/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica to OUR CHILDREN. OUR FUTURE. OUR DECISION. on 11/10/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from St. Joseph Cablevision to OUR CHILDREN. OUR FUTURE. OUR DECISION. on 11/10/2009 # RT @Philanthropy: Twitter's Philanthropy Revolution -- thoughts from @tactphil http://ow.ly/BImF # RT @RiverfrontTimes: Science Center Officials Rule Out Creationists in Brazen ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-12/ Good morning patriots, veterans, and families of those who serve. We depend on you more than we will ever know. # @tonymess I heard your name was behind a recycling campaign down south, too: "Stop Messen with Texas?" # Whenever foundations sponsor poetry contests on the US deficit our kids will ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-11/ CFtweet: $5,000 from AMERICAN MILLING, LP to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 11/06/2009 # The fake mid mo hostage news reminded me that I forgot to congrat the #Steelers last night. They broke the broncos down. # @realpatriots @patriotsinsider good tweet photo of #StL native @LaurenceMaroney. Doing well by doing good. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-10/ hard to believe that's it been 20 yrs since this wall went down. http://bit.ly/2QzFLp # "Real school reformers are easy to identify. They're busy working their mops." http://bit.ly/3DXBLN # RT @amednews: Opening session of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates. Slideshow http://bit.ly/1ZCahN # CFtweet: $5,000 from Express Scripps to COUNTY CITIZENS FOR ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-09-2/ "I think we're witnessing a political renaissance about concerns about jobs," Pres, Economic Policy Institute http://bit.ly/Vaxyy # RT @joelrubinson: healthcare begins to get serious about social media http://bit.ly/2ulgcZ # Silicon Valley execs: today's weather in San Fran, Partly Cloudy , 51F. #STL, sunny, 77F. #missouri # “They should be focused ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-08/ You gotta love the veterans and patriots who forged the USS NY from steel of the WTC. http://bit.ly/rlJY # http://twitpic.com/onanw - Listening to #Mizzou from our John Deere tractor # http://twitpic.com/oobvm - Cleaning out the farm barn; found an oldie but goodie sign # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-07/ By Travis H. Brown, MBA It has been no secret that I have lobbied to make online public schools as useful, effective, and transparent as any other classroom in Missouri. It likewise may come as no surprise that I am an avid user of twitter to provide government transparency (having ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/teaching-twitter-missouri-lobbying/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Fred Weber Inc to CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF E-911 on 11/03/2009 # Maybe LeBron James would like ticker tape parades in NYC, too? http://bit.ly/3MjNO7 # 10.2% unemployment. How long will it stay? http://bit.ly/3RsEa8 # 2010's Theme: More from Less. http://bit.ly/2WzMFM Labor Productivity. # RT @nprpolitics: What Twitter ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-06/ “When the economy’s not strong there’s a lot of interest in controlling spending,” -- Sen. Ben Nelson http://bit.ly/18lFY6 # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-05/ RT @markparkinson: RT @idrawrobots: If you put the federal gov't in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. # Just saw #ArtLaffer commenting from NJ/VA Gov races..."States can follow a simple prosperity formula: lower taxes, higher economic growth." # Just saw #ArtLaffer commenting from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-04-2/ RT @nprpolitics: Fate Of Dems' Majority Rests On Job Growth http://su.pr/6DQRgJ # http://twitpic.com/o4gqo - Finally getting Missouri's October weather, delivered in November... # http://twitpic.com/o4hcg - If you woke up in Kabul, voting safely may be hard. If you get a chance in America, make your voice heard. # @pubdef Thanks for noticing our ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-03/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Amir Tajkarimi to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 10/30/2009 # So, the state has less money. Virtual schools cost less to educate, & saves gas. So, why would we cut their funding? http://bit.ly/SnAuP # This story from @tonymess outlines why CFTweets help promote a real-time, full disclosure system ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-02/ CFtweet: $5,000 from DST Systems Inc to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/30/2009 # http://twitpic.com/nwc6o - The Green Bay Favre Count down begins... # Starting to get cold in Green Bay; literally and figuratively. Favre in the groove. # Favre'd again! Drats. At least the Vikings fans around us got "dehorned" before ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-11-01/ CFtweet: $7,810 from Realtors Political Action Committee- Missouri to METRO KC RPAC on 10/30/2009 # CFtweet: $7,500 from Save Our Ballot Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 10/30/2009 # Here's to all the pagans still in the world...happy halloween! # A nice, breezy day in Badger Land. UW football up by 34 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-31-2/ Frist, MD: "Family of 4, 40 yrs old, will incur increased out-pocket costs by $4,000 by Jan 30th, 2010. Not being debated now." # Frist, MD: "Behavior is 40% responsible for proportional contribution to premature death. Health services: 10%" # Frist, MD: "10 appointed people, not elected, could determine Medicare's rates ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-30-4/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Heavy Constructors Industry Advancement Fund to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $25,000 from Kenneth McClain to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $5,636 from AmerenFEDPAC to AMEREN UE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from Motorola Corporation to CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF E-911 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-30-2/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Heavy Constructors Industry Advancement Fund to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $25,000 from Kenneth McClain to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $5,636 from AmerenFEDPAC to AMEREN UE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 10/29/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from Motorola Corporation to CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF E-911 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-30/ CFtweet: $50,000 from Missouri Professionals Mutual to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 10/27/2009 # CFtweet: $16,000 from Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund to FORD MOTOR COMPANY CIVIC ACTION FUND-MISSOURI on 10/27/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Friends of Mike Cunningham to CITIZENS FOR JAY WASSON on 10/27/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Realtors ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-28/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Kansas City Power and Light to OUR CHILDREN. OUR FUTURE. OUR DECISION. on 10/26/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from Regional Business Council to MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 10/26/2009 # CFtweet: $16,000 from CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION to INTEGRITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT on 10/20/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-27-2/ 1,000 dead so far. Glaxo, Novartis, & MedImmune scrambling for vaccines. An FDA still reviewing new products. http://bit.ly/1k2ehS #H1N1 # "A gd leader inspires ppl 2 have confidence in the leader, a gr8 leader inspires ppl 2 have confidence in themselves." - Eleanor Roosevelt # It's still a bit paranormal ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-26/ A Gary Pinkel first: just saw a fan catch a pass thrown on a bad flee-flicker. Seriously? # Heard from #mizzou stand. "Feels like 1989 all over again.". 35 to 7 Texas. # Pinkeled: the process of rapid sideways motion to simulate the intent of forward progress; despite ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-25/ Happy birthday to @bwahby, go tigers, and good luck @DwyerRice! # Texas scores on #Mizzou faster than media on the balloon boy...7 to zip. 11 min, Q1 # At least our seat buds are having fun at #Mizzou, mainly cuz they are in burnt orange. 21 to 0. # Powered by ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-24/ Go Pats go, in London, England. http://bit.ly/1Sts0D # "Indecision may or may not be my problem." -- Jimmy Buffett, singer-songwriter # RT @lancearmstrong: Meeting with Governor Strickland (Ohio) and @livestrongceo at the house. # CFtweet: $25,000 from Regional Business Council to CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF E-911 on 10/23/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from RightCHOICE Managed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-23/ Charter school proponents have had faith that their model of increased flexibility and autonomy can offer solutions for kids in underserved communities. They’ve been able to see anecdotal improvements, but studies published this month offer proof of the incredible potential of Charter schools to improve student achievement. New York was ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/math-scores-missouri-public-charter/ CFtweet: $16,000 from CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION to INTEGRITY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT on 10/20/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from CITIZENS FOR SHIELDS to OUR CHILDREN. OUR FUTURE. OUR DECISION. on 10/20/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Express Scripts to COMMITTEE TO ELECT RITA DAYS on 10/16/2009 # FCC is no longer neutral about the net. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-22-2/ RT @St_Louis_Blues: Show your support for the Blues & Hockey Fights Cancer Weekend with 2 games at Scottrade! http://tinyurl.com/yfqoro3 # 38,000. The number of net MO jobs lost since the Fed Stimulus Plan rolled out 7 mo's ago. What's been promised by next Dec? +69,000.. # Answer: only North Dakota. Q: What ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-21-2/ FAA Administrator Babbitt at #NBAA refers to anesthesia patient safety foundation as example of how data sharing helped society. # Rich Karlgaard, Forbes publisher, reminds #NBAA that 1970's recession created Southwest, Fedex, Microsoft, Apple, Oracle, Schwab. # Tom Buffenbarger, Int'l Pres, IAM, "My union is fighting for survival of aerospace. 30K of ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-20/ 43%. The # of Norwegians that agreed with Jagland leading the nomination of our president to the Nobel Prize Award. http://bit.ly/mGWbO # Next freedom of choice to take away? Your big screen TV. http://bit.ly/vBczA Consumer Electronics Association fights big bro in CA. # RT @DavidALieb: Former U.S. Jim ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-19/ CFtweet: $10,000 from UA Political Educaton Committee to SPRINKLER FITTERS POLITICAL EDUC & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE on 10/07/2009 # CFtweet: $6,000 from Fred N Sauer to ICET FOR AUDITOR on 10/07/2009 # CFtweet: $25,000 from FRIENDS OF TILLEY to ICET FOR AUDITOR on 10/05/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from David C. Humphreys to CITIZENS FOR ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-18/ @ryansilvey @markparkinson Both of your tweets on "emolument" surface from @washpost research, so what's the issue? # CFtweet: $5,000 from Burns & McDonnell to POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH .. # CFtweet: $5,000 from DST Systems to POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-17/ The Des Moines Register outlines the Governor Culver Countdown to Iowa Budget Cuts. http://bit.ly/24gs5m # Oakland, CA pilot will bill Obama for lost Bay revenue due to Air Force One airspace blocks during DNC fundraiser. http://bit.ly/2mc4zP # Why the FCC internet ultimate fight competition among lobbyists will be anything but neutral. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16-3/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16-2/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16-2/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16-2/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16-2/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16/ I have found a new solution for curing travel stress after long evening flights: bordeaux wine at the gate terminal. Yes we can # Dennis Miller may be the libertarian's obe one kanobe on common sense issues. http://www.dennismillerradio.com # "Beware the prophet (inconvenient truth) seeking profit." -- Dennis Miller ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-16/ CFtweet: $15,000 from Davis Bethune & Jones LLC to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/13/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from MO State Council of Machinist PAC to WORKING FAMILIES COMMITTEE on 10/13/2009 # CFtweet: $100,000 from Public Charter Schools for MO - Pac East to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 09/30/2009 # Yeah; that has ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-14-2/ Fmr MU QB having a great Jets game tonight! # CFtweet: $10,000 from Sprinkler Fitters Local 268 to FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL G CORCORAN on 10/09/2009 # Economic message from China...cut taxes, sell more cars, ease up on stimulus measures. http://bit.ly/17F52V # Southern Illinois citizens...welcome back to Missouri, once progressive income taxes hit ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-13-2/ RT @Drudge_Report: Obama fails to win Nobel prize in economics... http://tinyurl.com/yjx3qg7 # @eweek coronates the rise of Facebook and Twitter as record web traffic is posted. http://bit.ly/Cuea6 # @HuffPost reveals their ultimate game changers in politics. http://bit.ly/YNhF3 # @DavidALieb Good update on an important state energy issue. Thanks. # Nothing ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-12/ CFtweet: $10,000 from eData Solutions Inc to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/08/2009 # CFtweet: $47,500 from Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/08/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from JE Dunn Construction Co to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 10/08/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Robb and Robb ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-11/ CFtweet: $5,500 from FRIENDS OF JASON KANDER to MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 09/26/2009 # Maybe the Missouri sports hex is gone with the rain...finally. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-10/ http://twitpic.com/ks3q0 - Mizzou! # My Pinkel just got gabberted; and that hurts. Come on #mizzou. # How twitter is showing microsoft, google, the future of data mining & focus groups. http://bit.ly/14kdU7 # Nihao, Hummer Brand! http://bit.ly/KTe0h The future of chinese ownership with american innovation. # http://twitpic.com/kuhse - Record St. Louis crowd ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-09/ CFtweet: $75,000 from MISSOURI PATHFINDERS to MAJORITY FUND INC on 10/06/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Drury Development Corp to COMMITTEE TO ELECT GARY FUHR on 09/15/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from DRURY HOTELS to COMMITTEE TO ELECT GARY FUHR on 09/14/2009 # CFtweet: $12,500 from Missouri Democratic Party Campaign Committee to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-08/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Washington University in St. Louis to ADVANCE ST. LOUIS on 10/06/2009 # Response to google's 1957 bar code patent anniversary? http://bit.ly/1p3BnV IIIII IIII IIIII III III IIIII # Jarid Brown, IL Statehouse Examiner, breaks down the Illinois problem of rising state income taxes. http://bit.ly/t3Cdj # CFtweet: $5,000 from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-07-2/ PAC Mathews, stealing the ball for 7 from Peterson...priceless! # http://twitpic.com/khcxm - Just got my free flu shot at Barnes Jewish, line was fast and smooth, all should partake # @ESPN pumps up MU QB Blaine Gabbert before this NE weekend game. http://bit.ly/4UYzV #mizzou # CFtweet: $20,000 from Supporters of Health Research ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-06/ Ten of the best women chess players in the country are in St. Louis this week to participate in the 2009 U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, held here for the first time in history thanks to the opening of the tournament-ready Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Pelopidas ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/sinquefield-shahade-chess-charlie-brennan/ Congrats to our US Nobel prize winners...the future of telomeres to our aging process. http://bit.ly/14eUzr # Autism diagnosis among children - growing faster than medicaid in the states? http://bit.ly/2nZYqo # Special Paint: The latest cat to the WIFI hot-spot mouse game, in theaters, homes, etc. http://bit.ly/wIl6c # The latest on ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-05/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Heartland Health to OUR CHILDREN. OUR FUTURE. OUR DECISION. on 10/02/2009 # CFtweet: $50,000 from Jack Jackson - LOAN to JACK JACKSON FOR STATE SENATE on 10/01/2009 # QOTD: "A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair." - Iranian Proverb # The largest place outside US ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-04/ CFtweet: $50,000 from Loan from Bryan Pratt to CITIZENS FOR BRYAN PRATT on 09/30/2009 # Today's StL Cardinal first pitch: Scott Baier,#teachforamerica. Congrats - throw a zinger! # New Acronym named for Tourism Federation of Wisconsin: TFW. Apparently, WTF didn't work too well in today's twitter-world. # http://twitpic.com/k66mo - @LydaKrewson ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-03/ CFtweet: $20,000 from ENGLER FOR MISSOURI to MAJORITY FUND INC on 09/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Thomas Guilfoil to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 09/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from IRONWORKERS POLITICAL EDUCTION FUND to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 09/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Lodging Hospitality Management to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 09/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,500 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-02/ The return of the NFL player's dementia debate. http://bit.ly/Qjc9x # CFtweet: $7,500 from John Bardgett & Associates to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $6,000 from 4100 Forest Park Partners LP to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $7,500 from Missouri Professionals Mutual to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-10-01-2/ CFtweet: $10,000 from William Holekamp to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Roy Pfautch to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from QC Holdings, Inc to MAJORITY FUND INC on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Peter von Gontard to ADVANCE ST. LOUIS on 09/29/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-30-2/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/rex-sinquefield/ CFtweet: $30,000 from CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE to CITIZENS IN SUPPORT OF E-911 on 09/28/2009 # CFtweet: $20,000 from RON RICHARD 2010 to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 07/14/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Travelers Indemnity Company to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 09/27/2009 # CFtweet: $12,000 from Tarlton Corporation to ADVANCE ST. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-29-2/ CFtweet: $17,953 from first electronic filing, could not find to COMMITTEE TO ELECT WES WAGNER COUNTY CLERK on 07/01/2009 # RT @Missourinet: Gov Nixon visits Wheeler Downtown Airport 1pm to announce development of Hangar 10; new terminal building, hangars, etc. # Lobbying in Copenhagen. http://bit.ly/46GBvi The 2016 Summer Olympic Games. @ArneDuncan ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-28/ Laura Bush thanks Bucky's intro; referring to "Uncle Buckle;" also mentioned in crowd: Bert Walker; Sam and Marilyn Fox. # "Formerly Shy Librarian Tells All," the name of Laura Bush's proposed memoir to come. # 4,000 US families served by NCCS in 2008. Only 20% of developing country children diagnosed with cancer ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-27-2/ Good job ole Mizzou football. Not everyone shows maturity while in Reno, Nevada. # CFtweet: $10,000 from RKZ Management to CITIZENS FOR BRYAN PRATT on 09/24/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Rex A. Sinquefield to FRIENDS OF RANDY JOTTE on 09/25/2009 # Starting dinner for a great charity; national children's cancer society. # Powered ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-26/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Ash Grove Cement Company to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 09/23/2009 # CFtweet: $25,000 from BlueCross BlueShield of Kansas City to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 09/23/2009 # Sixty feet, six inches - story of Cardinals great Bob GIbson http://bit.ly/178RwB # One billion valuation, 140 characters at a time. http://bit.ly/5j5wD # Google, ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-25-2/ CFtweet: $5,000 from MHA PAC for Health to ELECT FUNDERBURK on 09/23/2009 # Good for St. Louis: Congrats to Roger Beachy appointment to NIFA agency! # Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation launching the Living Proof Project, on global health spending - much needed. # Amen RT @johncombest: Tony LaRussa and Jim Edmonds bury ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-24/ Happy 60th Birthday to the Boss Bruce Springsteen. # CFtweet: $15,000 from Medco Health Solutions, Inc. to MISSOURIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE CHOICE on 09/21/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Southwestern Enterprises, Inc. to SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR on 09/23/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Hunter Engineering Company to SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR on 09/23/2009 # RT @AmSol: Check ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-23/ Gonna be a few more #NFL teams looking for Wildcat style offenses after tonight's MNF. Good job Brownie! # Colts pull it out, one more time, 27-23. Thanks Peyton Manning - 119 career victories. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Belleau Farm to ADVANCE ST. LOUIS on 09/21/2009 # RT @KBIA: Columbia City ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-22/ Giants looking decent tonight...#NFL # Just another manic Monday...not a great weekend finish for St. Louis, MO sports last night. # CFtweet: $10,000 from Scott Wilson to SCHWEICH FOR AUDITOR on 09/21/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Columbia Professional Baseball, LLC to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 09/21/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from National Administration Co., ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-21-2/ Hello Sunday morning. Time to play some football. #NFL Go patriots in NYC. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-20/ Go tiggers go! # @benjamin_akande Congrats on a great video stream yesterday with @jack. in reply to benjamin_akande # Garage salers, EBay junkies, Craigs Listers, listen up! http://bit.ly/KF13E Don't get leaded... # RT @nprpolitics: Reports: FCC To Propose 'Net Neutrality' Rules http://su.pr/35laxV # M-I-Z.... # Z-O-U! Great job today. Restored some ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-19/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Right Choice Managed Care Inc. to CALLAHAN FOR MISSOURI on 09/17/2009 # Unveiling a sports stadium as expensive as a B2 Bomber, longer than the Empire State Bldg is tall. http://bit.ly/38Blvn #cowboys #nfl # @jack good luck with your "tweet me in saint louis" appearances today. http://bit.ly/14S3qB # RT @Missourinet: ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-18/ CFtweet: $15,000 from United Healthcare Services, Inc. to MISSOURIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE CHOICE on 09/15/2009 # @Scott_Rupp Too many man-hours from DESE to help our schools? Please tell us they were joking... # @chadlivengood Sounds like career ladder may look more like a pogo stick with budget cuts. # CFtweet: $22,000 from AT&T ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-17/ Bernanke, I don't feel like our recession is very likely over, but I hope you're right. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Carpenters District Council of Kansas City to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 09/14/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City to CITIZENS FOR CRIME REDUCTION on 09/14/2009 # CFtweet: ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-16/ Just got out of Boston's NFL traffic - what a finish. A few new FB pic uploads here. http://bit.ly/DGK4a # Small credit - Roadhouse, with Patrick Swayze, may have been the first time I ever considered Missouri as a filming site for tourism. # Another confession: 1984's Red Dawn ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-15/ Welcome @JenShahade jedi master of all things chess! # CFtweet: $10,000 from CHIPP Political Fund to WORKING FAMILIES COMMITTEE on 08/03/2009 # New t-shirt seen in Washington airport: NOPE (instead of HOPE): Keep the Change. What happens below 50% approval I guess. # What does loud music and Los Alamos have ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-14/ #Mizzou starting to look like DC health reform; bad on offense, slow to respond, and not getting better with age # @DonCalloway Yes We Can? #Mizzou up 7... # @tonymess Watching the ponies lose....priceless. At least there's still good skiing near Denver. # Years ago I met Nobel Prize Winner Norman ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-13/ http://twitpic.com/hg5ze - Think this is a Missouri taranchula at my place...near my road # I am excited to be back at the Zou. Wish our team was... # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-12-2/ Today, Governor Nixon signed Executive Order #09-24 calling for the Department of Insurance to report on the sufficiency of Missouri’s “prompt pay” statutes.  Senator Jim Lembke collaborated with Signature Medical Group under a Republican executive administration as a State Representative.  In February, 2009 he proposed a more stringent version alerting   ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/finally-action-on-prompt-pay/ RT @clairecmc: We must never ever forget or let our guard down. God Bless the families who lost loved ones 8 years ago this morning. # CFtweet: $15,000 from Express Scripts to MISSOURIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE CHOICE on 09/09/2009 # MO Doctors finally heard. @JayNixon just released prompt pay review of ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-11-2/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Empire District Electric PAC to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 08/26/2009 # Brady's QB Value: 1113 more yards, 29 more TDs, 5 more wins, plus a Super Bowl option? http://bit.ly/PFNTg #Patriots # Missouri State Auditor moves into Kansas City Public Schools. http://bit.ly/1iOdnV # Fall harvest for US Sen. Blanche LIncoln. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-10-2/ CFtweet: $14,000 from Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 09/08/2009 # CFtweet: $50,000 from Simmons Attorneys At Law to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 09/08/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Stone, Leyton & Gershman to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 09/08/2009 # RT @Missourinet: Blog: Dozens and dozens and dozens ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-09/ Why public charter schools deserve more attention, and what they're doing about it. http://bit.ly/2Zbu4T # Your energy word for the day is: bio-syntrolysis. http://bit.ly/10fGRR Better biofuel with hydrogen. # 216 - the number of DC school families kicked out of the school of their choice by USDOE. http://bit.ly/D1amU Today's ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-08/ Labor Day Promise: How the world might reduce Alzheimer's by 20% in our lifetime. http://bit.ly/7BDrU Gene Discovery # Bowling against Capitalism? Michael Moore's latest work. http://bit.ly/riaIa # Trivia: When was the first year that Labor Day was celebrated? http://bit.ly/Gt80Y # @MattDamon Whoever thought gaining weight was hard? http://bit.ly/iNjbf # A ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-07/ Alabama college football...wow. # How ironic..slaving away, painting, sanding, & varnishing over Labor Day Weekend. Fun... # @ChaseDaniel Good luck in the Big Easy. Close to home and heart probably. Just realized McElroy was from your high school. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-06/ http://twitpic.com/gk1xt - Rise and shine... # CFtweet: $15,000 from CAREMARK RX INC to MISSOURIANS FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE CHOICE on 09/04/2009 # http://twitpic.com/gkxbe - You frustrating little ball you... # #Mizzou nice start to the football season! # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-05/ 9.7%. Nationwide unemployment. My guess is many of us don't feel stimulated yet. # Agree or disagree: Arson (like that in CA) can be more selfish, damaging, and pointless than suicide? # Just into Madison, WI. Took me less than 10 minutes to hear that UW's Ron Dayne ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-04/ It''s about choice and competition. http://bit.ly/86hbP # CFtweet: $10,000 from Noranda Aluminum, Inc. to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 09/02/2009 # Today's only regret: Edwards Jones Stadium does not offer an open face roof for the Governor's Cup game (Rams v Chiefs) tonight. # CFtweet: $10,000 from Empire District Electric Co to SOUTHWEST ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-03/ When I first moved to St. Louis, I worked downtown and spent a good deal of time running errands. Walking to various office buildings in a few-block radius, I grew to enjoy the feeling of being part of the accelerating activity of downtown and “owning” that part of the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/wainwright-building-historic-preservation/ Just drove by Busch Stadium with Cards game in motion; have to admit it's impressive with its lights on in Saint Louis downtown. # CFtweet: $32,000 from PARSON FOR STATE REP to PARSON FOR STATE SENATE on 08/31/2009 # Chicago OIympics 2016: "Ambitious but achievable." http://bit.ly/14VDF8 # @missourischools After diverting $6M in ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-02/ Should the NFL ban tweets from players 90 min before/after gametimes? http://bit.ly/SUtaS Really? # CFtweet: $5,000 from Major Brands, Inc., to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 08/29/2009 # Go D-J. You're my D-J. No go - DJ Tax? http://bit.ly/14tJCX # E-BAY may Skype you to someone else - Silver Lake Group ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-09-01/ The Missouri Supreme Court upheld today the circuit court ruling on the long-contested Funding Formula Adequacy Trial, definitively establishing that Missouri’s current public school funding formula meets the state’s obligations and dismissing arguments brought by almost half of Missouri’s public school districts that funding was unconstitutionally distributed and inadequate, and ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/missouri-precedent-defends-education/ Saw the movie District9. A creative, provoking, satire on humanity in the universe. # The Saint Louis Cardinals are playing like the style of our weather - cool and collected in October. # RT @KOMUnews: RT @komuMegan: Over the wknd, a Fulton woman, 69, shot at a plane attempting to land ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-31/ With the pace of new technology, it’s a challenge to simply keep up with the next advancement, application or platform. Facebook has acquired 250 million users worldwide in five short years, with social networking competitor Twitter generating 3 million messages a day. Youtube is only 4 years ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/thomas-edisons-lasting-legacy-in-film-and-innovation/ 17-7 Patriots. Good work so far @laurencemaroney! # This explains what's wrong with the pro healthcare ad campaigns. Just opened a AARP membership letter for me. Are you kidding? # http://twitpic.com/fows5 - Fresh as a Missouri morning... # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-29/ CFtweet: $7,000 from CITIZENS FOR RIDDLE to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 08/27/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Ferrellgas to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 08/26/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Empire District Electric Co. to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 08/26/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from LEGGETT & PLATT, INC. to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 08/26/2009 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-28/ ouch....RT @RasmussenPoll: Nationally, Pelosi's unfavorable ratings up to 64%... video... http://tinyurl.com/RR0528 # @jrosenbaum Those healthcare town halls seem to get bigger every week. in reply to jrosenbaum # RT @RiverfrontTimes: Bad News Teens: New State Law Prohibits Minors From Texting and Driving http://bit.ly/snuAt # High School Test: If you got a scholarship ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-27/ National NEA: "The current system is failing many students." http://bit.ly/1jMq1D But, they discount #teachforamerica's effect. # $1.4M American Airlines Q2 Lobbying. http://bit.ly/25SXc How Air Transport Ass'n may want you to starve on tarmac. # My road sign just passed says I'm only five miles from Dixie. Missouri ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-26/ Anesthesiologists: more propofol in MJ than any doctor would ever want to admit? http://bit.ly/lsyyS # Off Track: At 86 Americans per square mile, should we invest in high rail at $50M/mile? http://bit.ly/A2ZGp # Sedalia, MO: Getting Hooked on Science (& Pepsi, Menthos) to break world records http://bit.ly/EkOtT # Some might ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-25-2/ "He did what he's been doing for 22 years." Albert Pujols, on Smoltz. http://bit.ly/9PzOP # 43%. Number of Obama apptmts confirmed to date. http://bit.ly/OURUX # 53F this morning. Heaven. # Missouri state legislators made the Plastics & Rubber Weekly News. http://bit.ly/QbvaT #Tupperware # P&G cashes out ($3.1B) from drug pharma ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-24/ by Travis H. Brown, Contract Lobbyist This week, a Washington Post article about the risks that air medical emergency response teams face reminded me how often state & federal healthcare lobbyists forget the vital role that pilots with paramedics play.  The focus of that story had to do with the family lives ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/lobbying-life-flights-access/ A perfect day to fly. # http://twitpic.com/f0m4e - A Beautiful Day for Flight Training across Missouri # First we rebooted our US Postal Service with competition. http://bit.ly/1NbwOO Now, we outsource #NASA. Must be something to it. # It's like Netflix for Washington DC Lobbyists. http://bit.ly/d85vC Contract line-standing for ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-23/ CFtweet: $11,000 from Ford Motor Company Civic Action Fund to FORD MOTOR COMPANY CIVIC ACTION FUND-MISSOURI on 08/20/2009 # Our Missouri morning weather makes you want to get up earlier, just to feel the cool breeze (not without @Starbucks though). # @brownfield. You're correct. Draft horses draw in tourists & families ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-22/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Save Our Secret Ballot, Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 08/19/2009 # St. Charles, MO: True tragedy. http://bit.ly/KJdL8 # @Missourinet Thanks Governor Nixon. I can testify personally to having my license tabs swiped last year. # What is going on near Teterboro, NJ airport? http://bit.ly/cAfhi Is the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-21/ CFtweet: $25,000 from BEN HARRIS to CITIZENS TO ELECT BEN HARRIS on 08/19/2009 # College football is almost here. Do you have your official sports report working for you? If not, try http://bit.ly/RAHH6 # Why every public official should manage their own twitter userid. This isn't the MO AG -- ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-20/ By Travis H. Brown and Rachel Keller Brown Today marks the first day of public school in the newly-inspired Innovation Concept Academy.  The St. Louis community, and America-at-large, owes a lot to the courage of one man - Judge Jimmie Edwards.  In less than six months, he has embarked on what ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/brave-education-st-louis-public/ St. Louis Core has more on this Sat's 7th Ann Prostate Cancer Survivor's Walk. http://bit.ly/2Nm9AI 35+ men get free PSA tests, seminars. # Twice daily football practices @MU has some shaken up at Pinkel's plays. http://bit.ly/2WBquS # The safest job in MO State Government just opened up. http://bit.ly/Lz0kQ Dep't of ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-19/ Congrats 2 our MU Homecoming Grand Marshals 09: Jon Sunvold & Steve Stipanovich. Sunvold was an inspiration for every point guard shooter. # The Obama Joker Artist revealed... http://bit.ly/2SrJaE # Doyle brings Wisconsin the first open Governor's race since 1982. http://bit.ly/12aCq9 # Aussie Gov't invests 3 times+ more than USA gov't ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-18-2/ Tragic news for this Sprint Nextel Corporate Branding Marketing Executive Thomas Murphy in CO. http://bit.ly/hWyzu # You never know when a big city mayor can step in to help fight crime at our State Fairs. http://bit.ly/11XANL # A great beat about what you should know about FriendFeed & FaceBook's big social play. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-17/ You may be done with your cookies, but are they done with you? http://bit.ly/3apGlN # If Missouri celebrity Brad Pitt has "no chance" as N'Orleans Mayor http://bit.ly/175tXZ We know he can play the role of "Mr. Smith." # MN Governor Pawlenty keeps making the national travel rounds. http://bit.ly/86STF # Back to school, ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-16/ Summer cleaning of garage. Working harder than @Nasheed60 in a door-knocking contest. # Rock on Les Paul. http://bit.ly/gggC0 Here's to the 1941 Log, and entrepreneurial moonlighting. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-15/ Teterboro, NJ: As FAA political blame gets fanned, the pilot liberties of many lose to the mistake of one. http://bit.ly/18lzyl # What Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich, & @ArneDuncan have in common: http://bit.ly/bJV8M Real education reform #TodayShow # #FollowFriday @RiverfrontTimes http://bit.ly/19hs3W Tonight the Soulard Blues Band at Broadway Oyster Bar ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-14/ Another TSA burden on commercial flights - DOB & Gender searches of all passengers. http://bit.ly/16sblg # Muslims on summer vacation to Paris, forget your "burqini." http://bit.ly/Z3UBA # @MSTA Students with YouTube set up teacher phone call fine - $22K http://bit.ly/aoPwx # Germany & France moving out of recession? Good news with AB InBev ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-13/ DwyerRice: RT @PresReed: St. Louis was named Chess City of the Year by the U.S. Chess Federation http://bit.ly/F7nkR # RT @davecatanese: Sen. Frank Barnitz & Rep. Charlie Norr are accompanying Nixon at broadband event. # Who said, "I think that we have more machinery of gov't than is necessary, too many parasites ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-12-2/ How the "Everyone Filter" may captivate your FaceBook search. http://bit.ly/xElzg this Monday. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-11/ The man from Kansas to take to Las Vegas. http://bit.ly/45jPCk # In Norway, female executives are mandated to have 40% representation on publicly-traded boards. http://bit.ly/16dTnh # A more important mid-life crisis than a Harley; checking your link between cholesterol & Alzheimer's. http://bit.ly/m0LV9 # Farmington, MO: Obama's grassroots fight in the Show-ME makes ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-10/ Education standards: A little too late for impact. http://bit.ly/1633te # Congrats Derrion Thomas, son of Derrick Thomas, latest Chief to enter Hall of Fame. http://bit.ly/uL9RR Pictures here. # Speaking of the Chief's late Lamar Hunt, congrats on the NFL Pro Super Bowl Gallery. http://bit.ly/ZSjgr He deserved this. # Kansas ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-09/ The next $100M free enterprise campaign - US Chamber of Commerce v. Obama. http://bit.ly/48BVU8 # Marketing promotion 101: giving ebooks away via Kindle. http://bit.ly/QcYnn # Missing Missouri...by Country Music Star Sara Evans. http://bit.ly/rRezY # Guess what will hit the fan in Cuba if supplies don't improve fast. http://bit.ly/uYWnM # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-08/ PC World details how yesterday's social media cyber-attacks may have had political roots. http://bit.ly/494eZS # Poll: Here's why a path to victory is difficult on Congressional health reform. http://bit.ly/40is4y # ESPN blogs 3 predictions for Missouri football. http://bit.ly/LgapB Go tigers! # Brought to you by Vision Research, new Phantom HD NFL ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-07/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Gary Drewing to CITIZENS TO ELECT MIKE KEHOE on 08/04/2009 # So typical of my neat father-in-law. He leaves with a bang, making the first page of today's WI State Journal. http://bit.ly/qXsUD # GulfStream 550's for Congress now? http://linkbee.com/CJ5OK There's a 100 ways to charter more ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-06/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Kenneth McClain to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 08/04/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Legget & Platt, Inc. to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 08/04/2009 # CFtweet: $12,500 from Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 08/05/2009 # Thanks all. Memorial donations for Wally Keller are to the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-05-2/ Watch out @shaq. "The Shack" now has Lance Armstrong, as part of the new Radio Shack Brand. http://bit.ly/fO9nO # "State Contract Lobbyists as a good investment." Payday lender regulations in WI. http://bit.ly/wiMIu #Milwaukee # RT @Drudge_Report: Top Cybersecurity Aide At White House Resigns... http://tinyurl.com/mmrmjt # CFtweet: $12,000 from American Democracy ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-04/ RT @WayTooHigh: Apple announced that Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, is resigning from Apple's board # The Fight against Fraud at the National Sports Collectors Convention. http://bit.ly/r3J8h # Discuss: Should Missouri continue a sales tax holiday in a down economy? Illinois has not. # RT @vegtalk: First and only vegan restaurant ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-03/ Another technology NASA Astronauts can give to NFL armchair quarterbacks. http://bit.ly/g1Uox # Reconciliation: (from " DC loophole") a process of legislative angling when you should, but don't have, the votes. http://bit.ly/4gLm93 # Another Razorfish Digital Outlook: Making Facebook work for your CEO's Brand. http://bit.ly/N65Fk #1to1Media # After Friday's Friedman lunch, ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-02/ Just learned yesterday from an executive that there are motorcycles so fast that they equip you with a kevlar riding suit. Wow. # CFtweet: $5,000 from AGC of St Louis to CALLAHAN FOR MISSOURI on 07/31/2009 # CFtweet: $5,807 from Ameren FEDPAC to AMEREN UE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 07/30/2009 # 146 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-08-01/ We should always celebrate freedom. However, today, SMI pays tribute to Milton Friedman at lunch. http://bit.ly/3PcWds # Which jersey team will you vote on for Health Reform after recess? Red or Blue? http://bit.ly/NQVRL # Lobbyist fight: you rarely get media responses like this. http://bit.ly/4iu79w # Business Week breaks down ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-31/ @dwyerrice Worst game of the year: even evening traffic on Forsyth Blvd, St. Louis, MO # DC Recess Update: Cold beers, but no co-pays. Put it on our tab. # Listen up "Tan-a-holics." Talk to your dermatologist. http://bit.ly/wCnso # RT @johncombest: Allen Icet campaign kickoff tonight, 5:30 to 7:30, Genesis ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-30/ RT @davecatanese: Physician legislator doubts public option will survive: http://bit.ly/o9p2e # It's official: Yahoo meets Microsoft; to face off search by Google. # CFtweet: $25,000 from ATT to 0007TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE on 07/21/2009 # For those that missed WIlliam Shatner's video spoof on Palin's farewell speech. http://bit.ly/3wMTT Boldly going... # VID: ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-29/ #charitytuesday The St. Louis Science Center promotes YES (youth exploring science) fellowships across Missouri. Proven success. # CFtweet: $20,000 from I.M.P.A.C. to COALITION TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY on 07/23/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from SOUTHWEST REGION MSTA to MO STATE TEACHERS ASSOC LEGISLATIVE IMPACT CO on 07/20/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from August A. Busch ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-28/ Dueling GOP Brands: Terminator vs. McConnell styles. http://bit.ly/3uZKLX #NYTimes # Web advertising. Version 2010. http://bit.ly/RpTal "It's about insight.." AOL, Google weigh in. # Key West, FL: And the new winner of the Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest is... http://bit.ly/4800Yd # Since MU fball started getting revenge on NE, the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-27-2/ Children of the corn at rising risks? http://bit.ly/vshhw Farmer suicides. # How much would you pay for premium tweets? Economist breaks down the business of social networks. http://bit.ly/jrWAD # Dark realities from brokering organs. http://bit.ly/PkCdE # Met a hometown friend, now 83, who served WWII and knew General MacArthur while ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-26/ By Travis Brown, Pilot & Lobbyist Alan Klapmeier, former CEO of Cirrus Designs, may be right:  perhaps promoting general aviation, or what he calls Flying 2.0, is truly missionary work.  With everything at stake inside the next FAA reauthorization bill in Congress, now is the time for every AOPA pilot to tell their ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/pilots-lobbying-for-a-better-general-aviation-brand/ Just passed a sign for Freedom, MO. There has to be a naming story in that town, just like Peculiar or Frankenstein. # 3-on-3 shout out: My mercenaries informed me that our team got cut. At least they looked good with their team jerseys. # RT @joelrubinson: interesting PEW study. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-25/ CFtweet: $20,000 from Ron Richard 2008 to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 07/23/2009 # CFtweet: $69,453 from Carpenters District Council Of Kansas City & to CARPENTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY & VICINITY POLITICAL FUN.. # Pouring concrete is still as much work as I remember it to be. At least ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-24/ POTUS: Already showing signs of premature aging: grey hair, eye lids. Or maybe it's just HD TV. # Some municipal lobbies call CA budget a "Ponzi scheme." http://bit.ly/Nggy2 What about munis that raise taxes w/out approval? # Calling all studs. Wheaties Fuel is here. http://bit.ly/SJT6v Co-Branding ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-23/ By Rachel Keller Brown and Travis H. Brown Recent dealings with sports celebrities and major league greats like Cardinals legend Bob Gibson can remind us the important role that we all can play in our own social networks.  Long after his 1981 Hall of Fame induction, a St. Louis Cardinal like Bob Gibson ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/network-major-league-future/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Rex A. Sinquefield to PARSON FOR STATE SENATE on 07/21/2009 # State Budget Quote of the Day: Stephen Levy, "We are now the state that can't." (California Budget Cuts) # If the majority of StL school sites are "partial (not full) service,"@Fox2now what are they leaving out? # RT ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-22-2/ Rolling down the highway with a new flash card from my bud, chock full of my 3000 fav tunes. Happier than a hog in slop. # ase. #Watergate # For Sale: One wornout hotel famous for toppling a US President. Bay front property. Excellent surveillance capabilities. Inquire ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-21-4/ If Mizzou continues to expands its commitment to music composition, Missouri could become the "Austria" of our century. # @lownote Alarm Will Sound gave a masterful performance in the Show-ME State tonight. Ask them about the venue in NYC. # @DwyerRice Agreed. Click and mortar charter schools are the wave of ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-20/ By Travis Brown, Missouri Lobbyist This month, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient David McCullough celebrated his 76th birthday in America.  Over the years, his distinguished career as author, journalist, & historian has enriched our personal libraries. David McCullough might agree that sometimes you don't choose the big issues; the big issues choose ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/missourilobbyistslikedavidmccollough/ Missed @meethepress and will miss the Governor Jay Nixon press call. 72 and sunny in Columbia. Not too worried about it. # British Open: Not so elementary my dear (Tom) Watson. Good luck. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-19/ RIP Walter Cronkite. His work proves that good reporting can come from Missouri, and from starting out on state capitol beats. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Schnuck Markets to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Enterprise Rent A Car Co PAC to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 06/30/2009 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-18-2/ One thing I have in common today with Tiger Woods; neither of our golf games would make the cut. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-17/ CFtweet: $30,000 from Rex A. Sinquefield to COMMITTEE TO ELECT REED on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Lathrop & Gage to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from CORNERSTONE HEALTH CARE INC to FRIENDS OF TILLEY on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $6,000 from ANHEUSER BUSCH COS INC to FRIENDS OF TILLEY ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-16/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Pipefitters Local 562 Vol. Pol. Fund to JAY NIXON FOR MISSOURI on 07/12/2009 # Finally feeling better about Brewer's Prince Fielder now (after last night)- 3 to 2. # Why should Victorino doubt the power of city grassroots by Philadelphia Mayor Nutter if it elected him to the All-Stars? ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-15/ Ok, so I'm a bit let down from Pujols. But, I did get some good batting lessons from Padres HOF Tony Gwynn tonight. Good luck to his son. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Health Care Leadership Committee - Federal to HEALTHPAC on 06/23/2009 # @ArneDuncan 's All-Star Day for Merit Pay ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-14/ By Larry Stendebach Busch Stadium was packed last night for the Major League Baseball 2009 Home Run Derby, and the players put on a show worthy of the crowd. The lineup for the derby included: Carlos Pena (Tampa Bay), Joe Mauer (Minnesota Twins), Brandon Inge (Detroit Tigers), Nelson Cruz (Texas Rangers), ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/prince-fielder-home-run-derby-king-2009/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Rex A. Sinquefield to CITIZENS TO ELECT ALLEN ICET on 07/10/2009 # What Billy Bob Thornton, Nelly, & @clairecmc had in common last night. http://bit.ly/OFe2x # St. Charles, MO: "Friends of Lisa" organizers define the struggle for individualized education. http://bit.ly/s8Aav # Confirmation: Judging the Judge http://bit.ly/moeue #Hispanic # Tom ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-13-2/ CFtweet: $8,400 from Save Our Secret Ballot, Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 06/22/2009 # CFtweet: $27,000 from Save Our Secret Ballot, Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 06/08/2009 # Does Sarah speekT @meetthepress: Video: Can Palin win GOP nod in 2012? http://bit.ly/skAp1 # AGs debate CIA interrogation policies. http://bit.ly/Nzz7E Recommend watching the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-12/ CFtweet: $75,969 from Elect Nodler Committee to THE NODLER COMMITTEE on 06/24/2009 # Downtown St. Louis All-Star Report: Light rain, but autograph auction fans still piling in - ballpark village like a carnival. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Pipe Fitters 533 to FRIENDS FOR MICHAEL G CORCORAN on 06/30/2009 # All Star Celebrity ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-11/ CFtweet: $5,000 from RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc. to MO SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 06/23/2009 # @tonymess Goatee! #followfriday Go Cards, not Rockies. # RT @Drudge_Report: FORGIVE ME FATHER... Obama, pope hold first meeting... http://tinyurl.com/n5daka # RT @St_Louis_Blues: Attend the Blues All-Star Pre-Game Party on July 14 from 4-6 p.m. at ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-10/ CFtweet: $15,000 from Shelter Mutual Insurance Company to SHELTER INSURANCE COMPANY STATE PAC on 07/08/2009 # Why Missourians need to know if Illinois releases 10,000 prisoners by Sept 30th, just to cut costs. http://bit.ly/1hfbGe # My latest gov't trivia installment of: Is it Albany, NY or Somalia? http://bit.ly/FkAsW # Delayed: Sen. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-09/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Missouri Leadership Committee to CITIZENS FOR NIEVES on 06/24/2009 # What's worth $600M & climbing? maybe the value of Twitter, via Rupert Murdoch. http://bit.ly/4GB9r Allen & Co meet in Sun Valley. # You always knew you weren't getting enough dairy, even before Miss America told you so. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-08/ Why Illinois can't afford to even bury their indigent dead right now. http://bit.ly/KdbHJ # Albino white iPhones on the Endangered Species list? http://bit.ly/2rh3d #Apple # Go Cards! Joe Ricketts - the new proposed owner of the Chicago Cubs. http://bit.ly/VsSUJ $900M. # Farewell Don Rackers. You defined courtesy in the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-07-2/ RT @DavidALieb: At least 38 states miss budget forecasts, including Missouri. Some national perspective: http://tiny.cc/gjQ5P # NASA's latest astronaut from Richland, MO: Missourian Mike Hopkins http://bit.ly/CsCab # $175,000/hour spent on DC healthcare lobbying. http://bit.ly/UGDsL Insurers, hospitals, & medical groups # $500M revenue from Facebook this year, billions more expected in 5 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-06/ CFtweet: $8,000 from Citizens for Mike Talboy to MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 06/30/2009 # Happy birthday America! Our free speech gives us the liberty even to make untimely press releases over long weekends. # Tweets seem so much more convenient when floating in a boat on a lake. # CFtweet: $5,000 ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-04/ By Rachel Keller Brown Next weekend, St. Louis, MO hosts the 2009 Major League Baseball All Star Game. The 80th mid-season exhibition will be the first MLB all star game held in Saint Louis since 1966.  The outcome will decide the home field advantage in the 2009 World Series. Tuesday's game will bring a sold out crowd to ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/mab-lines-baseball-stars-lined/ In Congress, July 4, 1776. A Declaration By the Representatives of the United states of America, In general Congress assembled. When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/happy-birthday-america/ CFtweet: $35,000 from TeamSam, Inc to CITIZENS AGAINST FOREVER TAX on 06/26/2009 # CFtweet: $12,904 from 4th District Senate Committee to JEFF SMITH FOR MISSOURI on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Missouri NEA-PAC to MO HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE on 06/30/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Drury Development Corporation to CORRIGAN FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-03/ RT @joliejustus: It's World UFO Day! http://tinyurl.com/loyx5r. Did you know a UFO was spotted in Branson, MO THIS WEEK?!? # State Deficits: $166 billion. 24% of the combined state budgets. 48 of 50 states. http://bit.ly/NwlQS #MOPolitics # Budda-Bing searches from Twitter coming... http://bit.ly/SsZOE #Microsoft #Google # And the most ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-02/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Greater St. Louis Region to MO STATE TEACHERS ASSOC LEGISLATIVE IMPACT CO on 06/30/2009 # Gallup Poll: Too Liberal? http://bit.ly/18A1UX # CFtweet: $11,294 from Rex A. Sinquefield to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 06/30/2009 # Boys & Girls Club - Meet Michael Vick. http://bit.ly/UIFIs # CFtweet: $10,000 from Civic ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-07-01-2/ CFtweet: $15,000 from Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 06/29/2009 # It's official. You're NOT old until you're 68. http://bit.ly/poXnT # We're from the "Green Dam Youth Escort" filter, and we're here to help. http://bit.ly/SGDXs #China # Tax me. Bill me. But don't take my Nestle toll ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-30-2/ RT @urbanreviewstl: Mayor Slay to dedicate the new City Garden (2 blocks of the Gateway Mall) at 10am Tuesday. http://www.citygardenstl.org/ # RT @Missourinet: AG Koster and Ag Dir Hagler speak on Operation Bark Alert, Central MO Humane Society, Columbia at 3 :15pm. # Another October day in June - awesome Missouri weather. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-29/ A cautious Moody on Missouri's economic growth. http://bit.ly/rIlJa #MOpolitics # $6M in taxpayer-funded litigation: "Kleinsmith? Isn't that the guy that is sueing us?" Senator Charlie Shields http://bit.ly/eLadP # Read my lips. _ _ new taxes? David Axelrod negotiates health reform costs. http://bit.ly/mp31q # Early soccer (US v Brazil) ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-28/ RT @cqpolitics: Political Wire: Sanford Not Planning to Resign http://bit.ly/1175Rv # US vs. Brazil, for the soccer finals in Johannesburg today. http://bit.ly/aUpAf Should be a good match. # RT @clairecmc: I hope we can fix cap and trade so it doesn't unfairly punish businesses and families in coal dependent states like ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-27-2/ By Travis Brown, Lobbyist This weekend, Twitter co-founder and St. Louis, MO native Jack Dorsey, (known to most as @Jack) returned home to visit the Central West End neighborhood. By any accounts, his company’s exponential growth as a micro-blogging communications platform has been astounding in the last two years. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/what-if-st-louis-mo-moved-at-the-speed-of-twitter/ CFtweet: $13,000 from Express Scripts, Inc. to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 06/25/2009 # RT @CoMissourian: Former Missouri basketball player DeMarre Carroll drafted by Memphis: http://bit.ly/8BkFJ # CFtweet: $50,000 from Life Sciences Fund of the Greater KC Chamber of to FRIENDS OF TILLEY on 06/25/2009 # G8 moves in to save Hawaii ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-26-2/ RT @Drudge_Report: ABC ObamaCare Special Turns Into Presidential Filibuster... http://tinyurl.com/lvqfsd # The Commonfund Institute outlines foundation, endowment performance http://bit.ly/11Zy2J # 6 Months, No Leader - Missouri State Board of Education. We may curtail Somalian piracy before MO hires a Commissioner. # RT @Missourinet: Gov. Nixon meets with Cap Press Corps this morn ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-25-2/ RT @WestWingReport: MO is also a key swing state in Obama 2012 strategy. If game were in, say, Calif. or Boston, would he go to All-Star? # CFtweet: $8,400 from Save Our Ballot Inc. to MISSOURI S.O.S. BALLOT on 06/22/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from PB AMERICAS, INC. to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-24/ A renewed push for community service volunteering. http://bit.ly/7UJpF # Daily Kos Poll shows only 8% GOP support from Hispanics http://ow.ly/15FVrX # Fundraising 2009: NRSC $17.2M raised. DSCC $17M. http://bit.ly/17DXOQ # A few too many advocates may have watched WIll Smith's "Enemy of the State" http://bit.ly/S8qhe # CFtweet: $5,000 from MO Optometric PAC ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-23/ By Travis Brown This week, First Lady Michelle Obama launched awareness for serve.gov. Thanks to the Google volunteer programmers that work 20% of their time on free form ideas, there’s now a new website rolled out called: www.allforgood.org (makes you wonder what the Microsoft Bing executives are doing to ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/how-missouri-lobbyist-can-use-all-for-good/ When a state economy suffers, public education will as well. http://bit.ly/9O4yN Exhibit A: California # The American Chronicle details the Show ME State FAIR tax http://bit.ly/1SDEFM # @JohnWMarshall2 Counting the votes on health reform @dailykos http://bit.ly/4AkZL # Price to lobby DC: $20M. Having a Texan drive US health ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-22/ By Travis H. Brown Long before I ever pondered the blurred careers as lobbyist, fundraiser, and promoter, I enjoyed my boyhood days on our family farm in Southeast Missouri.  We grew up walking soybean fields, baling hay, and adjusting to the natural seasons along the ole man river, the Mississippi.  I ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/missouri-cares-to-make-it-right-haunted-by-waters/ Today: Ask not what your dad can do for you, ask what you can do for your dad. # RT @digg_politics: "Arnold Schwarzenegger Twitpics Emergency Landing" - http://digg.com/d2uOso?t8 # Cannot tell whether it # is the heat & humidity, or the 12 - 5 Cardinals lead (top of the eighth inning) that ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-21/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Anheuser Busch Companies, Inc. to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 06/19/2009 # Every day may be a winding road, but on July 11th, Sheryl Crow winds up in St. Louis to Stand Up Against Cancer. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-20/ RT @EconUS: Higher taxes, please http://ow.ly/eVGm # RT @WestWingReport: Fundraiser $3M; focusing on 2010 midterm vote, saying send Dems back to Congress to "finish the biz of American people" # $1M in Springfield, MO. Then another million in Pakistan. One week of Brad Pitt. http://bit.ly/i6Edv # @stlblueschica #KFNS NFL Legend Aeneas ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-19/ RT @WSJ_Econ: State Income-Tax Revenues Plunge http://tinyurl.com/ktuzw9 # PETA makes Obama look small after fly swatting. http://bit.ly/EKJfi # Donna Shalala isn't the only one who wants the FIFA World Cup. The improved Arrowhead Stadium wants its shot, too. # Bought some Nike "Karma" golf balls. However, it didn't change mine for ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-18/ On the Oklahoma border, saw an Anviled thunderstorm against the shining sunset. Missed the picture though. # My Oklahoma word of the day. "Wah-ko'h" means "men" in Quapaw, Native American tongue. # @Missourinet @NYtimes has more tweets on how twitter is impacting new governments during last 24 hours - Iran is detailed. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-17/ RT @ChadLivengood: Blog: financial disclosure forms for MO's congressional delegation: http://tinyurl.com/mtv9f8 #MOpolitics #MO7 #SGF # RT @davecatanese: Team Steelman not happy with The Hill's portrayal of her political options . . . Pushback Developing . . . # @jrosenbaum Agree completely. I believe the CEO of Oracle Larry Ellison has ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-16/ Two thumbs up for Hangover, the movie - tonight. LOL # NBA: Lakers cruising past Orlando Magic without a serious challenge..great job Kobe # Does longer life expectancy hurt large donor gifts in fundraising more than a recession? http://bit.ly/nxgfG # Al Roker risks: Mayo points to increased bone fractures after ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-15/ (St. Louis, MO) State Representative Allen Icet (R-Wildwood), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, announced today his intention to run for Missouri State Auditor. “After serious consideration with my family and trusted friends, it is my intention to seek the office of State Auditor in 2010,” Icet announced. “The Auditor is ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/house-budget-chairman-allen-icet-announces-bid-for-missouri-state-auditor/ Resisted the urge to bid on a Dallas Cowboy jersey signed by the whole team, even with RB Marion Barber in the room # Add him now to your fantasy football defensive picks: Detroit Lions Linebacker Ernie Sims is a great American visiting St. Louis # Thanks @LaurenceMaroney for helping kids ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-14/ CFtweet: $15,000 from Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company PAC to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 06/11/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 06/11/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from DEMPSEY FOR SENATE to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 06/11/2009 # Welcome MO State Rep @tishaura . Hope you can join the Central ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-13/ St. Louis Business Journal - June 11, 2009 Philanthropist millionaires Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield spent $61,000 to buy the chess library of the legendary Bobby Fischer, including notebooks he prepared for his 1972 World Championship match with Boris Spassky. The Sinquefields acquired the collection through San Francisco-based auction house, Bonhams and Butterfields. “I ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/rp-sinquefields-buy-bobby-fischer%e2%80%99s-chess-library/ Sen. Kit Bond: "Jack Danforth has left a lasting mark in the US Supreme Court." # President Bush Sr. airs salute to Danforth 1988 election; 68% to 32% over Jay Nixon. # "Containing gov't needs to be our mission in this age." - Jack Danforth # "I am glad to have the ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-12/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Hallmark Cards to MO CHAMBER PAC on 06/09/2009 # RT @Drudge_Report: Feds Order Banks to Freeze Millions in 'LEGAL' Online Poker Winnings... http://tinyurl.com/kkp3r3 # RT @cqpolitics: Political Wire: Lobbyists Warned to Stay Away from GOP Meeting http://tinyurl.com/lw9ocx # David Axelrod; "It's the nature of being the party out of power," ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-11/ One Billionaire, one tax hike against the wealthy, a stunning upheaval of power. http://bit.ly/17Pxmh Mr. Smith vs. Albany. # RT @nprpolitics: In winning the Virginia Democratic gov primary, Creigh Deeds may have taken 50% of the vote in three-way race. # Maybe the Governor of Texas just really doesn't like limits ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-10/ CFtweet: $10,000 from AFSCME International to COMMITTEE ON FREE AND FAIR EMPLOYEE ELECTIONS on 06/08/2009 # CFtweet: $7,400 from Nestle Purina PetCare Company to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 06/08/2009 # CFtweet: $19,000 from AFSCME International to AFSCME MO PEOPLE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE LEGISLATIVE EQUALITY on 06/08/2009 # CFtweet: $27,000 from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-09/ Out driving at Glen Echo CC for St. Vincent's Home for Kids; my golf swings look like a move on Billy Elliot the musical # Never knew @DonCalloway 's district was so beautiful; coming back next week for football camp of @LaurenceMaroney Normandy high # The shock and awe of my golf ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-08/ RT @nprpolitics: Bills Would Disclose Drugmaker-Doctor Payments http://tinyurl.com/pxh2c4 # Pilot weather report: St. Louis area rain supposed to have ended for tonight. However, a few small cells remain around Sedalia, MO. # Plane speed sensor problems, esp in turbulent weather, can result in tearing a plane apart beyond its structural ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-07/ CFtweet: $10,000 from G & N Service Station, Inc. to CORRIGAN FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE on 06/05/2009 # Thanks to all who joined our celebrity chef BBQ tonight. Good times in St. Louis, MO had by all! # RT @Drudge_Report: Schwarzenegger suggests state consider flat tax... http://tinyurl.com/qwgb9u # CFtweet: $13,200 from Dash Multi ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-06/ Mike Kelly, MU's Voice of the Tigers, presiding, with Athletic Royalty - Coaches Anderson & Pinkel. # Gov @JayNixon claims he was offered a private "ATV" from Mike Alden, Pres Floyd in lieu in his public car during his campaign. # Gov @JayNixon "ever since Alden chose Quin Snyder over Bill Self, ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-05/ Happy birthday today to Angelina Jolie - 34. # Oklahoma City: Schools lead the charge for real time data to help kids learn http://bit.ly/d6uUE Education Week reports. # Another great golf morning in Forest Park. Heard Tiger Woods won the Memorial skins game (Ohio) over Jack Nicklaus from 25 yards ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-04/ CFtweet: $5,000 from ANN C. SCOTT to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 06/02/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from HDR Engineering, Inc. to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 06/02/2009 # Osama out for Obama; the Egypt trip lures Al-Queda to speak out. # Having lunch @ St. Louis Science Center Trustee mtg; bold ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-03/ CFtweet: $7,400 from Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P. d/b/a AT&T to CIVIC PROGRESS ACTION COMMITTEE on 06/01/2009 # RT @TheEconomist: Innovation by regulation: y US's corp innovation beats Japan'sTHE most important factor that le.. http://snipurl.com/j9w4z # Beautiful June morning in Forest Park St. Louis. My early AM golf hacking was tolerable. # St. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-02/ @tonymess Sorry for the delayed reply. Was on vacation most of last week. I am aware of an annual GOP event coming up on 6/11/09. # Cheapest place for a Lexus sedan lease? Being a Florida lawmaker. http://bit.ly/4D1OMt # More Free Speech Intrusions on DC Lobbyists & Consultants http://bit.ly/ytFJL ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-06-01/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Hallmark Cards to POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TH.. # CFtweet: $5,000 from Kansas City Southern to POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE GREATER KANSAS CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WI.. # CFtweet: $10,000 from Blue Cross and Blue Shield ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-30/ CFtweet: $6,000 from UGas to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE INC on 05/27/2009 # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-29/ CFtweet: $50,000 from Jerry Hall to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 05/26/2009 # CFtweet: $15,000 from Rex A. Sinquefield to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 05/26/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from William Holekamp to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 05/26/2009 # CFtweet: $50,000 from David Humphreys to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 05/26/2009 # CFtweet: $20,000 from Pfizer Inc ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-28/ CFtweet: $5,361 from Missouri REALTORS Political Action Committee to ST CHARLES ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 05/.. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-27/ Colin Powell, still a Republican, calls for a "no holds barred, candid debate." Wash Post reports # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-24/ Many of the holidays we celebrate have largely become just another day off.  Memorial Day is unfortunately one of those holidays.  Sadly, without the sacrifices that were intended to be remembered when what we now know as Memorial Day was first established, we would unlikely be able to enjoy our ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/memorial-day-just-another-day-off/ CFtweet: $7,975 from CWA COPE to CWA DISTRICT 6-POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE on 05/20/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 05/21/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Leehar Distributors, Inc. to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 05/21/2009 # CBS Sports reports "LeBron James didnt just ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-23/ CFtweet: $5,000 from SEIU MISSOURI/KANSAS STATE COUNCIL to COMMITTEE ON FREE AND FAIR EMPLOYEE ELECTIONS on 05/21/2009 # Donor prospects in philanthropy looking up. http://www.tinyurl.com/otr9fg # AP reports that Oklahoma will become the ninth state to validate online teachers over union objections. # @KOMUnews reporting Pepper & Friends will bite the dust ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-22/ NYT says 1 in 7 detainees from Gitmo will return to terrorism # US Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to know states who have caps on charter schools, to encourage reforms. # For those not following the British Parliament, their Speaker just became the first to resign since 1695. # @Missourinet outlines how ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-21/ @waytoohigh Congress moved on credit card legislation. Were you satisfied with the bill? # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-20/ U.S. Budget Chief sees light through the recession trees, but not out of the woods yet. http://bit.ly/15EumK # Delaware's top three sports betting online competitors. http://bit.ly/X0D1Y # RT @Drudge_Report: Seismologist: 1 in 20 chance of larger quake in LA... http://tinyurl.com/peo5nd # Impact of Missouri's Taipei, Taiwan trade office? Taiwan & China ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-18/ CFtweet: $13,340 from Carpenters District Council of Kansas City PAC to FLOORLAYERS LOCAL UNION 1181 SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND on 02/07/2009 # Stem Cell Showdown - Obama @ Notre Dame Speech today http://bit.ly/FFHaH # RT @InfoSports: Preakness is a jewel for the lady http://cli.gs/7BnjYW # A knowledge game changer...Wolfram Alpha? The latest google ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-17/ Good to be back in St. Louis, MO tonight. The MO General Assembly session passes like a kidney stone - painful, but decisive. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-16/ Top Lobbyists in DC, The Hill reports. http://bit.ly/20iDi # RT @Philanthropy: State And Local Governments Consider Fees on Nonprofit Groups http://tinyurl.com/qzmz2q # Trouble in MO Senate Assemblage...again? # More about Missouri's magic acres of land assemblage. http://bit.ly/PrqE4 # HB191: Drawing the line in the McKee sand - Sen. Wes Shoemyer. #MOpolitics # "Tonight's the night," ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-15/ By Rachel Keller Brown, Principal The masterpiece by Shel Silverstein entitled “The Giving Tree” reminds us of some important lessons in non-profit leadership, philanthropy, and fundraising in general. First and foremost, all of us enter our charities, campaigns, and causes thanks to somebody living prior to our existence.  Someone, something, or some ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/the-giving-tree-that-trusted-relationships-make-possible/ Senator Chuck Purgason "I admit now. I was wrong. I have evolved (against tax credits)." # Other philosopher kings, besides MO Senator Victor Callahan. http://bit.ly/43THV Plato. Alex the Great. Napoleon. # MO House Rules: SB 291 Room more packed than a Sylvan learning center teaching remedial math/science. # CFtweet: $10,000 from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-14/ @beckycordero RT @Philanthropy: Prospecting: Virtual Fund-Raising Conference Draws Global Audience http://tinyurl.com/p5mmzk # More on the google vs. twitter real time search competition http://bit.ly/p23vO # Welcome @jasonnoble1 from the almost land of Possum Trot, MO. http://bit.ly/iH4uV # Rep. Joe Aull now likes SS SB291. Must have gotten a new $108M Prop A play ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-13/ For immediate release: Saint Louis, May 13, 2009 -- After five rounds of the U.S. Chess Championship, Michael Brooks of Kansas City, Mo., has an impressive three points, putting him just one point out of first place. Brooks, of Kansas City, has defeated two grandmasters with ratings higher than 2600, including ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/missourian-brooks-continues-to-shine-at-chess-championship/ NBA: LeBron James cruises again. Might have actually broke a sweat tonight. # @davecatanese I agree. Who can oppose free market competition? in reply to davecatanese # Lance Armstrong: "Pain & Loss are great enhancers." http://bit.ly/KhQFV Good words for late night legislation. # RT @ChadLivengood: http://twitpic.com/50jl4 - ths poster is hanging ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-12/ Don Trump NYC news conference tomorrow. Beauty queen scandal. ABC news reports. http://bit.ly/NDPWZ # RT @Drudge_Report: White Economists Predict 3.5% Growth by Year-End... http://tinyurl.com/q9xp8s # Smoking! Texas talks about the 40 tobacco lobbyists, and what they are doing. http://bit.ly/19rLpe Dallas Morning News. # For those nervous about state lobbyists ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-11/ Branson/Springfield, MO: Competition for air travel. Brought 2 U by the free market. Who will win? http://bit.ly/14tkQl # Nothing says "happy mom's day" like shattering dishes for fun. http://bit.ly/rEDk8 SE Missourian. # Cape Girardeau, MO: Taking care of city business. Tax hikes, service charges, rent. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-10/ The 2009 US Chess Championship is well under way at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. Yesterday, May 9th, 2009, concluded two exciting days of fantastic chess, and with the Fischer Memorial Prize still on the table for three players (Brooklyn's Gata Kamsky - 2798, Illinois's Yury ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/photos-from-the-first-2-days-of-the-2009-us-chess-championship/ @WayTooHigh 694M credit card users in US. One townhall mtg in NM. New rules. http://bit.ly/1a9UR2 # @laurencemaroney Bad train wreck in Boston tonight. Hope you are fine. http://bit.ly/32Uonb # CFtweet: $15,000 from Missouri Energy Development Association to MISSOURIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE on 05/.. # CFtweet: $15,000 from ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-09/ CFtweet: $10,000 from Missouri Physicians Services Corp. to MO REPUBLICAN PARTY on 05/07/2009 # LeBron James does it...again. http://bit.ly/Dhbtg # Don't wait up for Missouri's income tax refund check. It may not be in the mail. http://bit.ly/jfzcn # @tonymess Reports on the $23B state budget, the $1B open bar tab for income ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-08/ By Travis H. Brown Left to Right:  Rex Sinquefield, Todd Worrell, Aeneas Williams, Tony Rich They called him one of the best closers of all time in St. Louis Cardinals history.  But today, his opening game was hard enough – on the chess board. Over his major league baseball career as a hard-throwing ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/chess-club-delivers-major-league-all-pro-sports-opening-for-st-louis/ Next Thurs night. City hall clears out. StL Scottrade Center fills up. Enter the wonder twins of the piano. http://bit.ly/15mrAJ # The inaugural executive branch donors to this Legislative Session's end. http://bit.ly/8McGR Kansas City Star Prime Buzz. # Jeff City wasn't the only place fighting 2 lose its "Funk" ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-07/ Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says States should consider going to "pot." http://bit.ly/qAblS # Late night in MO Senate: Omnibus insurance bill HB577 by @Scott_Rupp moved with several amendments, a bail bondsman fix. Over to GAFO. # Now on deck @Scott_Rupp. SCS HB258. MO Restaurant Ass'n. Remembering to tip ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-06/ Missouri Senate: HCS SB215 Economic Development Bill up for debate. The state tax credit filibuster awakens again. # ECODEVO: Purgason 2 Shields, "You just dont look lk yr heart is in ths (HB215)." "Don't sweat the small stuff," Sen. Shields retorts. # @LaurenceMaroney @DMJackson322 @JCBhiggins My agent may ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-05/ Tony Rich, Director of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis, talks about the weekend's events with Grand Master Jennifer Shahade over a quick but brutal game of chess. Shahade played a simul at the St. Louis Science Center, and Chess Club members pitched in to paint a ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/upcoming-us-chess-championship/ Should Governor Jay Nixon oppose the dachshund racing trend http://bit.ly/LY3tR if it promotes weiner puppy mills? http://bit.ly/vluSV # So here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. Barry said you love it at the White House. Hey, hey, hey -- hey hey hey. http://bit.ly/Ht1Vk # RT @WestWingReport: Shifting gears: the President ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-04/ FROM: AFPMO.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 27, 2009, MISSOURI - Rep. Ed Emery discusses his Missouri Fair Tax legislation in a video released by Americans For Prosperity-Missouri (AFP-MO). Rep. Emery has sponsored HJR 36, which replaces Missouri's income tax with a broader sales tax.  The bill has passed the House, and, if passed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/video-explains-missouri-fair-tax-legislation/ CFtweet: $24,511 from St. Joseph Cablevision to CITIZENS FOR CHILDREN on 05/02/2009 # More politicians, celebrities, campaign finance gurus relying on twitter. A Madison, WI legislator details. http://bit.ly/2Fcw7 # Will Missouri ever have a sports celebrity and tax reform crusader as significant as Jack Kemp? http://bit.ly/Nbnu8 # More advertising agencies from Hollywood ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-03/ By Travis H. Brown, MBA [singlepic id=32 w=320 h=240 float=center] The challenge was as bold as taking on a chess grand master inside the Chess Club & Scholastic Center of St. Louis.  In less than three hours, can community leaders and volunteers paint an entire St. Louis Metro bus with the look, ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/pelopidas-teams-join-chess-club-to-paint-metro-bus-for-arts-in-transit/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Affiliated Computer Svc. to DARLENE GREEN FOR COMPTROLLER on 04/21/2009 # RT @clairecmc: Welcoming Gov Granholm to Missouri tonite. She's coming to speak at Truman Days, our big Demo dinner in Kansas City. # Public health paranoia strikes again. Cinco de Mayo on hold in New York City? ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-02/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 04/30/2009 # CFtweet: $5,702 from George J. Siebers & Co., Inc. to AGC-MO-PAC on 04/21/2009 # Columbia Daily Tribune: Time to speak up for tax cuts citizens. Some legislators don't think it's part of their ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-05-01/ For more health care updates follow Mark Tucker: www.twitter.com/HealthCareMark FROM: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/04/27/focus11.html St. Louis Business Journal - by Stephanie Thum Make room, electronic health records. Facebook and Twitter have joined the repertoire of technologies being used by St. Louis health-care organizations to pursue the “better, faster, cheaper” mantra driving the industry. “Cheaper” is the operative ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/rp-social-media-tools-linking-hospitals-to-communities/ Do u think "dropping the f bomb on the air," like Cher did in 2002, warrants a FCC fine of $325K? The US Supreme Court does! # Today's sports question: Would Tiger Woods play football (QB) better or worse than Peyton Manning plays golf at the Pro Am? # Media entertainment darling ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-30/ FROM:http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2009/04/lobbyist-uses-twitter-to-bring-attention-to-campaign-finance/ JEFFERSON CITY — St. Louis-based lobbyist Travis Brown is using the social networking software Twitter to help track over-sized campaign contributions. Brown, who Tweets at www.twitter.com/pelopidas, today kicked off a feature that ought to make The Turner Report quite happy: Brown will be Tweeting every time a donation to a Missouri ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/rp-lobbyist-uses-twitter-to-bring-attention-to-campaign-finance/ Missouri leaders heard some more details about the President’s drive for merit pay for teachers, real school accountability, and making smart investments in the classroom.  Below is an excerpt. Q I'm a school counselor in the Fox T6 district. President Obama, what do you feel is the biggest challenge facing our ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/remarks-from-president-obama-related-to-education-in-arnold-mo-april-29th-2009/ AB In Bev headquarter staying in Belgium. Moving to Samuel Adams beer from now on. # CFtweet: $10,000 from Emerson Electric Co to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 04/28/2009 # RT @PresReed: Latest pics from Obama visit. http://bit.ly/NpQaC # "Are you an offensive player, or a defensive player?" Senator Bartle to Senator ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-29/ RT @clairecmc: We need figure out exactly who was responsible for the very dumb fly by photo op in NYC today.Huge mistake. # Furious flyover in NYC embarrases entire chain of command; befuddles New Yorkers. Bloomberg still steaming. http://bit.ly/426UB # "Talladega is short for we're gonna crash, but we just don't ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-28/ Obama town hall @ Fox High School this Wednesday. First 100 days. http://bit.ly/Ttmpz # Kentucky Derby Contender Out for This Saturday? Will Quality Road take a dirt road? http://bit.ly/O2DMI # RT @Philanthropy: New Guide Looks at Low-Cost Fund-Raising Software http://tinyurl.com/ctfxlu # Kansas City Chief's Pioli "There's still a lot of ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-27/ Pelopidas celebrated the opening of the Washington/Union office on Friday. Friends and colleagues came together to celebrate and enjoy food prepared by the Kelly twins. Here are some images from the event: [nggallery id=1] http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/pelopidas-bbq-offical-opening-of-5297-union/ Nancy Hanzberg, Donna Wilkinson introduces Variety Woman of Yr; Marsha Rusnack, Art Museum patron # Political notables Sam and Marilyn Fox, Desmond Lee, David Steward, support children at Variety St. Louis # Variety StL breaks $1M raised tonight; Smokey Robinson cuts the rug on 37 motown hits # Mizzou alums fare well in ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-26/ @PresReed Thanks for supporting our Cards today, it was good seeing you! # @laurencemaroney Good seeing you in St. Louis today; good luck with friends in 2009 NFL draft # congrats to Hugh Grant, CEO, Monsanto, St. Louis Variety Club Man of the Year; Smokey Robinson playing @ the Chase # Variety St. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-25/ MU's Thompson Center fundraiser reports tonight that they now serve 1,700 kids. Great event tonight. # American Civil Libery Union fighting back on probable cause warrants; oppose NJ tracking of cell phone locations by US attorneys # Only 52% of Americans now think TV is a necessity (lowest result since 1973). ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-24/ FROM:http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/13817.html By Travis H. Brown, MBA This week, a number of Missouri advocates for improving our schools had an unique chance to meet Wendy Kopp, CEO and Founder of Teach for America. Wendy was kind enough to visit the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership. Later, she spoke before a packed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/wendy-kopp-belief-in-individuals/ A new way to improve school & bus safety...track your child by satellite, improves school bus behavior http://bit.ly/12sJsJ # Millions of Americans are about to become second-class blackberry citizens. Top secret bberry 8830 set to roll. http://bit.ly/YjykB # RT @DwyerRice: Mayor Bloomberg speaks forcefully on mayoral control of schools ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-23/ Missouri is gaining national attention for efforts to cut state income tax rates.  From AP: The Missouri House has endorsed a proposed income tax cut that could total hundreds of millions of dollars. The legislation lowers the top income tax rate for middle-income earners, increases the deduction for people with children and ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/mo-income-tax-cut-forbes/ Forbes.com featured an AP article today about the Missouri House endorsing the removal of the state income tax. Here is an excerpt: Missouri House endorses cutting state income taxes By LEE LOGAN , 04.23.09, 11:42 AM EDT The Missouri House has endorsed a proposed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/ap-missouri-house-endorses-cutting-state-income-taxes/ CFtweet: $25,000 from Ironworkers Political Education Fund to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 04/21/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Ironworkers Political Education Fund Federal to CITIZENS FOR A BETTER ST LOUIS on 04/20/2009 # CFtweet: $10,000 from Herzog Contracting Corp to FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER on 04/20/2009 # After two hours of amendments, omnibus ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-22/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Lodging Hospitality Management to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 04/20/2009 # CFtweet: $7,000 from SCR Investments, LLC to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 04/17/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Roy Pfautch to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 04/17/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Kozeny-Wagner, Inc. to SLAY FOR MAYOR on 04/17/2009 # CFtweet: $5,000 from Environmental ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-21/ Blues trailing Vancouver 2 to 3, 5:00 min left. I fear the Dirt Cheap tobacco birdie will score more TV goal shots than the Blues tonight. # "Why We Should Get Rid of the White House Press Corps," by Anne Marie Cox, in Wash Post. http://bit.ly/wH7xp # Should have put ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-20/ RT @nprpolitics: 2010 Census Stirs Debate In Washington http://tinyurl.com/cqbt3c # @kopper Agreed PI is not traditional St. Louis-style pizza. Apparently, Imo's et al were not part of White House interest. in reply to kopper # Are Missouri consumers deceived by credit card lending practices? An Obama Adviser ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-19/ Rex Sinquefield and W. Bevis Schock recently filed a lawsuit against the St. Louis Public School System Special Administrative Board arguing that their deed restriction policy (which bars the sale of public school buildings to any group that would seek to reopen it as an educational institution for another hundred ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/lawsuit-sinquefield-schock-slps/ CFtweet: $5,000 from Ann Scott to DOOLEY FOR ST LOUIS COUNTY on 04/17/2009 # StL KMOX 1120 has more on public victory over SLPS to open new charter schools. New pic of fri march. http://bit.ly/RY3LO # Rep. Ed Emery on HJR36 fair tax: "it will catch cheaters and illegals not paying ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-18/ Coverage from KMOX highlights a march organized by Democrats For Education Reform Midwest on Friday, April 16th, 2009.  The march in favor of lifting the deed restrictions happily coincided with the Special Administrative Board's announcement that they had voted to lift deed restrictions that kept Charter schools from purchasing former ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/protesters-and-advocates-achieve-charter-schools/ Dr. Kelvin Adams, St. Louis Public School Superintendent, expects 2,000 fewer students next school year # CFtweet: $8,700 from MISSOURI HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 04/14/2009 # CFtweet: $10,500 from Greene County Democratic Central Committee to MO DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE on 04/13/2009 # KWMU reports Catherine Hanaway forming ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-17/ The Grade blog on St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported this morning that the Special Administrative Board of the SLPS voted last night to remove their policy on deed restrictions limiting the sale of closed public schools. CEO Rick Sullivan said the board caved to legislative pressure. Rep. Steve Tilley's ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/slps-deed-restrictions-lifted/ The passage of Ted Hoskins' bill requiring accredited school districts to explain why they have denied access to a child seeking to transfer from an unaccredited district is an important first step toward ensuring the educational rights of Missouri's public school children. Several school districts across the state are unaccredited, and ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/mo-house-passes-bill-to-facilitate-between-district-enrollment/ @newtgingrich 10,000+ in St. Louis, 5,000+ in Kansas City tea parties for taxpayer protest today. #teaparty in reply to newtgingrich # RT @Philanthropy: Obamas Donated 6.5% of Income to Charity Last Year http://twurl.nl/6x6km1 # Kansas CIty zone schools not making the grade, KC Mayor Funkhouser cutting 100 more police ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-16/ Charlie Brennan and Rex Sinquefield discuss the game of chess, the creation of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis and the U.S. Chess Championship that will be held there May 7-17, 2009. [pro-player type="MP3"]http://www.pelopidas.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/rexchessclubkmox3.mp3[/pro-player] http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/charlie-brennan-rex-sinquefield-chat-chess-on-kmox/ KMOX's Charlie Brennan sat down with Rex Sinquefield to discuss his take on St. Louis Public schools' deed restrictions, which prevent closed public schools from being sold and reopened as Charter schools for the next hundred years. This interview offers a great explanation of the many harmful effects of the deed ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/rex-sinquefield-on-kmox/ Taxpayers in St. Louis gathered at the Riverfront to demonstrate their displeasure with the spending habits of their elected representatives. Tea bags thrown into the muddy Missouri were a symbol to legislators: start representing the taxpayers who will ultimately be on the hook for the excessive spending of today. Across ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/st-louis-tea-party-covered-on-fox-2-news/ @DonCalloway If Harry Truman were here in Missouri politics, dealing with Kansas City government, he would want the "buck to stop here." # Missouri school board district transfer debate hot in West Plains, MO, debated in SB291. # Senator Tim Green trying to amend auto dealer bill to include license fee office ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-15/ From: www.afpmo.org There you have it; the people have spoken! On April 14, 2009 AFP Missouri hosted a Taxpayer Tea Party at the Capitol in Jefferson City. Despite the chilly weather, hundreds came out to voice their desire to see a more limited government, better representation from their elected officials, and restrained ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/afp-missouri-taxpayer-tea-party-a-huge-success/ Got it # Jeff City tea party rally a success despite cold weather, lots of folks talking taxes today. # $5,725 from CWA COPE to CWA DISTRICT 6-POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE on 04/14/2009 # @joliejustus didnt know 37 states had a "fire safe" cigarette either. # CFtweet: $97,759 from HRCC to HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-14/ Missouri General Assembly still on Holiday today, Missouri lobbyists and grassroots organizations have short week as income tax forms arrive # StL Aldermanic President Lewis Reed has more on Missouri economic development & tax credits on his new site: http://stlouiscore.com/ # Missouri campaign finance actions over $5K will now tweet here in ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-13/ Flew over Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison is prettier than the Missouri General Assembly. # @LydaKrewson shoot well for me, sorry I cannot golf today # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-12/ Still running to more meetings, when does Easter weekend start? Lobbying in Missouri never stops. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-11/ Rep. Calloway's objections to drug testing (a Rep Ellen Brandom bill) have now moved to a debate on truckers and their driving privileges. # Powered by Twitter Tools. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/twitter-updates-for-2009-04-09/ With 44 of the 50 states facing looming budget deficits this year (1), state spending and priority discussions are reaching fever-pitch. In Missouri, legislators may trim state spending by 15% - 25%, and the social programs they’re eying are enough to tug at heartstrings. Advocates in areas like ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/philanthropys-new-role-in-social-change/ Open Enrollment opens up a choice to parents to move their child to another, neighboring public school district. For Missouri, this reform measure makes sense: many district boundaries are no longer aligned with population centers, and this would allow families to choose a closer school or a more appropriate ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/public-officials-discuss-enrollment-for-missouri/ Parents would be able to send their children to neighboring public schools under a bill filed in the Missouri General Assembly this year. Under current state law, families are prohibited from choosing certain public schools - even ones close to their homes - because of outdated boundary lines and strict enrollment ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/video-highlights-benefit-of-open-enrollment-legislation/ Microfinancing Partners In Africa’s Gala 2009 was a great success. Supporters learned about the projects MPA has successfully supported over the last year. They also raised $111,000 throughout the evening and purchased 25 cows in support of the Uganda Cow Project, which supplies families with a cow. ... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/headline/microfinancing-partners-in-africa-gala-2009-raises-111000/ Rep. Calloway's objections to drug testing (a Rep Ellen Brandom bill) have now moved to a debate on truckers and their driving privileges. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/rep-calloways-objections-to/ @newtgingrich thanks for your visit to St. Louis tonight. Our country needs all the help we can muster towards a better economy. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/newtgingrich-thanks-for-your/ @PresReed @LydaKrewson - expect historic tax credit debate tonight in State Senate - http://www.senate.mo.gov http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/presreed-lydakrewson-expec/ @DonCalloway Come on over to the Senate tonight if you want more great debates. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/doncalloway-come-on-over-to-t/ Sen Sub (HB191)_@rexsinquefield historic tax cred: caps still $75M, annual fiscal allocations req'd, $25K each res app, sunset 6/30/2011. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/sen-sub-hb191_rexsinquefiel/ Economic developmt bill (HB191) on deck for tonight in Senate. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/economic-developmt-bill-hb191/ Senate perfected and printed SB549 (healthcare) http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/senate-perfected-and-printed-s/ Healthnet data transparency up on Senate floor - will amdments follow to cure prompt payment disputes for physicians not paid by insurers? http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/healthnet-data-transparency-up/ Looks like House Democrats may counter Newt Gengrich's debate on health care reform - KC town hall tomorrow - 8 pm, by Rep. Paul LeVota. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/looks-like-house-democrats-may/ Senator Dempsey trying to help Missouri's science and technology future (SB572) - but it got laid over fairly-quickly due to RTL issues. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/senator-dempsey-trying-to-help/ just shook Mayor Slay's hand - 60 to 34 - h just announced http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/just-shook-mayor-slays-hand/ Slay 63 percent, Coleman 31 percent, 47 precincts http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/slay-63-percent-coleman-31-pe/ @stlbeacon ten percent of all new teachers hired in stl may be TFA teachers now. Quality onward, upward. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/stlbeacon-ten-percent-of-all/ Sen. Schaefer chastises Sen. Crowell for "fraudulent mailings." "there you go again," Crowell replies. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/sen-schaefer-chastises-sen-c/ CWIP it , CWIP it good...utility rate talks could put Jim Carrey to sleep... http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/cwip-it-cwip-it-goodutili/ debating access charge regulation on the Senate floor for the next few hours. http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/debating-access-charge-regulat/ @senjeffsmith what's your UNC final answer? http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/senjeffsmith-whats-your-unc/ @jcbhiggins fit ty-six http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/jcbhiggins-fit-ty-six/ @laurencemaroney http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/laurencemaroney/ Give it up for MSU! http://www.pelopidas.com/blog/give-it-up-for-msu/ JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today finalized Missouri’s selection for United States President and Vice President. After, the state’s 11 electors met and selected John McCain for President and Sarah Palin for Vice President, the governor ensured results were finalized and distributed according to century-old protocol. "Our nation’s representative ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/gov-blunt-finalizes-missouris-electoral-vote-for-president/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lewis Reed, Shameem Hubbard, Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield and Rodney Hubbard at the St. Vincent's Christmas Benefit 2008"][/caption] Lewis Reed, Shameem Hubbard, Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield and Rodney Hubbard at the St. Vincent's Christmas Benefit 2008 Saint Louis, MO, December 12, 2008–A good time was had by nearly ... http://www.pelopidas.com/philanthropy/christmas-sinquefield-st-vincent/ From the U.S. Chess Federation Website: By AL Lawrence [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Rex Sinquefield"][/caption] Most of the fun has gone out of reading about the super-rich. “Wall Street versus Main Street” is a constant media mantra. We’re shown fund managers and investment bankers perp-walking or being grilled by a congressional subcommittee, shaming ... http://www.pelopidas.com/issue-advocacy/wall-street-chess/