Jim Long states the truth to Keaveny's lies
Jul 28, 2010 (09:49:55)
KEAVENY TAKES THE LOW ROAD
As a candidate to be your next state senator, it has been my intention to avoid the kind of toxic, negative campaigning we so often see in national politics. By walking the neighborhoods and visiting constituents door to door, I tried to share my vision for our city and state as one citizen to another without denigrating my opponent.
Apparently my strategy must be working because Joe Keaveny has now resorted to an eleventh-hour smear campaign to hold onto the nomination he was appointed to after his predecessor went to prison. Small wonder decent people get turned off by politics as usual!
Fact: The Keaveny campaign claims that I neglected to pay my City Earnings Tax. This is a blatant lie. As a St. Louis Police Officer, my earnings tax was deducted from my pay check before I ever saw it. I couldn’t have been delinquent if I’d wanted to be.
Trying to raise a family on a cop’s salary there were times during the 1990’s when I was a month or two late on my Personal Property Tax. Perhaps Keaveny—a former corporate attorney for a large bank—doesn’t know what it’s like to get hit with an extra tax bill at Christmas time, but I suspect many working families do.
Fact: The right-wing “Club for Growth” has mailed expensive fliers to voters claiming that I want to raise your taxes by 50%. This is a ridiculous distortion of the truth.
I merely quoted an article I’d read in the St. Louis Beacon which suggested that by raising the Earnings Tax by one-half of one percent for two years, we could weather the city’s budget emergency without cutting vital police, fire and ambulance services. This was nothing more than an idea to be considered to help us get through a crisis.
Many of my supporters have suggested that I take legal action against Keaveny. That’s an idea that I haven’t ruled out. But in the end, the verdict that matters is the one that you, the voters, will deliver on August 3rd. I hope that I can count on your support.
Thank you for your consideration,
Jim Long, Candidate for State Senate
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Labor Rally in support of Prop S
Jul 26, 2010 (18:14:05)
Come support the St. Louis Public Teachers. There will be a labor rally in support of Proposition S being held tomorrow (Tuesday, July 27, 2010) between 12pm and 1pm at the Board of Education which is located at 801 North 11th Street. Refreshments will be provided afterwards.
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LAST FINAL PUSH for History in the Making JIM LONG FOR SENATE
Jul 25, 2010 (13:52:15)
We need Poll volunteers on Election Day. We have been approved by the Office of the Chief of Police to work the polls. You cannot wear any part of the uniform or any other article of clothing that identifies the Department. We are supporters of JIM LONG for Senate. You will be provided with a Jim Long for Senate T-Shirt to wear at the polls. It is permissable to wear an SLPOA shirt; however the campaign prefers the Jim Long for Senate shirts be worn. The SLPOA hall will be open that night to await the results and hopefully celebrate Jim's election to the Missouri Senate.
We have the following shifts available and we need many volunteers any middle aged teenager and up volunteers are welcome. All you will be asked to do is hand out literature you can bring a chair, and maybe an umbrella.
6am -12 Noon This looks long but I have been told it is one of the busiest parts of the day.
(Ideal for Nightwatch or 3-11 folks)
12pm - 4pm Mid Day (Ideal for Nightwatch of Night Overlay)
4pm- 7pm Obviously the late crowd arrives here and the polls should be buzzing .
(Any 7-3's, 8-4's, or 9-5'ers or Possibly Nightwatch should work this shift)
Anyone who can volunteer please call Thomas Bottini for Polling location and time. We will try our best to have you work a poll in your neighborhood.
314-681-9202 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 314-681-9202 end_of_the_skype_highlighting If I do not answer, please leave a message.
Thomas J Bottini
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Firefighters to the rescue
Jul 19, 2010 (14:02:33)
By Gerald Jorden, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thursday, July 15, 2010 It seems that our city's firefighters are again asked to make a rescue. In this case, however, the rescue is very different from the common, often-dangerous task the St. Louis Fire Department is called to do
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Overlooked DC Victory Shows Linking Safety, Labor Rights is Winning Formula
Jul 19, 2010 (11:23:00)
Two week ago, a major piece of labor law legislation called The Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act passed the House with Republican support, and no one heard about it. The bill grants firefighters and safety officers the right to collectively bargain even in the states that forbid public employees from collectively bargaining
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Help needed Saturday July 24th, 2010
Jul 26, 2010 (18:36:00)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This Saturday July 24th, we are looking for volunteers to help with the Jim Long for Senate campaign. We will meet at the SLPOA Hall at 10:30 am. It should only take a couple hours of your time. Refreshments will be provided at the hall after the canvass is complete.
I can’t stress enough how important this election is to all of us
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Pools or public safety?
Jul 12, 2010 (08:44:00)
ST LOUIS DROPS FEE FOOR POOLS, REC CENTERS by David Hunn, St Louis Post-Dispatch Sunday, July 11, 2010 12:00 am |Kids can play in city pools and gyms for free again this summer, thanks to a last-minute shift of tax money set aside for crime prevention
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City needs new target
Jul 26, 2010 (18:37:00)
Again, St. Louis City political leaders are misleading its citizens with rhetoric about the need to control firefighter pensions so the city can balance its budget.
The problem is not firefighter pensions. The problem is abysmal fiscal management by city leaders.
Like police, firefighters only have their pensions at retirement. They do not get Social Security
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2009 Officers of the Year
Jul 08, 2010 (23:30:15)
St. Louis Police Officers Kyle Chandler and Joe Haman have been named the 2009 Overall Police Officers of the Year. The announcement comes as Haman continues to recover at an area rehabilitation center from multiple gunshot wounds he sustained May 27 during a shooting. The suspect in that case, Arvon L. Brown, 24, of the 7500 block of Thelma Avenue, has been charged in the attack
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