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	<title>Berger&#039;s Beat &#187; Government, Politics, Law and Order</title>
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		<title>ATTORNEY MICHAEL P. GUNN GETS AWARD OF HONOR</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that you&#8217;ve heard all the jokes about lawyers, here&#8217;s one more.  A man calls a law firm.  The voice answers, &#8220;Gunn, Gunn, Gunn and Gunn.&#8221;  The man says, &#8220;May I speak to Mr. Gunn?&#8221;  &#8220;He&#8217;s not in.&#8221;  &#8220;All right.  Let me speak to Mr. Gunn.&#8221;  &#8220;He&#8217;s away.&#8221;  &#8220;Then let me talk to Mr. Gunn.&#8221;  &#8220;He&#8217;s out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kurt Bahr of O’Fallon, Andrew Koenig of west county, Mark Parkinson of St. Charles, John Diehl of Town &#38; Country and Majority Floor Leader  Tim Jones of Eureka are among the local Republicans backing a bone-headed, “fiddling while Rome burns” bill in Jeff City that would prohibit any discussion of sexual orientation in the classroom. (So if gay marriage or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT IS PROP S?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a no tax increase solution to protect crime victims, our courts and our kids. Despite a 500% increase in case filings the County Courthouse and Family Justice Center have not been improved since Vice President Spiro Agnew dedicated the facilities in 1972. Today, these buildings are more reminiscent of the facilities found in third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SLU PROFESSOR MICHAEL WOLFF ON RESTRICTION OF DAMAGES</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michael Wolff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former Mo. Supreme Court&#8217;s Michael Wolff weighed in on the court&#8217;s decision whether lawmakers have the power to restrict damages available to plaintiffs who sue doctors. Stated the learned Wolff:  &#8220;I wrote a concurring opinion in a case two years ago (Klotz vs. St. Anthony&#8217;s Med Center) in which the court said the new caps could not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISSOURAH CORRUPTION</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri government gets a C- grade and is the 15th best among the 50 states in “corruption risk,” according to StateIntegrity.com which claims it’s designed to expose practices that undermine trust in state capitols. Here’s how our neighbors were rated: Illinois (C, 10th), Kentucky (C-, 18th), Tennessee (C, 8th), Arkansas (D-, 27th), Oklahoma (D, 38th), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JIM TALENT &#8211; LOBBYIST</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Talen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mitt Romney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Confessore.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Mitt Romney&#8217;s top strategist Stuart Stevens,  told a reporter “I just don’t think it’s a time when people are looking to Washington to solve problems with Washington.” But two days later, Romney’s campaign held what the New York Times today called “an elaborate ‘policy round table’ fund-raiser at a Washington hotel, featuring panel discussions run by lobbyists and former [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POETIC LICENSE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Jay Nixon is accepting applications for a two-year appointment to be Missouri’s next poet laureate. The incumbent is David Clewell, Professor of English at Webster University. One of the panel members reviewing applications for the next poet laureate will be Kris Kleindienst, owner of Left Bank Books. In his statement soliciting poetic applications , the Gov noted that the Show-Me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE FINE PRINT OF APPLYING FOR MISSOURI POET LAUREATE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be naïve to think authorship of a lovely volume of poetry is the sole qualification to be Missouri’s poet laureate. The stringent application form provided by Governor Jay Nixon’s appointments assistant Deborah Price office would likely disqualify hard-living poetry luminaries Allen Ginsberg, Shel Silverstein and Oscar Wilde, among others. In addition to the applicant’s Social Security Number, Drivers License Number [...]]]></description>
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