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6:17 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

Mo. Bar Cancels Atty. Gen. Debate; Martin Files Ethics Complaint Against Koster

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Credit Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio
GOP nominee for Mo. Atty. Gen. Ed Martin, at a campaign stop in Jefferson City.
Credit (Office of Mo. Atty. Gen. Koster)
Official portrait of Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster (D). Koster is seeking another term in office.
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The Missouri Bar has canceled its planned debate for the state Attorney General’s race.

The debate had been planned for Friday, October 19th, in St. Louis at the Missouri Bar’s annual meeting.  Spokeswoman Farrah Fite says they canceled the debate because Republican nominee Ed Martin did not RSVP by Thursday’s deadline.  She added that incumbent Democrat Chris Koster and Libertarian nominee Dave Browning had accepted the invitation.

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5:22 pm
Fri October 12, 2012

Police Union Not Unified On Prop A

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Prop A asks Missouri voters to local control of the St. Louis Police Department back to the city for the first time since 1861.
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Since last fall, the St. Louis Police Officers Association has supported a ballot initiative to bring local control of the department back to the city.

But this week the union’s president publicly urged members to vote “no” on Prop A.

Dave Bonenberger said in his "Message from the President" column that local control would lead to political influence in the department and loss of police pensions.

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