The Recall Mayor Slay Campaign petition has been circulated in city neighborhoods, events and parades, acquiring 14,000 signatures with plans to continue.  The first goal is to reach 19,000, the same number of votes Slay won by in our last…

Reviving Jamestown Mall into a retail/residential development especially for seniors is a wonderful idea.  It would be great to also provide them with a cafeteria much like the highly regarded Pope’s cafeteria or Mrs. O’s that were legends during the…

I am responding to the Sunday, July 13, 2008 article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Evictions Accompany Beautification in Beijing”.  One does not need to go to China and the Olympics to experience the gentrification described in this article. It…

Having seen the 4th at the Arch, it might be said -please, proceed with care in any changes to those magnificent grounds! In point of fact it would appear only periphery improvements, at the four points of the compass, are…

As an original PSL holder of Rams Season Tickets, I think I have some standing to opine on the subject of the Rams potential move from St. Louis as a result of our dome not meeting the league’s “top tier standards” status in…

Over many years, St. Louis has attempted to make downtown St. Louis a viable business center destination, a tourist attraction, and an inviting environment for city living. This effort has failed miserably. Fifty years ago, downtown St. Louis was bustling…

If - as a recent St. Louis American article suggests - the $400 million NorthPark development project provides an “anatomy” to dissect and analyze minority inclusion on construction projects, then it must be placed in context. In fact, the NorthPark project…

I’m sure it was unintended, but the juxtaposition of the two photos on the first page of the “Post Dispatch” Tuesday is unbelievably ironic.

The photo above the fold shows dilapidated, unreinforced brick homes in north St. Louis, the photo…