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06.04.2009 6:29 pm

We got the Kiel, now let’s work in Memorial Plaza

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For 11 years, I offered to ‘bring to life’ our dead-zone Memorial Plaza-our civic center and the adjoining Union Station and Aloe Plaza. Civic Progress said no. Grand Center said no. City Hall said no. May be now …you all…

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05.19.2009 5:58 pm

Taxpayers should not have to pay for another arts center

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week the Missouri Legislature wrestled to balance the state budget in an environment of declining revenues and increasing demands. Given those circumstances, should the taxpayers invest more than $28 million dollars in the renovation of the Kiel Opera House?

The…

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04.10.2009 7:00 pm

Kiel Opera House should get a historic tax credit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The very best, wisest and most astute use of historic tax credits granted by the State of Missouri by far is to reactive one of the midwest’s greatest demand-drivers -Kiel Opera House. In fact, this should have been the first…

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02.18.2009 3:51 pm

How to create 2,500 jobs in St. Louis by April

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The City of St. Louis, Dave Checketts and his companies, Civic Progress and their foundations, the civic entrepreneurs organization, contractors and unions combine to create. They all put money on the table and this is the best use of ’shovel…

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02.04.2009 4:47 pm

Reopen Kiel, Hwy. 40 and Soldiers Memorial on same day

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

While Mr. Checketts is preparing Kiel Opera House for reopening perhaps a Foundation could ‘attend’ to the neglected Memorial Plaza, which is still the region’s civic plaza although it is in pretty bad shape.

While Gateway Foudation funds a re-do of…

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12.29.2008 3:55 pm

Which side will get the money?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Can you clarify a bit?

The crooks have already re-done the Gateway Mall east of Tucker twice and plan to put some dead-ass art along the Mall.east of Tucker.(That’s where the big banks and insurance companies are..those folks flee downtown at…

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