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09.21.2008 2:49 am

Wheeling and dealing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

092108The plot thickens at St. Louis Metropolitan Towing. The Post-Dispatch reviewed 36 cases and hundreds of records reveals a troubling system and raises a lot of questions about how much money the tow lot has made.

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  • Wheels of misfortune
  • Hooked
  • Dude, where’s…
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08.03.2008 12:01 am

Towed ya

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

080308New details are emerging in the city towing scandal. Like Deborah Bailey’s story: She made payments on a car for more than two years — yet drove it only six months before it was impounded and she was told it…

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07.26.2008 1:28 am

Over and out

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

072608St. Louis Police Chief Joe Mokwa retired yesterday.

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  • Citizen Mokwa
  • Joe’s woes
  • Retiree in chief
  • Say it ain’t so, Joe

I had the day off, but Weatherbird enthusiast and night editor Ron Wade filled me in on the yesterday’s Bird-lining. The selected Bird line…

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07.22.2008 12:01 am

Tow jam

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

072208It was a busy night here in Weatherbird land — less for the Bird, and more for yours truly who was filling in as the A1 designer last night. And what a news night it was, from Michael Shanahan accepting a…

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