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Since last September, St. Louis Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, D-6th ward, has been championing a “vacant building initiative.” Last Wednesday, her proposal finally got a hearing from an aldermanic committee.
The proposal had a lot of support, at least in…
At the White House last week, President Barack Obama had a word of warning for the nation’s mayors, agog with the thought of all that economic stimulus money:
“We have asked for the unprecedented trust of the American people,” Mr. Obama said,…
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St. Louis Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe, a Democrat representing the First Ward, is urging his constituents to start carrying firearms to protect themselves and their property. The St. Louis Police Department, he proclaimed, has lost the trust of the…
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St. Louis Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed paid us a visit this morning, catching us up with various initiatives from his office.
He came with Harry Kennedy in tow, his new legislative director and a longtime Missouri lawmaker.
Mr. Reed ran…
On Sunday evenings, the Natural Bridge Road entrance to Fairground Park on the city’s North Side has become a staging ground for an unbelievable scene. See it from two points of view:
Point No. 1: Beginning around 6 p.m., when the weather…
