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Craig Schmid

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    South City BDSM Club Faces More Obstacles to Opening

    photo by Melissa MeinzerJoe Kriegesmann: "Satan's Master" in his office at The Faciliy​Joe Kriegesmann, a genial fellow despite his nom-de-scene, "Satan's Master," says he just wants to follow the rules. He says he's been trying -- trying to figure out which rules apply to him and how to follow th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    African American Caucus Has Alderman French's Back in Speed Bump Debate

    Will O'Fallon Park speed bumps replace the Saucer on South Grand as St. Louis' top cause?​Earlier this weeks the African American Aldermanic Caucus released a statement rebuking Mayor Francis Slay for vetoing a bill that would allow speed bumps in O'Fallon Park, echoing comments recently made ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    BDSM Club "The Facility" Now Open in South City

    photo by Melissa MeinzerCages at The Facility​If you were to visit one of the newest businesses licensed to operate in St. Louis, you wouldn't see people having sex. Not that. But you might see a person getting florentined: They'd be cuffed standing, facing a wall, with a person behind the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Cranky Yellow, Cherokee Street Oddity Emporium, Tries to Fight City Hall

    Amanda Beard​David Wolk moved to St. Louis immediately after graduating high school in 2005, and spent an entire year designing websites in order to save up enough money to open Cranky Yellow - a curio shop, underground music venue and art gallery of a sort on Cherokee Street. Since the store ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Are You Going to Vote Today?

    ​This message is for you residents of the even wards, especially wards 6, 16, 20 and 24. According to the experts, you're too lazy to vote in today's aldermanic primaries. Geez, we just voted last November, and now we've gotta go to the ballot box again? But voting today does matter. Why? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Shannon McGinn: Fresh-Faced Alderman Candidate, Discusses Her Campaign With RFT

    John H. Tucker​A few years ago during the Marble Stage Theatre Company's run of "Fiddler on the Roof," the role of Golde was given to Shannon McGinn, a local social-services worker who did community plays on the side. The role depicts a fiercely loyal mother, unafraid to raise her voice to emp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    How Much Are Lobbyists Spending on Your St. Louis Alderman?

    kaciestarrtriplett.comKacie Starr Triplett (Ward 6) leads the Board of Aldermen with $1,327 in lobbyist expenditures this year.​Poor St. Louis Aldermen. Sure, their $32,000 a year salary is nothing to sneeze at and roughly on par with what state reps ($36k) and senators ($31k) earn. But when it co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Today's Board of Aldermen Meeting: A Plea for Public Art

    photo by Keegan HamiltonAntonio French chats with the members of the Regional Arts Commission​The St. Louis arts community was out in force this morning to show their support for the proposed "Public Art Trust Fund" being considered by the Board of Aldermen. About a dozen artists and representativ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Photos: Devon Alexander Greeted By Thousands at City Hall

    St. Louis City Hall was transformed into something of a smooth-jazz lounge last night as Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed hosted a "Homecoming Celebration" for boxer Devon Alexander. Alexander, center, flanked by his trainer Kevin Cunningham and Cedric the Entertainer.​The 23-year-old St. Lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Poll: Guess Which St. Louis Alderman Wants to Decriminalize Weed

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergIs Ken Ortmann the reefer reformer or are we just blowing smoke?​Earlier this morning we posted the news (via Mayor Slay's website) that a member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is considering a measure that would decriminalize marijuana in St. Louis, meaning that poss ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    When sweeping smoking bans take effect next year, many bar patrons might not even notice the difference

    Photo: Jennifer SilverbergIs Ken Ortmann the reefer reformer or are we just blowing smoke?​Earlier this morning we posted the news (via Mayor Slay's website) that a member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is considering a measure that would decriminalize marijuana in St. Louis, meaning that poss ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Proposed City Bill Could Put Nuisance Property Owners, Habitual 911 Misusers in the Slammer

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/edkohler/ / CC BY 2.0​Under current Ordinance 67600, St. Louis City can shut down your stash house, den of prostitution or other shady locale by declaring it a "nuisance property." You'll get a notification, and if you don't clean up the monkey business, you could get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Man Writes "FUCK" on Building, Calls It "NEOART," Goes to Jail

    cherokeestreetnews.org​Who is David Reeves? The 51-year-old's own Web site portrays him as a toy designer and graffiti artist of international reputation. Some on Cherokee Street view him as more pest than provocateur. Whatever you believe, there's at least one thing David Reeves definitely is the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Pop the Cork: Liquor Moratorium on Cherokee Street Comes to an End

    As reported yesterday in the Cherokee Street News, the moratorium prohibiting alcohol sales on parts of Cherokee Street in south St. Louis has ended. A board bill passed last week excludes a three-block stretch of Cherokee (from Iowa Avenue to Nebraska Avenue) from the so-called Twentieth Ward Liquo ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2008

    Sobering thought: New legislation could make it difficult to get a drink on Cherokee Street

    As reported yesterday in the Cherokee Street News, the moratorium prohibiting alcohol sales on parts of Cherokee Street in south St. Louis has ended. A board bill passed last week excludes a three-block stretch of Cherokee (from Iowa Avenue to Nebraska Avenue) from the so-called Twentieth Ward Liquo ... More >>

  • News

    March 8, 2006

    Letters Column

    Week of March 9, 2006

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Exhibit V

    Want a Girls Gone Wild video? The city can hook you up. Plus: a box full of even more naughty tapes, and a paean to the cars that go boom.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    Lose the Booze

    What’s up with Alderman Craig Schmid’s liquor moratorium?

  • News

    June 8, 2005

    Not on Our Street

    Cherokee Street's business establishment wants that Mexican bus to vamoose

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    Land Grab

    Why does the city undercut would-be developers? Don't ask.

  • News

    August 20, 2003

    The Ice Cream War

    It's a hot, sweaty, cutthroat business. And in most city neighborhoods, it's illegal. A report from the front lines of the battle of the Bomb Pop.

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Butcher's Boy

    Favazza and the vulture culture mass against city-government reform

  • News

    September 11, 2002

    New City Trick

    Judge Jim Sullivan has a different way of dealing with crack whores -- don't just jail them, treat them for their addiction

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    And the Emmy Goes To. . .

    Week of December 12, 2001

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Married to the Job

    Mike Owens gets conflicted reporting on his wife's workplace

  • News

    August 1, 2001

    Peeling the Onion

    Onion Horton says he's everything a white man wants a black man to be

  • News

    March 21, 2001

    Letters

    Week of March 21, 2001

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Letters

    Week of March 7, 2001

  • News

    February 28, 2001

    Letters

    Week of February 28, 2001

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    September 27, 2000

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    September 27, 2000

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  • News

    July 5, 2000

    A Run on the Bank

    The South Side National Bank Building, an Art Deco icon at Grand and Gravois, could be rehabbed into apartments or replaced by just another Walgreens. The struggle is about to start.

  • News

    April 19, 2000

    And You Thought the Presidential Race Was Going to Be Dry

    As Senate rivals Ashcroft and Carnahan sling mud, gubernatorial contestants Talent and Holden gather dust

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    Back to the Future

    For many in South St. Louis, replacing the Southtown Famous with a Kmart is just something they can't swallow. And they're letting City Hall know it.

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    SNAP CALL

    City Hall makes a quick pick in an ugly battle over Internet and phone service. Prepare to pay the price.

  • News

    April 28, 1999

    Hit Parade

    City Hall makes a quick pick in an ugly battle over Internet and phone service. Prepare to pay the price.

  • News

    March 10, 1999

    Hit Parade

    City Hall makes a quick pick in an ugly battle over Internet and phone service. Prepare to pay the price.

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