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Lewis Reed Slams Cuts to City Cable Channel, Mayor Francis Slay Says Police More Important

Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is attacking Mayor Francis Slay with a press release that feels very much like it's election season all over again. Slay, who had his formal inauguration last week -- kicking off his historic fourth term -- has proposed to cut funding to the city's official cab ... More >>

Mayor Francis Slay Says LGBT Issues Will Be a Priority in Historic Fourth Term

It is officially official. After beating his challenger Lewis Reed in the March primary, winning against no one on the April 2 Election Day and going through his formal inauguration ceremony yesterday, Mayor Francis Slay has begun his fourth term -- making him the first mayor in St. Louis history to ... More >>

Veolia Water Contract Stays Alive; Destined for Board of Aldermen Hearing

Amid murmurs from the staff in Mayor Francis Slay's office that the Veolia Water contract "isn't even on the agenda," about 80 members of the activist coalition Dump Veolia poured into Room 200 yesterday afternoon. The goal -- as their signs read -- was that the Board of Estimates and Apportionment ... More >>

Veolia Water Contract: Lewis Reed's Office Pushes Total Re-Do of Contract Process

Challenges to a pending consulting contract between the City of St. Louis and a French multinational water service company called Veolia are still coming from all sides. Activists from the "Dump Veolia" coalition will descend on City Hall this afternoon for another show of opposition; at the same t ... More >>

Hosed: A plan to overhaul the St. Louis Water Division leaves the Slay administration all wet

Veolia Water Contract May Face Public Hearing [UPDATE]

Update: Click through for a copy of the preliminary Veolia contract. Yesterday, the Estimates and Apportionment Committee met to do its usual business and was met by a rather unusual crowd. Over 50 members of the activist group Dump Veolia showed up with handwritten signs protesting a pending con ... More >>

"Dump Veolia" Mounts Social Media Campaign to Halt City Water Contract

A rising tide of dissent is building against a contract between the City of St. Louis and multinational water service company Veolia. Daily RFT broke news of the deal in December after insiders at the city water division leaked memos showing that Veolia, a Paris-based company, won a contract in a c ... More >>

Veolia Water Contract Sent Back to Committee Over Concerns About Company's Reputation

Seemingly overnight, the fortunes of a lucrative contract between the City of St. Louis and Veolia Water have been reversed. Earlier this month, Daily RFT broke the news that the city's Water Division recently completed the bidding process for a consulting contract aimed at cutting spending at the ... More >>

City Leaders Hope to Pass Parks Bond Proposal Before Holiday Recess... Or Else

City Hall is on the verge of passing a multi-million dollar plan to maintain and upgrade local parks.​On Friday the Board of Aldermen advanced bills that would lock in current funding and send an additional $64 million in city bonds to St. Louis parks. City Leaders hope the bill will get final pas ... More >>

City Approves Funding for New Animal Shelter on North Side

City leaders are taking steps to curb St. Louis' stray dog problem.​The city's Estimates and Appropriations Committee unanimously approved yesterday a proposal to use $170,000 from last year's budget surplus to build a new animal shelter in north St. Louis. The plan is to lease and renovate a va ... More >>

RFT Part of Panel Tonight to Discuss City Earnings Tax

The place to be tonight for informed citizens and/or policy wonks.​What's that you say? You're looking for some quality (free) entertainment tonight and you're unclear where you stand on April's election over the St. Louis earnings tax? Well, do I have an event for you! Swing by the Old Post Offic ... More >>

Teen Delinquency Won't Stand a Chance Against Lap Pool and Gym, St. Louis Officials Hope

ofallonpark.org​Mayor Francis Slay and several north St. Louis aldermen gathered in O'Fallon Park today for the groundbreaking of a new recreational complex. Officials are optimistic that the rec-plex will be a resource for north city kids and teenagers.

Weekend Could Come Early for City Hall Employees

This anonymous City Hall employee is already on board. ​Cue the Loverboy and ice down the Natty Light. St. Louis City Hall could close an hour early each week -- at 4 p.m. every Friday -- under a proposal suggested yesterday by Comptroller Darlene Green. The city is looking to offset a projected $ ... More >>

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Homeless Holy Wars

The defiant Reverend Larry Rice infuriates big developers and city leaders over a proposed shelter in a downtown federal building

Cash Landing

With bills coming due at Lambert, St. Louis considers drastic change

Tailspin

Lambert's billion-dollar expansion hangs on a wing and a prayer: The numbers no longer add up

Slayer

Could the mayor's uncanny habit of making enemies wreck the charter-reform effort?

For the Defense

Terry Niehoff, one of the city's top criminal-defense lawyers, makes his money the old-fashioned way -- he earns it, one client at a time

The Law's an Ass

Week of October 2, 2002

Late Fee

Mayor's office goes to bat for Bell but gets shut down by Darlene Green

Dollar for Dollar

The politics of Vince Schoemehl's fundraiser for Frankie the Saint

Numbers Game

Tax exemption for fat cats is the only issue Shrewsbury and Krewson won't talk about

Lead Counsel

These lawyers could cash in big, but who hired them?

Terrible Twins

Nightmare for a rookie mayor -- Schoemehl and Biondi on the prowl with a Big Idea

Dead Man Voting

St. Louis elections are a national joke. Trouble is, it's not funny anymore.

Phantom of the Opera House

The Cardinals' promises are worth as much as the Kiel Partners'

Stiffed by TIF

City schools are being asked to give back tax dollars to developers

New Kid, Old School

Francis G. Slay wants to push a troubled city to the future, and he doesn't think "politics" is a dirty word.

The New Wisdom of Boz

A chastened ex-mayor says he's sorry and asks for another chance

Give Us Our Stadium and No One Gets Hurt

The Cards turn up the heat on Missouri with a little help from across the river

Letters

Week of November 8, 2000

The Accidental Politician

After five years in office, enigmatic Darlene Green has become a force to be reckoned with in St. Louis

Say Goodbye to Busch

There's a new game in town as the Cardinals square off with the city over how to finance a new stadium

The Lead Menace

In its lawsuit, St. Louis is eager to blame the lead industry for making the area one of the most contaminated in the nation. But the city itself is guilty of doing little to prevent the poisoning of thousands of children like "Little Al" Evans.

Not Such E-Z Terms for the E-Z Hotel

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen have passed a bill funding the new convention-center hotel, but many of the lawmakers aren't very happy with their handiwork; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

THE BIG FIX

A desperate St. Louis pays top dollar to gamble on a risky convention-center hotel

POPE-ASHCROFT HOLY WAR

Fresh from alienating black voters over the Ronnie White fiasco, will Sen. John Ashcroft take on Catholics in his drive to defeat Senate rival Gov. Mel Carnahan?

Short Cuts

Radio Free St. Louis Goes to Jail; Ald Bauer, Get Your Ass Out of Town; The Crotchety Senator from Crystal City

Short Cuts

Short Cuts

Reconstructing Larry

City Treasurer Larry Williams used to be known for bounced checks, bad audits and bogus talk. Now he's emerging as the savior of downtown. Who'da thunk it?

News Real

City Limits

A coalition of St. Louis mayors looking to change the city's charter finds the going rough