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Francis G. Slay

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    St. Louis Firefighters' Pension Argument Fails Bullshit Detector

    ​Earlier this week Chris Molitor, president of the firefighters' union Local 73, wrote a guest commentary in the Post-Dispatch criticizing Mayor Francis Slay's push to reform the firefighters' pension. The pension, btw, now accounts for a third of the fire department's total budget, has more than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    The Good Slaymaritan: St. Louis Mayor Comes to Aid of Knockout Victim

    Slay as seen Friday on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho South Grand.​St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay got an up-close-and-personal view Friday night of a street crime known as Knockout King when he and his chauffeur drove up on a man beaten on the side of the road. In interviews yesterday, Slay said ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Cardinals Playoffs Means No Furloughs for St. Louis Employees

    City workers won't be benched with the Cards in the World Series.​Thanks to the Cardinals' postseason run, city employees won't be forced to take another furlough this year. Mayor Francis Slay's office announced yesterday that the city will take in an estimated $2 million in taxes from the seven p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2011

    Report: AB-InBev Outraged Over World Series Bet Excluding Budweiser

    Cardinals and Budweiser: Nothing to make light of.​St. Louis gossipmeister Jerry Berger writes this week that Anheuser-Busch InBev "is pissed" with a friendly wager that Mayor Francis Slay made with Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck over the World Series. The bet would have Slay winning some Texas stea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Mayor Slay's Mother Passes Away; Mayor Lost Father Seven Months Earlier

    Condolences to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay with the passing of his mother, Anna May Slay. Mrs. Slay (nee Sobocinski) died this morning following a long illness. Her death was not unexpected, and the mayor and other family members were with her at her passing. Funeral arrangements have yet to be mad ... More >>

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Let the Dems keep hating: Jamilah Nasheed could pull off the political coup of the century

    Condolences to St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay with the passing of his mother, Anna May Slay. Mrs. Slay (nee Sobocinski) died this morning following a long illness. Her death was not unexpected, and the mayor and other family members were with her at her passing. Funeral arrangements have yet to be mad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Lewis Reed Campaign Gets Big Gift; Francis Slay Campaign Gets Big Names

    Slay and Reed: The election is a long way off but the fundraising isn't.​The next election for mayor of St. Louis is still some 20 months away but already the campaigns are under way. Incumbent mayor Francis Slay currently has over $611,000 of cash on hand for the 2013 election, according to the l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    St. Louis Mayor Wants Missouri to Allow Civil Unions

    Slay in a No Hate promo.​Francis Slay used his blog yesterday to call on state legislators to pass a law allowing gay couples in Missouri to commit to civil unions. The St. Louis Mayor writes that Illinois' recently enacted law allowing civil unions has made him realize the need for such a law in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    St. Louis To Get Three New Charter Schools

    ​Mayor Francis Slay yesterday announced the addition of three more charter school options for St. Louis families, just in time for the coming school year. In announcing the new schools, Slay said that charter schools are necessary as the St. Louis Public School District continues to re-earn its ac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Deal for Local Control of St. Louis Police Flies in Face of Conventional Logic

    Local Control, the movie.​St. Louis City Hall and the St. Louis Police Officers Association announced yesterday that they've struck a deal that could return control of the department back to the city for the first time in 150 years. In doing so, the city bucked a nationwide trend by guarante ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Francis R. Slay, Father of St. Louis Mayor, Dies at 83

    Francis R. Slay, the man who smoothed the path for his son's ascendancy into St. Louis politics, passed away this morning at the age of 83.The senior Slay was a Democratic committeeman in the city for more than four decades, a former state representative and the city's former recorder of deeds. In 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Francis Slay in Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    Slay reacts to news that he won't be home for Snowmaggedon '11.​Updated 8:35 a.m. with a hilarious new out take! St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay missed the blizzard that sacked much of Missouri yesterday and left his fair city coated in a few inches of ice and sleet. The mayor was in Albuquerque. As ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Mayor Slay Cautiously Optimistic on Democratic Convention; Announcement Expected Any Day

    Photo: Egan O'KeefeThe mayor and an attendee at last night's RFT Web Awards.​DailyRFT had a chance catch up with Mayor Francis Slay last night at Riverfront Times' Web Awards. (The mayor, btw, had a great time, according to his tweets.)After discussing social media with Slay -- a nominee for our c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2011

    Mayor Weighs in on Tucson Shootings, Dumb Questions

    ​Mayor Slay didn't directly call out the St. Louis Business Journal for asking an idiotic question last week, but he hinted as much. In the wake of the Tucson tragedy, the Biz Journal polled its readers by asking: "Given the Arizona shootings, will you stop attending political rallies?" In h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Mayor Proposes Taking Fire Ax to Firemen's Pension

    Slay: Blowing the whistle and prepared to make the cuts.​Mayor Francis Slay's office this morning outlined its plan to curtail run-away costs within the St. Louis Fire Department. According to the mayor's office, the budget for the fire department has increased 40 percent over the past decade than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2010

    Things That Make Rex Sinquefield Laugh: Mayor Slay Raising Measly $300K to Stop Him

    ​Mayor Francis Slay has formed a campaign committee to save St. Louis' earning tax after Missourians last week overwhelming approved Proposition A, requiring city residents to vote on the tax every five years. St. Louis' one-percent earnings tax for residents and people who work within city limits ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Got Wood? St. Louis Forestry Department Does and They Want to Share It

    Because we couldn't find an image of Francis Slay holding firewood. ​That's right. Beginning  today -- and lasting until supplies run out -- the St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry is offering free wood to city residents. The stash comes from tree removal at city parks and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Merger of St. Louis City and County Moves a Step Closer

    Could the second time be the charm?​Maybe it's not such a pipe dream, after all. Yesterday, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley publicly announced that he'd be willing to merge the county and the city. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay first suggested the same over a year ago. A merger would hope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Mayor Slay: Misled by Police or Just Clueless? [UPDATE]

    Slay: To serve and correct​We never did get a call back from the mayor's office on the following issue, but Slay has responded -- sort of -- to the our question posed Wednesday. That's when we asked how it could be that the St. Louis mayor continues to be surprised by police department's public-re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    St. Louis Firefighters May Soon Live Outside City Thanks to Crummy Schools

    Residency bill has Francis Slay seeing red.​A bill crafted by State Senator Jim Lembke (R - south St. Louis City/County) would allow St. Louis firefighters to live outside the city.The bill (SB739) passed the House and Senate yesterday and basically gives city firefighters the same residency requi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Fill Out Your Census Form, Help Get Mayor Slay Some KC BBQ

    Image sourceTake five minutes, get counted, help Mayor Slay get some beer and BBQ.​Mayor Francis Slay has made a bet with Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser this U.S. census season: Whose city will increase its census form mail-in response rate by the highest percentage?If St. Louis wins, Slay stan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Mayor Francis Slay, Others, Testify to Lawmakers on Local Control of St. Louis Police

    Da' Mare: Francis Slay​Mayor Francis Slay reiterated his case for local control of the St. Louis police department yesterday.Speaking last night to the House Special Committee on Urban Issues in Jefferson City, Slay told lawmakers that the system in place since the Civil War -- in which the gover ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Nativity Scene Featuring St. Louis Cops and Politicians is Noticeably Void of Wise Men

    The anonymous moderators over at the police discussion board St. Louis Cop Talk have an amusing painting on the site's homepage. Below is a copied image of the doctored artwork. We here at Daily RFT believe we have decoded everyone in this oh-so-special nativity scene. Question is: Can you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2009

    Mayor Slay Eyes New Way to Boost Downtown Tourism: Entrapment

    From Francis Slay's Twitter feed this morning...​

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Why Make Fun of Francis Slay When His Staff Does Such a Bang-Up Job of It?

    A few months back we at Daily RFT harnessed our wicked MS Paint skillz to doctor an image of Mayor Francis Slay enjoying himself at a Cancun disco. The altered photo was meant to poke fun at the St. Louis mayor and his (mostly) ridiculous "mini-polls" that his staff dispatches from City Hall every f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    Supreme Court Sides with City in Firefighter Discrimination Case

    flickr.com/photos/zacheversonWe're not sure if anyone popped open a bottle of bubbly yesterday in Room 200 of City Hall, but we know St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and his staff had to be pleased. In a follow-up to an item we posted earlier this month, yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2009

    Polls Confirm Mayor Slay is a Butt Head

    jhensinger.home.comcast.net/Two weeks ago, the otherwise honorable Mayor Francis G. Slay was branded a "Butt Head" by RFT because he (and his PR team) did not participate in a poll of local elected officials about smoking bans. Slay was not alone mind you-- several other area pol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Mayor Slay: "Not Willing to Wait Forever" for County to Approve Smoking Ban

    mayorslay.comThe honorable Francis Slay may be a "butthead" for never getting back to Riverfront Times regarding our survey of local politicians and their views on smoking, but the St. Louis mayor is willing to share his thoughts via his blog. On Sunday the mayor once more blogged about a proposed c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Mayoral Candidate Signed Lucrative Deal with Red-Light Camera Company

    denisewatsonwesley/ coleman.comSt. Louis American columnist Political Eye had an interesting story last week about Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman and her ties to Mayor Francis Slay and red-light camera firm American Traffic Solutions (ATS). As you may recall, the relatively unknown Watson-Wesley Colem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    WTF? Slay No Read RFT?!

    Hard to miss the sirens, or the RFT...Unreal couldn't help feeling consternation this morning upon finding Jeremy Kohler's "Political Fix" blog re: Mayor Francis Slay and one of his lobbyists, Lou Hamilton, ever so prominently displayed on the STLtoday home page beneath a story about Slay's hard-knu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Mayor Slay Weighs In On Smoking Bans

    My post last week on Mayor Francis Slay's 2009 legislative agenda and its failure to address smoking in city bars and restaurants generated quite a few comments. Most readers of this blog -- it would seem -- disagree with my proposal that the mayor work with St. Louis County and/or state officials t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    Boo Like You Mean It

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    Red Lights and Greenbacks

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2007

    If Looks Could Slay

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    No Ike Turner Day in St. Louis: But What's Truth Got to Do With It?

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2007

    No Ike Turner Day in St. Louis: What's Truth Got to Do With It?

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2007

    Ike Turner Day in St. Louis: September 2, at Big Muddy Blues Festival

    The Christmas season is prompting some political groups to tap into their inner Scrooge. Boo Krew, a group of people who gather for the purpose of booing Mayor Francis Slay, are planning to meet at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Missouri History Museum to, yes, boo Slay at a Civil Rights Summit. Read mo ... More >>

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Newsless in St. Louis

    Survey: Post-Dispatch finishes dead last in urban coverage.

  • News

    July 20, 2005

    Francis the Blogger

    Mayor Slay blasts into cyberspace

  • News

    March 16, 2005

    Kremated

    Charlie Foxman gets tough on lard-asses, Unreal learns to network, and Mayor Slay takes credit for the sunrise. Special bonus: an illustrated Local Blog o' the Week.

  • News

    March 9, 2005

    Slay Bells Ring

    Are you listening? The RFT goes stumping with Francis.

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    SqWires

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    September 25, 2002

    Best Newspaper Columnist

    Richard Callow

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    Crime Story

    Ghost letter from a powerbroker teaches Slay the perils of using the bully pulpit

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Nowhere Road

    What Slay was willing to give up for the stadium deal that died

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Price of Thugdom

    Hardball tactics sully the robes of St. Francis and drown out his message

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Perfect Attendance But No Presence

    Slay shows up for work, but what gets done?

  • News

    March 6, 2002

    Getting What You Pay For

    Blame for problems at the workhouse goes all the way to the top

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