Photo by Jennifer Silverberg; Sheriff illustration by Kenn MinterAlderman John Hoffmann wants to put out the butts in Town & CountryLast week's "Butt Heads" feature story did not include stats or insights from munis with less than 15,000 people. Town & Country, with 11,000 inhabitants, thus did not make the cut. But apparently its elected officials are also in a lather over whether or not to push for a regional smoking ban. Alderman John Hoffmann (featured in a colorful RFT cover s
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Brian Marchant-CalsynAn interesting civil trial gets under way today in St. Louis County Court. Gary Schwarz, a New Jersey resident, is suing Town & Country business Health Career Agents Inc., alleging that its owner, Brian Marchant-Calsyn, fraudently withheld information when Schwarz invested in the company.
Health Career Agents (HCA) markets business opportunities to individuals looking to start their own recruiting firms as "headhunters" for hospitals and o
The Saint Louis Zoo recently mailed out letters to local elected officials inviting them and their families to attend a free breakfast reception, parking and passes to the zoo's paid attractions. The free day for politicians on August 8 follows a similar event the zoo hosted last year. The zoo depends on a zoo-museum tax on St. Louis City and County property owners for millions of dollars in funding each year, and zoo director Jeffrey Bonner has defended the reception as a way to thank electe
