Kacie Starr Triplett

Participatory Budgeting-St. Louis Launches Pilot Project in 6th Ward

Usually when a candidate loses an election, her ideas die with the campaign. Not so in the 6th Ward. In the special election to fill Kacie Starr Triplett's seat, candidate Michelle Witthaus made something called "participatory budgeting" a cornerstone of her campaign. The concept, which has taken o ... More >>

Seen Those Vivid New Trash Bins? Thank the High Schooler Who's Doing It for Free

One day last November, Jacob Schmidt schlepped a bag of trash into the alley behind his parents' house in Compton Heights. He looked at the dumpsters and thought, "These things really 'uglify' the city."  So Schmidt, then a junior at Metro high school, asked city officials if he swirl some colo ... More >>

Cuts to Firefighter Pensions Pass City, Firemen Take Fight to Court

The Board of Alderman finally voted today to pass Mayor Francis Slay's firefighter pension overhaul, a bill that eliminates benefits that the city has deemed unaffordable. Demetris "Al" Alfred, a firefighter and union representative to IAFF Local 73, said he was disappointed by the vote but that t ... More >>

Erik Anker Conquers First-Ever RFT Standup Throwdown, Earth

The room was packed to the gills and the competition fierce, but on Sunday night we crowned a champion in our inaugural RFT Standup Throwdown: Mr. Erik Anker! The sold-out crowd at The Maryland House and our two celebrity judges -- KMOV Channel 4 news anchor John Knicely and Sixth Ward Alderwoman, K ... More >>

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 >>

Accusations of Racism Stir Aldermanic Campaign

Image via TwitterKessler​It had to happen sometime. Robert Joiner reports in the St. Loius Beacon that Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett is accusing her primary-election opponent of playing the race card in his efforts to unseat her. Triplett who is black, is running her Democratic-primary camp ... More >>

Brad Kessler: Attorney-Cum-Artist with Great Hair and Killer Tats Running for Office

TwitterSilver-haired hunk wants your vote!​So, it's official. Criminal defense attorney Bradford (Brad) Kessler is running for the St. Louis Board of Aldermen to represent the city's Sixth Ward. That's the downtown loft district currently represented by alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett. Since we ca ... More >>

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 >>

Downtown Residents Want Lure Nightclub Disciplined or Closed

Members of the Downtown St. Louis Residents Association hosted a meeting last night to discuss what can be done about disruptive behavior outside area nightclubs. ​Of specific concern to the group is the Lure nightclub (formerly Lucky's) at 1204 Washington Avenue. Just last week club-goers who may ... More >>

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 >>

Breaking News: Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett Attends Block Party

How did you spend this glorious Tuesday afternoon? Like me were you trapped indoors staring at a computer screen? If so, boy are your gonna be jealous about how one local elected official spent her afternoon. Triplett​St. Louis alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett (Ward 6) spent part of her day at a ne ... More >>

Alderwoman Takes on Downtown "Racket"; Says Trash Trucks Too Noisy

Trash collection was making some downtown residents grouchy.​St. Louis alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett this morning introduced legislation regulating the hours that trash trucks can haul waste from businesses located near residential property. On her blog today, the downtown alderwoman (Ward 6) wr ... More >>

Highlights of Today's Epic Smoking Ban Debate at St. Louis City Hall

Today's meeting was a lesson in how sausage -- and cigarettes -- are made.​As mentioned on this here blog earlier today, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved by a 20-7 vote a bill that would prohibit smoking in most bars and restaurants should voters in St. Louis County also approve a smoking ... More >>

Snatching Up Vacants on the Sly? The City Might Be Watching More Closely Soon...

kaciestarrtriplett.comWhen someone quietly buys a bundle of St. Louis properties to redevelop, the buildings can languish and crumble. City Hall might levy fines for code violations, but improvements come slow, if at all. And what are the neighbors supposed to do? (This happened when McEagle grabbed ... More >>

Does Mayor Slay Have a Ghost Tweeter?

Do you follow Mayor Francis Slay on Twitter (@mayorslaydotcom)? Ever wonder if he's actually twittering for himself, or if he even knows he has a Twitter account? I always presumed that since the user name was @MayorSlaydotcom and not @MayorSlay or @FrancisSlay it was probably a ghost writer or staf ... More >>

Unreal auditions for Up in the Air, test drives a new energy mouth spray and names a street after ourself

Green Light for Obama Boulevard

Barack Obama has not had his finest week, what with having to weather the political stink smelling up Illinois -- not to mention learning that its madcap governor recently called him a "motherfucker."