Michael Bloomberg

Straight Shootin': The firepower at the NRA convention is incredible, just like the rhetoric

Mayor Blasts NRA Leadership at Start of St. Louis Convention

As thousands of gun-loving Americans (and the politicians who crave their votes, including GOP-presidential candidates Mit Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum) descend on St. Louis today for the start of the NRA Annual Convention, one city mayor isn't having any of it. Conveniently that mayor is ... More >>

Ron Shaich: Panera Bread Founder Forming Political Third Party, No Labels

nolabels.orgRon Shaich​Ron Shaich founded St. Louis Bread Company, a.k.a. Panera Bread back in 1981. Since then, the company has gone on to open hundreds of restaurants across the nation. Panera is so successful that, this year, it began letting customers at some of its restaurants pay whatever th ... More >>

Anti-Puppy Mill Effort Raises $3.2 Million

Supporters of a Humane Society-backed initiative to crack down on puppy mills in Missouri have put their money where the dogs are -- with $3.2 million in contributions as of September 30.The anti-puppy mill effort has been raking in contributions.​The new totals were first reported by the Missouri ... More >>

New York City Says No Food Stamps for Sodas

Despite possible legal roadblocks, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg issues a plan to make sugar-sweetened soft drink ineligible for food stamps. The New York Times reports that New York City requested permission from the USDA to perform a two-year experiment to ban soda purchases with food stam ... More >>

Noah Baumbach goes west for his latest self-obsessed, unlikable protagonist in Greenberg

Despite possible legal roadblocks, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg issues a plan to make sugar-sweetened soft drink ineligible for food stamps. The New York Times reports that New York City requested permission from the USDA to perform a two-year experiment to ban soda purchases with food stam ... More >>

Overall Crime Down in St. Louis Despite Recession

Remember, back when our economy was only starting its swirl down the shitter, experts predicted a spike in crime due to a recession?Well, experts be damned: according to police department data crunched by the Daily RFT, overall crime in St. Louis City was actually lower in the first quarter of ... More >>

Hey, New York: You Made a $15 Million Mistake!

Remember, back when our economy was only starting its swirl down the shitter, experts predicted a spike in crime due to a recession?Well, experts be damned: according to police department data crunched by the Daily RFT, overall crime in St. Louis City was actually lower in the first quarter of ... More >>

Letters

Week of April 7, 2004

Demolition Man

To save St. Louis public schools, Bill Roberti and his band of hired guns plan to blow things up. Who'll pick up the pieces when they're gone?