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March 26, 2012
Bloomberg Labels Rex Sinquefield an "Oligarch"
Rex Sinquefield has been called a lot of things -- hall-of-fame athlete, kook, terrorist, sugar daddy, manipulator and billionaire (the latter being one of the few labels he's publicly denied), but we'd never heard of this one: "oligarch." Something about it sounds so sinister. So Russian. So wor ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Dastardly Doings in Chess World: Webster U. Poaches Texas Tech's Coach, Team
Since we know now that chess is a sport, maybe it shouldn't be surprising that the chess community is resorting to sports-like behavior: boosterism, trash-talking and now wholesale poaching of the best collegiate players. Case in point: This school year, Webster University has no chess team. Next y ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2012
Sinquefield Under Attack for Comment Tying Public Schools to KKK
Educators and politicians are demanding that Rex Sinquefield apologize for a statement he made yesterday tying public schools to the Ku Klux Klan. Sinquefield, who has spent tens of millions of dollars trying to repeal income taxes in Missouri, was giving a lecture at Lindenwood University in sup ... More >>
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December 22, 2011
Is Chess a Sport? Missouri Hall of Fame says yes.
Educators and politicians are demanding that Rex Sinquefield apologize for a statement he made yesterday tying public schools to the Ku Klux Klan. Sinquefield, who has spent tens of millions of dollars trying to repeal income taxes in Missouri, was giving a lecture at Lindenwood University in sup ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
Rex Sinquefield: A Hall of Fame Athlete (WTF?)
Cue the "Rocky" theme song. It's time to celebrate another fictional athlete.Rex Sinquefield is making his mark in Missouri in more than just politics these days. The gazillionaire best known for shoveling millions of dollars into political campaigns is also one of our state's greatest athletes. ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
St. Louis Police Agree to Local Control Thanks to "Sugar Daddies" Like Rex Sinquefield
Rex Sinquefield: He fought the law(men) and won.That was so easy, one wonders why it took 150 years to figure out?Yesterday, the St. Louis Police Officers' Association officially caved. For the first time since the Civil War, the association agreed to allow City Hall -- and not the governor's off ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Local Control Will Likely Have to Wait, Again
Special Session in Jeff City is not going according to plan.Remember the scene in Juice when Bishop, Q, Raheem and Steel rob the corner store? They had everything all planned out. They timed the police patrols. They brought gloves, masks, and a gun. They knew old man Quiles, the owner, would be ... More >>
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October 7, 2011
Sinquefield Donates $1.3 Million to Let Voters Decide; Files Lawsuit Against State Officials
Rex Sinquefield has done it again. On Monday the St. Louis financier opened up his wallet and donated $1.3 million to Let Voters Decide, the campaign committee he's bankrolling that seeks to repeal Missouri's state income tax. Such gifts are not uncommon for Sinquefield. Last October he cut a sin ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Local Control Bill in Legislative Limbo as Senate and House Debate Economic Development Package
The state Senate leadership, notably Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer, R-Dexter, has said that they will likely not be debating or voting on any other bills this special session until after the two legislative chambers pass the economic development bill. The economic development bill, they poin ... More >>
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September 26, 2011
Lawsuit Filed Against Latest "Fair Tax" Proposals
Lawuit: Ballot language provides bad road map for voters.Missourians for Fair Taxation last week filed a lawsuit attempting to change the ballot language for two recent proposals that will ask voters to eliminate state income tax in favor of higher sales taxes in Missouri.The group -- composed of ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
Local Control Bill Passes House, Moves to Senate
The local control bill's passage seems like a sure bet... but then again, so was Tyson over Douglas. Its fate lies in the hands of the State Senate. On Friday the Missouri House of Representatives passed the bill that would return control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department back to th ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Study: "Fair Tax" Would Cost Missouri $2.5 Billion, Reduce General Revenue By a Third
Latest analysis predicts dire consequences of "fair tax."The Missouri Budget Project is out with a new study that it says shows that several "fair tax" proposals for Missouri would cost the state billions. The report suggests that the efforts of financier Rex Sinquefield to replace Missouri's inc ... 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
August 5, 2011
Checkmate: St. Louis Named "Chess City of the Year"
Todd OwyoungA new (and old) title will soon join the ranks of the awards earned by the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center.If you read our recent feature story on the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center and the country's number one player, you likely won't be surprised to hear t ... More >>
News
July 21, 2011
Hikaru Nakamura is the next Bobby Fischer -- and the reason St. Louis is suddenly the epicenter of American chess
Todd OwyoungA new (and old) title will soon join the ranks of the awards earned by the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center.If you read our recent feature story on the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center and the country's number one player, you likely won't be surprised to hear t ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Can the Mizzou New Music Initiative Turn Missouri Into the Next Vienna?
Photo by Justin BernhautTomorrow, Alarm Will Sound (pictured) will take on the original work of eight composers as part of the Mizzou New Music Summer Festival.Patrick David Clark uses the word kaleidoscopic three times in a single discussion about the field that has become his life: music co ... More >>
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July 12, 2011
Rex Sinquefield Donates $82,000 to Peter Kinder's Campaign
Peter Kinder has 82,000-plus reasons to smile today.Missouri's political puppet master Rex Sinquefield yesterday made two contributions to Lt. Governor Peter Kinder's campaign coffers, totaling $82,191. Kinder is expected to soon announce that he'll run for governor against incumbent Jay Nixon in ... More >>
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May 9, 2011
Pro-Earnings Tax Group Spent $15 Per Vote
Rex Sinquefield forced the earnings tax to vote -- thereby pumping more than $500,000 into the economy of political consultants and campaign strategists. Talk about a stimulus!It wasn't exactly cheap -- but it was effective.Citizens for a Stronger St. Louis, the group organized by St. Louis Mayor ... More >>
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May 2, 2011
St. Louisan Seeks to Break Bobby Fischer's U.S. Record at Upcoming Tournament
Will Nakamura leave us searching for Bobby Fischer's record?It ain't exactly the Thrilla in Manilla, but it's being billed as the first-ever international chess match between two top-ranked players to be played in St. Louis since 1886. And the stakes are particularly high for one of the conte ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Citizens For a Stronger St. Louis: Pro-Tax Group Spent $417K
Rex Sinquefield: Billionaire spent $11 million, apparently to help a few Dems make a quick buck.Rex Sinquefield may have been hoping to kickstart a discussion about whether the city's earnings tax is a good thing -- a discussion Mayor Francis Slay has indicated he's willing to have. But in the me ... More >>
Blogs
April 8, 2011
AUDIO: Maria Chapelle-Nadal Is "Off the Plantation" Not a "House Slave"
Chapelle-Nadal: Do I sound crazy? I don't sound crazy. No, not at all.So, if you haven't heard by now, State Senator Maria Chapelle-Nadal earned the ire of many of her fellow elected officials on Tuesday when she compared them to "house slaves" during an interview on WGNU. Chapelle-Nadal made the ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Earnings Tax Wins Big in St. Louis; Mayor Says He Still Hopes to Find Alternative to Fee
Watching the Redbirds at the Prop. E watch party.Daily RFT swung by Walker's Restaurant and Bar in south city last night to check out the watch party for Proposition E -- the initiative to retain the one-percent earnings tax in St. Louis.We don't know if more people were there earlier in the eve ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Comment of the Day: Send Rex Sinquefield to Podunk, Missouri
Today's comment comes in response to a post about financier Rex Sinquefield's residency. Last November Daily RFT broke the news that the man who has spent $11 million in hopes of overturning St. Louis' earnings tax is not registered to vote in St. Louis, instead maintaining his permanent residence i ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Rex Sinquefield's Placement on St. Louis Art Museum Board Violates Law
Sinquefield: Francis Slay has his back on museum placement.The Post-Dispatch this morning follows up on a story Daily RFT broke months ago. That's the fact that Rex Sinquefield, the financier who spent $11 million to get a recall of St. Louis' earnings tax on next month's ballot, is not registere ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Fair Tax Proposal Passes House Committee on Party Line Vote
Andrew KoenigA resolution to replace Missouri's income tax with a so-called "fair tax" passed the House Tax Reform Committee yesterday. All eight Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the proposal; all four Democrats rejected the effort. The proposal (HJR8) by state representative Andrew ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
More Fallout Over Speaker Tilley's "Race-Baiting" Comment; Right-Wing Media Fuming
Tilley: When this guy is the Tea Party's public enemy No. 1, the whole world has gone insane.A comment the Missouri House Speaker made this week regarding the fight over local control of the St. Louis police department has infuriated right-wing media -- and oddly -- placed free-market guru Rex Si ... More >>
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February 11, 2011
Missouri's New Republican Auditor Shows His Stripes on Income Tax
Tom Schweich: Would you believe this guy is an accountant?Missouri's new state auditor, Tom Schweich, said yesterday that he would not provide a financial impact statement to nine different ballot measures calling for the elimination of the state's income tax. The effort to replace Missouri's inc ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
Sinquefield's Tax Reform Labeled "Fiscally Untenable"; Could Require 12% Sales Tax
jamesrmoody.comJames MoodyAn analysis of nine ballot initiatives financier Rex Sinquefield submitted to state officials this month calling for the elimination of Missouri's income tax has concluded that the state would require a sales tax of 12 percent in order to make up for lost revenue if any ... More >>
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January 21, 2011
Marcia Jackson: Woman Who Embezzled from Show-Me Institute Gets Seven Years
Courtesy: Clayton PoliceMarcia JacksonThe Post-Dispatch today concludes a story first reported here at Daily RFT. Marcia Jackson, a former employee of the Show-Me Institute, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from financier Rex Sinquefield ... More >>
News
December 30, 2010
The 2010 RFT News Challenge
Courtesy: Clayton PoliceMarcia JacksonThe Post-Dispatch today concludes a story first reported here at Daily RFT. Marcia Jackson, a former employee of the Show-Me Institute, was sentenced today to seven years in prison for embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from financier Rex Sinquefield ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2010
Now Here's a Cause Rex Sinquefield Should Get Behind (and Already Tacitly Endorses)
Have you heard the news today? A guy in Fenton says he's planning a petition campaign to do away with the state's personal property tax. That's the tax you pay each year on your automobiles, boats, motorcycles, farm equipment and ATVs. Never mind the fact that you already paid a state sales tax o ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Comment of the Day: "Living in Civilization Costs Money"
Today's comment of the day comes in response to Chad Garrison's post about a Fenton man who wants to do away with the state's personal property tax -- which Garrison compared to billionaire financier Rex Sinquefield, who's trying to eliminate the earnings taxes in St. Louis and Kansas City.As "J. Br ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Former Rep Rodney Hubbard Fined $322K Over Campaign Finance Mess
Rodney Hubbard will pay the ethics commission fine.$2,775 at the Ritz-Carlton, $662 at the Westin Hotels St. Louis and $575 at Brennan's, the Central West End bar. $85,850 in contributions -- and more than $20,000 in cash.Those are among the expenditures and withdrawals that the campaign of ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Alderman to Sinquefield: Stop Terrorizing Us!
Conway brings Aldermania smack-down to City HallIn a great show of emotion, a red-faced, revved-up alderman stood before his colleagues in City Hall this morning and challenged gazillionaire Rex Sinquefield to "come and kick our asses" if he's up for a fight.Alderman Stephen Conway of the city's ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
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 >>
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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 >>
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November 8, 2010
Sinquefield Gives $200,000 to Politician Who Ran Unopposed, Wants to End State Income Tax
Tilley: Young power broker has Sinquefield to thank for part of his fortune. Last Tuesday, financier Rex Sinquefield won the first round of an effort to rid St. Louis and Kansas City of income taxes. On Wednesday, the man whose million of dollars in campaign contributions are transforming Missour ... More >>
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November 3, 2010
Rex Sinquefield: Victory for Prop. A Costs Him $8.67 Per Vote
Rex Sinquefield appreciates buying your vote.Rex Sinquefield spent at least $11,218,000 of his own money to ensure the passage of Proposition A, the ballot initiative that will require St. Louis and Kansas City residents to vote every five years on whether to keep their cities' earning tax.As rep ... More >>
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November 1, 2010
Rex Sinquefield Registers His Bentley and His Vote in Osage County
Sinquefield's 2008 Bentley Continential Flying Spur could provide the city with $3,000 in taxes this year -- if he registered it in St. Louis.The man who's poured millions of dollars of his own money into an effort to change the tax structure in St. Louis is not registered to vote in St. Louis, e ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
"Say No to Proposition A" Rally This Evening in Kiener Plaza
Today's rally encourages you to just say "no" to multi-millionaire Rex Sinquefield and his campaign to eliminate income taxes.St. Louis religious leaders and public officials are hosting a rally today at 5:30 p.m. in Kiener Plaza to oppose Proposition A -- the statewide ballot issue asking Missou ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Unions Lining Up Opposition to Rex Sinquefield's Prop A
It's definitely not fair to say that donations from local unions and their counterparts in Washington, D.C., will even the playing field with Rex Sinquefield. The St. Louis zillionaire has already donated an astonishing $10.8 million toward his campaign to force a vote on earnings taxes in St. Louis ... More >>
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October 1, 2010
Rex Sinquefield Gives $3.9 Million to Earnings Tax Repeal; Has Now Given $10.7 Million
One campaign contribution filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission over the past 48 hours stands out from the others. See if you can pick it out below:With yesterday's gift of $3.9 million, financier Rex Sinquefield has now given in excess of $10 million to his pet project of overturning the ear ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Chess is Centerpiece of New St. Louis School Founded by Juvenile Judge Jimmie Edwards
pelopidas.comJudge Jimmie EdwardsThe Wall Street Journal provided nice coverage yesterday of Innovation Concept Academy, a school opened in August by St. Louis Juvenile Judge Jimmie Edwards. Edwards launched the academy in response to the number of student troublemakers who, once expelled from sc ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Opposition to Repeal of St. Louis Earnings Tax Predicts Win on Proposition A
Prop. A loses -- barely.A group fighting financier Rex Sinquefield's ballot measure to eliminate earnings taxes in St. Louis and Kansas City believe they have a good shot at defeating Proposition A in November. Today the group United for Missouri's Priorities released figures from a poll suggesti ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Kansas City Asks Judge to Bar Earnings Tax Measure from Ballot
A judge in Cole County has until today to decide on a request from Kansas City officials that a controversial measure be kept off the November ballot. Proposition A would ask Missouri voters to bar earnings taxes in cities that don't already have them and require residents of St. Louis and Kansas Ci ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
State Voters to Weigh In On St. Louis Earnings Tax
Sinquefield: Clears a hurdle yesterday.Correction to this article printed below.A controversial petition campaign funded by St. Louis billionaire Rex Sinquefield has enough votes to make its way onto statewide ballots November 2, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced yesterday. The ballot m ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Petitions Submitted to Eliminate Puppy Mills, Income Taxes and Appointment of Judges
Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's office received thousands of signatures last week for four petition drives to change Missouri law. One petition would attempt to change Missouri's dubious distinction as the "Puppy Mill Capital of the Nation" by requiring dog breeders to limit their nu ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Show-Me Institute Trades Clayton Office for Site in St. Louis
The conservative think-tank that's hoping to kill the St. Louis earnings tax gained a bit more leverage Monday when it moved from Clayton to an office in the Central West End. Show-Me Institute spokeswoman Jenifer Roland tells Daily RFT that the organization anticipated a move for a while and wit ... More >>
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February 15, 2010
Show-Me Institute Hopes to Derail MetroLink Expansion
Would MetroLink expansion be worth the cost, or just another, well, trainwreck?The conservative think tank Show-Me Institute dispatched an op-ed column to local media on Friday blasting Metro's plans to expand light-rail in the region. Coincidentally (or not), Friday was also the day Metro presen ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
Hey St. Louis, About That Billionaire Knocking on Your Door...
Attention St. Louis City residents: If this guy knocks on your door in the next few weeks, don't worry. He's not -- we repeat not -- a Jehovah's Witness. Though he is attempting to convert you. His name is Rex Sinquefield, and he wants your help eliminating the city's 1 percent earnings tax. Sinq ... More >>
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