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St. Louis County Council

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    County Health Department Releases Open Letter Ahead of Farmers' Market Meeting

    Last month, the St. Louis County Council began considering changes to the regulations governing farmers' markets. Clayton Farmers' Market master Deb Henderson has been an outspoken critic of the proposed new rules, telling Gut Check "if [the county] rewrites a definition of of a farmers' market and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    "It Doesn't Work": Clayton Farmers' Market Master Questions St. Louis County Proposals

    On Tuesday, a bill was introduced to the St. Louis County Council that would make significant changes to the regulations governing St. Louis County's farmers' markets. The council did not vote on the measure at Tuesday's meeting but announced instead that it will hold a "Committee of the Whole" next ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    St. Louis County Council to Consider Farmers' Market Changes

    Screenshot: www.claytonfarmersmarket.com​A bill scheduled to be introduced at this evening's meeting of the St. Louis County Council could alter the schedules of the county's farmers' markets as well as the produce available at them. The bill, introduced by Councilman Michael O'Mara (D - 4th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Cigar Store Owners Fight Push to End Smoking Ban Exemptions in St. Louis County

    Premium tobacco retailers pipe up against the smoking ban.​Former councilwoman Barbara Fraser made a cameo at the St. Louis County Council meeting Tuesday to urge her former colleagues to do away with exemptions to the county's smoking ban. Fraser, who now serves as chairwoman for Tobacco Free St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    County Council Could Honor Controversial Florissant Mayor Bob Lowery

    Bob Lowery, former Florissant mayor and potential St. Louis County Council honoree.​Scandal? What scandal?The St. Louis County Council is poised to honor controversial outgoing Florissant Mayor Bob Lowery at its meeting this evening, despite revelations last year that led to an abrupt decision not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Tobacco-Free St. Louis Faces IRS Complaint Over Lobbying, Campaign Contribution

    Jim Pepper is complaining to the IRS that an anti-smoking agency has crossed the line.​O'Fallon Councilman Jim Pepper has followed through on his threat to complain to the IRS about the political work of Tobacco-Free St. Louis.Pepper yesterday filed a complaint with the IRS, charging that the non- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Stimulus Funds to "Educate" St. Louis County Council About Need for Tougher Smoking Ban

    Your stimulus dollars at work!​As we reported earlier today, St. Louis County has received $7.5 million in federal stimulus funds for a campaign to cut back on tobacco use here.But now Daily RFT has learned that the county is using some of the money to hire a non-profit organization to "educate" i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    St. Louis County Restricts Tether Time for Pets

    The St. Louis County Council is okay with you smoking at the bars in Harrah's Casino -- just don't even think about tying your dog up outside while you do it.If it's less than 33 degrees outside, a new law would make this illegal in St. Louis County.​As the Post-Dispatch reports, the council took ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Lake Saint Louis Approves Smoking Ban, Mayor Still Needs to Sign into Law

    ​The Lake Saint Louis board of aldermen became the first city council in St. Charles County to pass a smoking ban. The board approved the ban in a 4-2 vote last night. The law still needs signature from Mayor Mike Potter who has voiced concerns about the ban. Like a similar ban in Kirkwood, the La ... More >>

  • News

    January 27, 2010

    When sweeping smoking bans take effect next year, many bar patrons might not even notice the difference

    ​The Lake Saint Louis board of aldermen became the first city council in St. Charles County to pass a smoking ban. The board approved the ban in a 4-2 vote last night. The law still needs signature from Mayor Mike Potter who has voiced concerns about the ban. Like a similar ban in Kirkwood, the La ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Walgreens To Soon Stock the Ultimate Drug: Booze

    Add to those bargains beer and wine.​This blogger still recalls when Walgreens outlets in St. Louis had their own liquor departments separated from the main store with turnstiles to keep the kiddies out. Then suddenly, a decade or so ago, Walgreens abruptly stop selling booze. Rumor had it that th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Metro to Voters: Pass Our Tax or We'll Cut Ya' in Half

    That's pretty much the message that Robert Baer, president and CEO of the Metro transit agency, delivered to St. Louis County voters in today's Post-Dispatch. Baer says that if county voters do not approve a half-cent sales tax in April, the agency will be forced to cut half its service beginning ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Did A Vegas Casino Boss Try To Make A St. Louis County Councilman An Offer He Couldn't Refuse?

    Image Via​Reporter Paul Hampel has an incredible story in today's Post-Dispatch about the CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. (the Vegas-based company that owns Lumiere Place, the Admiral and the new casino in Lemay) attempting to "muscle" a member of the St. Louis County Council before Tuesday's v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    St. Louis County Council Clears Way For North County Casino

    Image Via​While thousands of St. Louis county voters took to the polls yesterday to decide important issues like a smoking ban and increased 911 funding, the fate of the largest stretch of undeveloped Mississippi River waterfront in the St. Louis region was left in the hands of six members of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Spanish Lake Casino Opponents Set to Picket County Planning Commission Meeting Tonight

    www.knitwareblog.com​Remember the late-July proposal from a North St. Louis County developer for a massive casino and resort next to the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area? The one that would turn 376 acres of wetlands into 8,000 parking spots, an 18-hole golf course, and another Casino in the St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    Eating on $4.13 a Day

    stlouiscore.comLewis Reed may look a bit skinnier by next week. ​Thanks to KMOX for explaining the curious tweet Lewis Reed, president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, sent out this afternoon. Reed and St. Louis County Council member Barbara Frazier are participating this week in "Hunger C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Heart, Lung and Cancer Associations Call on Dooley to Veto Smoking-Ban Bill

    Smoking debate drags on.​As mentioned yesterday on this blog, folks on both side of the smoking ban debate aren't happy with a bill that would ask St. Louis County voters to prohibit tobacco use in most businesses. For smoking advocates and many business owners, the bill is an unfair encroachment ... More >>

  • News

    August 5, 2009

    Joe's trolley, the suffering of the Jews and a casino on bottomland

    Smoking debate drags on.​As mentioned yesterday on this blog, folks on both side of the smoking ban debate aren't happy with a bill that would ask St. Louis County voters to prohibit tobacco use in most businesses. For smoking advocates and many business owners, the bill is an unfair encroachment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    St. Louis County Council Gives Preliminary Approval to a Weakened Smoking Ban

    The St. Louis County Council voted 4-3 last night to move forward on a bill that would ask residents to vote on a smoking ban on the Nov. 3 ballot.The bill exempts casinos from the ban as well as taverns that generate more than 75 percent of their revenue from alcohol sales. Those exemptions would b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Smoking Ban Supporters to Rally Prior to Tonight's County Council Meeting

    Members of the St. Louis County Council could vote tonight on a proposed bill that would ask its residents to vote on an indoor smoking ban. Prior to tonight's 6 p.m. council meeting, the group Smoke Free St. Louis plans to hold a rally in downtown Clayton in support of the ban. The rally begins at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Smoking Ban Opponents Launch Advertising Campaign -- On Christian Radio?

    keepstlouisfree.blogspot.com​Keep St. Louis Free, a group opposed to local smoking-ban efforts, launched this week an advertising campaign to try to block such a ban from going up for public vote in St. Louis County. Bill Hannegan -- spokesman and founder of Keep St. Louis Free -- mentioned the ad ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    County Council Receives Smoking Ban Bill, More Provisions to Follow

    The St. Louis County Council last night was presented a bill that would ask residents to vote on an ordinance banning indoor smoking in bars and restaurants. The bill proposed by council member Barbara Fraser had few provisions, though more could be added next week. Among those being considered are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    St. Louis County Residents Could Vote on Smoking Ban In November

    flickr.com/photos/carolinespicsBut first the County Council must pass a proposal that would allow residents a voice in the matter. The council could vote on the proposed referendum as early as tonight, allowing the issue to go before voters in November. Council member Barbara Fraser tells the Post-D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2009

    With Clayton Smoking Ban All But Guaranteed, Where is U. City, Creve Coeur and Overland?

    Last night the Clayton board of aldermen gave initial approval to a smoking ban for businesses and restaurants that would go into effect in July 2010. The bill needs one more reading before becoming law, though it looks to be virtual done deal at this point. Just one alderman voted against the ban y ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Butt Heads: Want to know where our public officials stand on smoking bans? OK, we'll ask 'em!

    Last night the Clayton board of aldermen gave initial approval to a smoking ban for businesses and restaurants that would go into effect in July 2010. The bill needs one more reading before becoming law, though it looks to be virtual done deal at this point. Just one alderman voted against the ban y ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2009

    Enforcement Could Burn City Smoking Ban

    flickr.com/photos/wallygThe ban prompts the questions: Will The Smokers abide? And who will make them?Alderwoman Lyda Krewson's bill banning smoking inside almost all public spaces in the city gets its first reading this morning in front of the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance would only go into eff ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2009

    Drag King: Bill Hannegan can't stop huffing and puffing about smoking bans in St. Louis

    flickr.com/photos/wallygThe ban prompts the questions: Will The Smokers abide? And who will make them?Alderwoman Lyda Krewson's bill banning smoking inside almost all public spaces in the city gets its first reading this morning in front of the Board of Aldermen. The ordinance would only go into eff ... More >>

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Joyce Abusive

    Nobody's ever voted for Joyce Aboussie, but the congressman, the governor, the mayor and the county executive don't do anything political without her.

  • Best of St. Louis

    September 26, 2001

    Best Newspaper Columnist

    Dolores Shante, St. Louis American

  • News

    October 11, 2000

    Pipe Schemes

    The powerful Pipefitters union has a simple plan to provide job security for its members: It wants to take away other people's work.

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    Hand-Me-Down District

    After 32 years, Bill Clay is retiring from his congressional seat. He wants to leave it to his son, but a crowded, eccentric field of candidates is contesting the will.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Getting Burned

    A North St. Louis medical-waste incinerator has spewed dioxin for a decade. Nearby residents say it's time to fight the fire.

  • News

    June 7, 2000

    The Albatross

    St. Louis has a long and tortured history with the Admiral, home of the President Casino, but the city is about to gamble another $3 million to keep it afloat. It's a risky bet.

  • News

    March 22, 2000

    Money Walks

    Did a state representative yank the purse strings in an effort to frighten off a would-be challenger to one of his closest allies?

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Chartering a Course Through Murky Waters

    Charter-school proponents are paddling as fast as they can; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

  • News

    January 26, 2000

    PRAYING AGAINST THE ODDS

    Developers of a Lemay casino have political muscle on their side. But the School Sisters of Notre Dame are betting on a higher power.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    QUEEN BEEJ

    Beej Nierengarten-Smith runs Laumeier Sculpture Park like her personal fiefdom. Despite the damage she's done, powerful allies keep her in charge.

  • News

    October 27, 1999

    NO MERCY FOR THE KIRKWOOD SCHOOLS

    Beej Nierengarten-Smith runs Laumeier Sculpture Park like her personal fiefdom. Despite the damage she's done, powerful allies keep her in charge.

  • News

    September 22, 1999

    GREEN ACRES

    How the Page Avenue extension has been good for influential road-builder Fred Weber Inc. -- through construction contracts, profitable land sales and a sweet deal with St. Louis County to expand its golf course

  • Culture

    September 8, 1999

    PEPPER GAME

    Laumeier Sculpture Park director Beej Nierengarten-Smith broke all the rules and ordered the removal of Beverly Pepper's "Cromlech Glen." Then the artist heard about it.

  • News

    November 25, 1998

    Justice for All

    Laumeier Sculpture Park director Beej Nierengarten-Smith broke all the rules and ordered the removal of Beverly Pepper's "Cromlech Glen." Then the artist heard about it.

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