house.mo.govDavis: Ass ClownWhich is the greater indignity? MSNBC's Keith Olbermann calling you the "World's Worst Person" in front of a national television audience measuring in the hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -- of viewers? Or being voted "Ass Clown of the Week" by dozens* of devoted Daily RFT readers?If you chose the latter, you're either A) completely checked out of reality B) on the payroll of Riverfront Times. And, either way, we salute you!Yes, in stunning fashion Daily RFT r
Okay people. It's time for a star-studded edition of Ass Clown of the Week. Each candidate is a more-than worthy contestant and -- unlike last week -- we need not worry about any hanging Chad(s). So, without further ado, which local headline-maker of the past seven days embarrassed themselves enough to become Ass Clown of the Week? 1. Andrew Schneider and Trent Gilliam -- The men charged with stealing a rolling barbecue grill from a Waterloo, Illinois, festival. Police arrested Schneider and Gil
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 vote to re-zone wetlands near the Columbia Bottom Conservation Area to allow construction of a casino to be run by a Pinnacle rival.In a textbook case of life-imitating art-imitating life, Pinnacle's D
Last week, Daniel Lee, CEO of Vegas-based Pinnacle Entertainment, unsuccessfully attempted to "muscle" St. Louis County Councilman Steve Stenger into voting against re-zoning land in North St. Louis County to clear the way for the construction of a new casino by a Pinnacle rival. This morning, the Post-Dispatch reports, Lee abruptly resigned from the job he held for seven years to "pursue other business interests."The short-term outlook of those "other interests" summed up in an image:Image Viaâ
Image Via​You can bet that ex-casino boss Dan Lee would like to take back a few things he said to Steve Stenger and Charlie Dooley.Early last month, when Lee was the CEO of Pinnacle Entertainment, the Vegas-based company that owns and operates three casinos in the St. Louis area, he planted his foot firmly in his mouth when he angrily told Stenger -- at a public meeting no less -- that the county councilman had "made the worst mistake of his political career" by voting to allow a Pinnacle riva
