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Updated with Board of Alders Vote. Some St. Louis City employees are about to get a very cushy gig- $72,000 a year for 32 hours of work (counting lunch and breaks), plus a $5,000 expense account (you can donate to your church or ward nonprofit if you want), health insurance, pension, paid holidays. You can … Continue reading 4 Day Workweek Comes to St. Louis City Hall →

Thru Feb 5th- Audubon Society Bows for Birds Challenge. Where: Missouri Botanical Garden, Forest Park, Lafayette Park, Bellerive Park, Powder Valley Conservation… Prizes include Tickets for Big Muddy Adventures, Alpine Shop, Cardinals Baseball… Start broccoli, brussels sprout seeds indoors this week. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar Some of you … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Special Tax District lobbyist Bill Kuehling terminated his lobbyist registration at Missouri Ethics Commission last month. Kuehling was first hired by St. Louis City’s Senior Citizens’ Services Fund Board while working at Thompson Coburn. He helped create the Senior Fund’s special property tax. After he left the firm, the Senior Fund Board hired him to … Continue reading Who will lobby for less transparency now? →

Another run by Lyda? Former St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson still has an active MEC account. Per her January 2023 Report, she has $337,460.92 on hand. Under expenses, she’s also still a client of Kelley Group, which recently ran the losing Board President campaign for Alder Jack Coatar. Krewson’s MEC account says she is … Continue reading ICYMI (Krewson and Keaveny) Because I Sure Did →

St. Louis Alders are about to raise their salaries from $37,000 to $72,000. Most will continue secondary employment, running businesses and working at other jobs for paychecks, unless very specific wording is added to the City Charter by public vote. Alders and Board President should be required to devote all their time to the elected … Continue reading Your $72,000 Future Alders Side Gigs →

Sunday Deadline for Ordering Online from Seed St. Louis Annual Seed Packet Sale: $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st Sunday Application Deadline. Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants Jan 16th Deadline for St. … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

The New Ward Profiles have been updated with last day candidate filings for Alders. Next week, they will be updated for new committee activity at Missouri Ethics Commission and some other tidying up. New Ward Profiles WILL be updated for candidate campaign report information after one or more of the following: The New Ward Profiles … Continue reading Ward Profiles & Future Alder Money Updates →

Updated 1/14/2023. Includes municipal and county citywide offices, Board of Alders, State Senators, State Representatives. Does not include School Board. #1 $458,051.44 on hand, $1,112.99 debt: City Collector of Revenue Gregg F.X. Daly #2 $337,460.92 on hand, $0 debt: former Mayor Lyda Krewson #3 $85,200.13 on hand, $0 debt: City Mayor Tishaura Jones + $105.239.35 … Continue reading St. Louis City War Chests Update →

April 4th is a Municipal General Election in the City of St. Louis. Voters will choose two new School Board members from three candidates. These candidates have been added to the New Ward Profiles under Other Candidates. New 7th Ward: Sadie Weiss New 10th Ward: Tracy Hykes New 13th Ward: Jaile’Shawn Quinones Links to Current … Continue reading School Board Candidates Added to New Ward Profiles →

Current School Board Members have been added to New Ward Profiles. New 3rd Ward: Emily Hubbard New 7th Ward: Alisha Sonnier (already listed as 7th Ward Alder candidate) and Toni Cousins New 9th Ward: Matt Davis and Brittany Hogan New 13th Ward: Donna Jones and Natalie Vowell Vroman

St. Louis City residents have until January 9th to recycle holiday trees at three locations. Neighboring counties tree recycling and other holiday recycling info. Gardening by Month- January. Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar 4 pm Tuesday Craft Project … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

The Deadline in St. Louis City to file for Board President or Alder is 5 pm Friday, January 6th. Here are the qualifications and requirements. A candidate for Board of Alder President must be at least 30 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least 5 years, St. Louis City resident for at least … Continue reading Board Prez, Alder Candidate Deadline Next Friday →

All fourteen new wards in St. Louis City are now profiled here. Each Ward Profile includes Most will provide There are also current Ward Committees with their campaign finance information for at least October 2022 to present and info on their treasurer. New Ward Committees will eventually for formed and added to each ward. You’ll … Continue reading Check Out The New Ward Profiles →

Holiday/Christmas Cactus tips from P. Allen Smith Want to attract birds to your yard but not invasive Starlings? Here are some ideas. Thru Friday Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets Cabin Fever Cure in St. Louis. Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a tropical getaway during winter (or any … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

On October 28, 2020, Jamilah Nasheed and LaTanya Reeves organized a business, a Limited Liability Corporation, with the Missouri Secretary of State. At the time, Nasheed was a Missouri State Senator, and would be so for another two months, and Reeves worked in Mayor Lyda Krewson’s office. Many state legislators own businesses and work at … Continue reading Nasheed has a consultant business →

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

Something about the address 2851 Indiana in St. Louis City seemed familiar when I saw the real estate ad. I joked about the bright yellow and blue interior paint on Twitter, but there was something else about the address. Then I remembered. I did some research on the Tietjens Family years ago. This was one … Continue reading 2851 Indiana →

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Dec 17th or Jan 21 Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

I previously wrote about legislation to increase salaries of St. Louis City Alders to $72,000 without requiring them to devote all their time to their public office. Now there’s an effort to amend the City Charter to make Alders full-time City employees. The problem is Alder Joe Vaccaros’ Board Bill 126 is one of two … Continue reading Don’t Fall for the Full-Time Alder Scam →

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Dec 17th or Jan 21 Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →