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The new St. Louis City 1st Ward includes parts of current 11th, 12th, 13th Wards, other Wards, and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction. New 1st Ward Democratic organization: None New Candidate for 1st Ward Alder Matt Kotraba (13th Ward Republican Committeeman)October 2022 Report: Limited ActivityTreasurer: Deb Bennett New Candidate for 1st … Continue reading Aldergeddon: New 1st Ward →

Have you sown seeds yet for Black-Eyed Susan, Catmint, Coneflower, False Indigo, Helianthus, Larkspur, Lavendar, Lupine, Milkweed, Primrose, Ratibida, Rudbeckia, Scabiosa, Soapwort, St John’s Wort? They need winter seed stratification. Kids might like this: old t-shirt garden tote craft project Did you ever plant seeds and they didn’t germinate? Some seeds need exposed to light, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

Candidates for St. Louis City Comptroller, Board of Alder President, and all 14 Ward Alder seats begin filing 8 am Monday, November 28. Filing ends 5 pm January 6. The Primary is March 7 and General Election is April 4. For those of you interested in running and not part of a slate, or running … Continue reading City Election Candidate Filing Opens Nov 28 →

Comments (moderated by me) are now open for new posts. May start some kind of weekly or daily post for friends to stay in touch. We don’t know how Elon’s disasterous management will end, so, anyways, bookmark greatstateofstlouis.com if you want or follow along.

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar 9 am Wednesday Missouri Conservation Department’s Birdwatching Hike at Rockwoods Reservation, Wildwood. Register 6 pm Thursday Missouri Conservation Department’s Conservation Kids @ Tower Grove Park, Stupp Center. You and Me under the Canopy: Fall Fun for 3-6 year olds. Register 10 am Saturday … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →

The Bosley Family’s matriarch has laid political claim to St. Louis City’s new 14th Ward, the combined 3rd Ward and 5th Ward under ward reduction and redistricting. This month, 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier and three others incorporated 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization as a nonprofit. The club has not yet filed as a political … Continue reading Ward Consolidation Wars →

Help support the important services provided to unhoused neighbors by AmeriCorps St. Louis by attending 6 pm Saturday’s 12th Annual Share the Warmth Fundraiser AmeriCorps St. Louis operates My Mother’s House Emergency Winter Shelter and provides showers, meals, laundry, mail service, and more. Tickets

This week, Alder Carol Howard introduces Board Bill 119 to increase Board of Alders salaries to $72,000 and increase expense accounts to $5,000. Howard has terminated her candidate committee and does not plan on running in 2023 for the new 2nd Ward that she was redistricted into with 16th Ward Alder Tom Oldenburg. The proposed … Continue reading St. Louis City Alders to Become $72,000 Part-Time Jobs →

Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden: November Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems November Garden To Do List from P. Allen Smith Woodpeckers: The Hole Story, narrated by Paul Giamatti, is airing on PBS. Check you local PBS station for when in you area. 6 pm Wednesday Old North’s Northside Workshop Support the Bee Sanctuary … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

The Foundation will provide free legal, physical, and mental health services through health and wellness advocacy and outreach to individuals in our community. Support the work of the Cora Faith Walker Foundation: social justice, women’s reproductive rights, sexual violence prevention, and health equity access advocacy. Follow the work on Twitter @corasfoundation Donate to the Cora … Continue reading Support the Cora Faith Walker Foundation →

Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden: November Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems Now thru Next Sunday, final week to see Seedfolks at Grandel Theater. A 9-year-old Vietnamese girl plants bean seeds in a trash-filled, vacant lot and starts a series of changes. Tickets Peak color right now in a lot of places. Missouri … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

November 8th, voters of California’s San Bernadino County will vote on statehood. Sorta. The ballot question is: “Do the citizens of San Bernardino County want the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to study all options to obtain its fair share of state and federal resources, up to and including secession?” The Fair Share ballot … Continue reading St Louis Statehood or Greater Illinois? →

There is a new Main Menu page- Believe Women. It currently has a link to CORA PAC but in the future will feature more content. Currently looking at a creating a “Support Women: Do Not Patronize, Hire, Work For, Donate To, Vote For List.”

Thru Nov 6th Seedfolks at Grandel Theater. A 9-year-old Vietnamese girl plants bean seeds in a trash-filled, vacant lot and starts a series of changes. Tickets Brightside St. Louis still has some daffodils and tulips for sale. 30 for $17. Missouri Fall Color Report and Illinois Fall Color Report 10 am Tuesday Horticulture Trolley Tour … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

This survey includes campaign contributions reported to Missouri Ethics Commission, for report years 2019 to 2022 to date, to current members of the St. Louis City Board of Alders and interim Board President, regardless of what office, if any, is identified as their office sought. This survey includes only campaign contributions by the major law … Continue reading Lawyers of TIF Donations to Alders →

October campaign finance reports were due October 17th. Where “None” is shown for this report, it means none filed to date. Where Limited Activity for October was filed, the next report showing activity is also used. Where the last report showing activity is older than 2022, only on hand and debt amounts are shown. Links … Continue reading Aldergeddon: October MEC Reports →

Only two of five candidates for St. Louis City School Board on November 8th ballot formed campaign finance committees and filed October finance reports with Missouri Ethics Commission. Donna Jones raised $2,200 including $2,000 from AFT Local 420 and $200 from St. Louis City Labor Legislative Club; spent $28.10; has $2,171.90 on hand; $0 debt. … Continue reading School Board October Campaign Finance Reports →

Missouri Fall Color ReportIllinois Fall Color Report Tulip & Daffodil Bulbs- 30 for $17 – still available from Brightside St. Louis 1:30 pm Monday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register 4 pm Thursday Horticulture Hike at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Horticulturalist led walking tour focusing on trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Be … Continue reading This Week in Gardening & Nature →

I wasn’t surprised to finally find a pro-Constitutional Convention website. I was surprised, however, to find it wasn’t run by Republican operatives or a hate group and surprised to find out Winston Apple, former Democratic National Committeeman, supported passage. “Democracy has a great many false friends and a few true enemies” says the website whose … Continue reading Con Con Update →

There’s a 6:30 pm Tonight Soulard Special Business District Board Meeting at Soulard Station, 1911 S 12th. Soulard SBD is the property tax district, for part of the Soulard neighborhood, that funds privatized policing, off duty police via TCF, and so-called security cameras. This is also the tax district that held the extra super #TransparencyFail … Continue reading Soulard Taxation Without Representation →