The city of Kirkwood argued the ordinance doesn't allow it to block demolitions and that residents who don't own the property didn't have standing to stop it.
Bill Parmentier, 44, is asking voters to write in his name Tuesday instead of voting for Jessica Green, the only candidate on the ballot, for a seat on the Board of Aldermen.
Fire districts in St. Louis and St. Charles counties are all asking voters to approve a 1% sales tax. An ex-mayor calls it "unjustifiable and a tremendous injustice."
By Jacob Barker and Josh Renaud St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kirkwood is at a crossroads, voters and candidates say. Sales taxes are down. Costs are up. And utility costs are prompting debate over whether the city can afford them.
Councilman Theodore "Ted" Hoskins agreed three years ago not to run for reelection in exchange for prosecutors dismissing criminal charges of election fraud against him.
St. Louis County police investigators are requesting help from any witnesses of a wrong-way crash that left one dead and four injured late Friday night.