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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Thanks to Michael R. Allen via Ecology of Absence: $5.3 Million in Block Grants Coming. A blog entry on MayorSlay.com reports that the city of St. Louis expects to receive $5.3 million in additional Community Development Block Grant funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and that there is a May 22 deadline for [...]
Chuck Berry at the Botanical Gardens
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009WHAT: “Three Stars over the Garden” concert featuring Chuck Berry WHEN: Friday, July 24 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 11 at noon. Limited Garden member-only advance ticket sales begin Monday, May 4 at noon. WHERE: Cohen Amphitheater, Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis COST: $60 general public; $50 Missouri Botanical [...]
Call to support public health insurance option
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009from Moveon.org: Conservatives are running $1 million in ads, starting today, to crush the public health insurance option1—the heart of Obama’s health care plan. And they’ve promised to spend tens of millions more.2 To win against the powerful insurance lobby, we’ll need to be everywhere. Hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members have already made calls, [...]
House Votes To Eliminate Income Tax, Hike Sales Tax
Friday, April 17th, 2009Thanks to Rep. Colona who sent out this synopsis in his legislative update: The House of Representatives on April16 approved a proposed constitutional amendment that would eliminate Missouri’s income tax and replace it with a higher sales tax. The measure went to the Senate on a 90-65 vote. The individual and corporate income taxes currently [...]
8th Ward Project Blitz this weekend
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009Please help me this Saturday to “spring clean” our Ward by cleaning up the alleys and streets on your block during Operation Brightside’s Project Blitz. A great suggestion via a Shaw resident is to ask the trash/yard waste truck drivers to let you sweep under the dumpters for that extra sparkly alley goodness! Here are [...]
Thank you for voting!
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Thank you 8th ward for coming to the polls and making your voice heard. Here are the breakdowns of Tuesday’s election with our ward results compared citywide. City votes City % 8th ward votes 8th ward % MAYOR FRANCIS G. SLAY 22912 60.68% 895 60.80% ROBB CUNNINGHAM 594 1.57% 25 1.70% ELSTON MCCOWAN 1210 3.20% [...]
Outsourcing of 8th Ward Jobs
Monday, April 6th, 2009My sentiments go out to my neighbors in the 8th who will be unemployed shortly. It saddens me to know that privatization and outsourcing are condoned, nay, lauded by our city to the detriment of our city residents. via Saint Louis Beacon – City treasurer confirms 73 employees to be laid off. By Jo Mannies, [...]
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