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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 1d

City Throws Away Millions of Dollars Previously Invested in Interco Plaza moundcitymessenger.com/2025/10/27/c...

City Throws Away Millions of Dollars Previously Invested in Interco Plaza

Despite legal questions, the Board of Aldermen voted to sell Interco Plaza to developer StarWood Group. Michael Allen looks back to see how much the city invested in the park over its decades of us…

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 4d

New Line Theatre’s “based on a true story” musical is both humorous and heartwarming, and a lot of fun, too.

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BAT BOY is the Comedy Horror Musical You Didn’t Know You Need

New Line Theatre’s “based on a true story” musical is both humorous and heartwarming, and a lot of fun, too.

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 5d

The City of St. Louis' Public Records Center* needs a shake up from Mayor @caraspencer.bsky.social

Since the early weeks of the administration, responsive records to #SunshineSTL requests are no longer available for public view for any STL gov body. Only the requester has access.

* 🔗 in my bio.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 5d

This Sunday brings the return of @gloryprowrestling.com to the venerable South Broadway Athletic Club in Soulard.
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WrestlePocalypse Now

This Sunday brings the return of Glory Pro Wrestling to the venerable South Broadway Athletic Club in Soulard.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 6d

Members of Hell Night, The Lion’s Daughter, and The Gorge combine forces to create one of the best local metal debuts in recent memory.
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Snake N’ Shake

Members of Hell Night, The Lion’s Daughter, and The Gorge combine forces to create one of the best local metal debuts in recent memory.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 7d

Stacey Newman Uses Increasingly Dangerous Rhetoric moundcitymessenger.com/2025/10/21/s...

Stacey Newman Uses Dangerous Rhetoric

Columnist Michael Berg points out increasingly extreme comments from former State Representative Stacey Newman, who leads the Missouri Alliance Network PAC.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 7d

LIFE OF PI Takes Audiences on a Fantastic Journey moundcitymessenger.com/2025/10/21/l...

LIFE OF PI Takes Audiences on a Fantastic Journey

The stage adaptation of the book and movie is an engrossing, expertly staged drama that thoroughly entertains.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 11d

If aldermen simply have issues with "drafting errors", they could have sent a fix to voters years ago. Instead, their actions appear purposeful.

Aldermen’s Contempt for Ethics Updates Highlights Laziness

If aldermen simply have issues with "drafting errors", they could have sent a fix to voters years ago. Instead, their actions appear purposeful.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 13d

A record request indicates city aldermen are still ignoring reforms to the city charter's ethics provisions that passed in 2022.

Records Confirm Aldermen Still Ignoring Ethics Changes

A record request indicates city aldermen are still ignoring reforms to the city charter's ethics provisions that passed in 2022.

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 18d

ICYMI: @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social obtained records via #SunshineSLDC requests to examine the selection process for management services for #STLtornado recovery.
Kea Point/Russell Halliday was chosen.
It sure looks like a predetermined outcome.
#ConsultantFest

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 18d

“Centripetal Force” Pulls Street Energy into Fifteen Windows Gallery on Cherokee. moundcitymessenger.com/2025/10/10/c...

“Centripetal Force” Pulls Street Energy into Fifteen Windows Gallery

Artists PHERS and TIMBER are joining forces to create “Centripetal Force,” a two-person exhibition at Fifteen Windows Gallery.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 21d

Questions around the decision giving a major tornado recovery contract to a newly formed firm continue.

Early SLDC Emails About Tornado Contract Raise Further Questions

Questions around the decision giving a major tornado recovery contract to a newly formed firm continue.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · 22d

Following the cancellation of the "Green line" Metrolink expansion, it is only fair that voters be allowed to decide whether the city’s new plan warrants further investment.

Bring Metro Expansion Sales Tax Back to the Ballot

Following the cancellation of the "Green line" Metrolink expansion, it is only fair that voters be allowed to decide whether the city’s new plans warrant further investment.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 25

Despite previous promises to the contrary, the Board of Aldermen does not appear to be complying with the expanded ethics requirements in the Reform St. Louis charter reform.

Despite Promises, Board of Aldermen Appears to Ignore New Ethics Law

Despite previous promises to the contrary, the Board of Aldermen does not appear to be complying with the expanded ethics requirements in the Reform St. Louis charter reform.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 22

A public records request yields proposals and details about SLDC's decision to award a large tornado recovery planning contract to a firm with connections to Paul McKee's Northside Regeneration.

Analysis of SLDC’s Tornado Recovery Proposals: Winners & Losers

A public records request yields proposals and details about SLDC's decision to award a large tornado recovery planning contract to a firm with connections to Paul McKee's Northside Regeneration.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 18

The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Doesn’t Oppose All Genocides moundcitymessenger.com/2025/09/18/t...

The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Doesn’t Oppose All Genocides

Columnist Michael Berg takes a critical look at the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s silence over the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 16

SLDC Awards Tornado Recovery Planning Contract to McKee-tied Firm moundcitymessenger.com/2025/09/16/s...

SLDC Awards Tornado Recovery Planning Contract to McKee-tied Firm

SLDC has turned to a new company led by a man with extensive ties to Paul McKee’s Northside Regeneration to coordinate the city’s recovery from this year’s historic tornado.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 15

In Reversal, City’s White Population Fell Faster Than Black

Recent census numbers show the flood of Black residents leaving the city slowing to a relative trickle, while Latino population growth…

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 9

I also got that login page. I wonder if this is the new idea for Armory, itself. It is big enough and recently updated.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 9

The Spencer administration has changed direction and reinstated the city’s Minority-owned Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program that it dramatically suspended in August.

Spencer Flip-Flops on MWBE Program, Questions Remain

The Spencer administration has changed direction and reinstated the city’s Minority-owned Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) program that it dramatically suspended in August.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 4

Governor Kehoe has called a special session on gerrymandering and initiative process reform, prompting protests from Democrats. A local political consultant encourages Democrats to keep the faith, even under a new map.

An Optimistic Look at Kehoe’s Gerrymander

Governor Kehoe has called a special session on gerrymandering and initiative process reform, prompting protests from Democrats. A local political consultant encourages Democrats to keep the faith, even under a new map.

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Mound City Messenger @moundcitymessenger.bsky.social · Sep 3

The future of the city’s MWBE program replacement is uncertain, facing potential legal challenges from the Trump administration’s proxy restrictions on DEI initiatives.