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STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 23h

Something the Board of Aldermen can do is amend the ordinance governing tax incentives to prohibit source of income discrimination for those developments. We don't want to incentivize discrimination.

STLrainbow @stlrainbow.bsky.social · 1d

Sucks to see rental postings in STL City discriminating against housing voucher holders and there's nothing you can do about it anymore. (The city's ordinance prohibiting source of income discrimination was preempted by a new state law this past session.)

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

The only violence I’ve been seeing in Portland is from the so-called Feds!!!

Keep sharing these videos; it’s evidence.

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Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 4d

My latest on the data center proposal at the Armory. Some new details from consultants for the project, but many questions went unanswered.

St. Louis Public Radio @stlpublicradio.bsky.social · 4d

St. Louis residents raised alarms over electricity rates, water use and lack of transparency during the first town hall on a proposed data center in the Armory.

Developers say the project could bring jobs and tax revenue, but many remain unconvinced.

Consultants met with complaints during first town hall on Armory data center proposal

Concerned St. Louis residents made their thoughts known about a proposed $1.5 billion data center project that developers hope to build on the premises of the shuttered Armory building in Midtown.

www.stlpr.org

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Post this everywhere‼️
-and-

RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 4d

And it all has a CID and it has abatement from St Louis University and Brooks

Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 4d

“Nick Hartzler, a senior project manager with Steadfast City, said the developers do not “currently plan” to seek local tax breaks but could apply for a state program that allows certain data centers exemptions on sales and use taxes.”

#ArmoryTIF wasn’t mentioned. 👀

www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Consultants met with complaints during first town hall on Armory data center proposal

Concerned St. Louis residents made their thoughts known about a proposed $1.5 billion data center project that developers hope to build on the premises of the shuttered Armory building in Midtown.

www.stlpr.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 4d

Bullshit. She chose to identify as someone who would not personally profit from the project she called in to support. It’s a scam. She is a lead on this project. She stands to gain a SIGNIFICANT amount from it and not just $$$. @mbinfpse.bsky.social this material fact invalidates the vote.

Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 4d

Of note, Dvorak hosted the first Armory town hall last night. A city resident asked why she didn't say who she was at the commission meeting. She said she regretted it and didn't know how to identify herself at the meeting due to her part in the Armory project.

Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 13d

A speaker at the STL Public Infrastructure and Utilities meeting tonight says she's a former city resident who works with a company in the city. She gave a very pro data center perspective. Google reveals she's an employee of Steadfast City, a consultant working on the Armory data center proposal.

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 4d

Given the fact the co-principal from #SteadfastCity lied about who she was in the Board of Aldermen Committee meeting. You can only trust they will say anything and do anything to get the project done. And get massive incentives. It’s a scam. It’s all a scam.

Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 4d

Given Nick Hartzler’s steadfast habit of sharing misleading or false info about the Jefferson Arms taxing districts*, I have no confidence that the public will receive accurate information on all the incentives that are being/will be sought

* #JeffArmsCID #BOAbb19
* #JeffArmsPID #PortAuthoritySTL

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 5d

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 5d

Tonight’s the night that we’ll hear the developer’s first propaganda sales pitch for the data centers in the #ArmoryTIF district.
Tune in via Zoom!

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 12d

www.stlmag.com/business/cit... it’s just too bad all that revenue that WE PAY is going to pay our loan back that we gave to the developer.

City Foundry visits and tax receipts keep ticking up

In the four years since City Foundry first opened its doors, the Midtown attraction is growing into a significant tax generator for the city. Data collected by its backers shows total visits and sale...

www.stlmag.com

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NextSTL @nextstl.com · 13d

How do we protect our city and children from cars?
#carsruincities

A. Torch @torcho.bsky.social · 13d

Via VOTP News: The “City’s Finest” faux po po, crashed in #stl overnight at Washington Place. Don’t call the Police. Or, wait, maybe they are the police. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 13d

DM @stephkukuljan.bsky.social for the Zoom info for the Oct. 9, 5:30 p.m. virtual meeting hosted by the development team for the proposed #500Prospect #datacenterSTL

What independent* parties will be available to fact check the developer’s financial claims?

I suggest @goodjobsfirst.org
*NOT SLDC

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 12d

Wait! Did Dominique make an appearance!!!???

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12d

www.democracynow.org/2025/10/1/he...

Probe Launched After Local Journalist Was Shot by a Pepper Ball by Immigration Agents

The Trump administration is escalating its attacks on journalists documenting mass immigration raids nationwide. In Chicago, an investigation was launched after a local journalist was assaulted by fed...

www.democracynow.org

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13d

Swear her in.

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Good Jobs First @goodjobsfirst.org · 13d

"According to a @bloomberg.com analysis, wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity."
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 12d

Nope! The first man to testify.

I spoke immediately after Dvorak’s comments. Her failure to name her employer was sadly unsurprising but typifies the obfuscation tactics used by development consultants. Steadfast City was identified today as consultant for the #500Prospect data center developer.

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Ben West @westbywest.bsky.social · 13d

Do you mean her? bsky.app/profile/kava...

Kavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 13d

A speaker at the STL Public Infrastructure and Utilities meeting tonight says she's a former city resident who works with a company in the city. She gave a very pro data center perspective. Google reveals she's an employee of Steadfast City, a consultant working on the Armory data center proposal.

Cecilia Dvorak — Steadfast City Economic & Community Partners

Meet and connect with Cecilia Dvorak

www.steadfastcity.com

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Dan P. @danp619.bsky.social · 13d

Great! Let people scream and do it anyway. Don’t be fooled. Show up today at 330 on zoom and in person to demand a moratorium on data centers

Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 13d

Story here: www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

St. Louis investor behind Armory data center to host two town halls on project

The first town hall is set for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 9 via Zoom. The second is slated for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall on Chouteau Avenue.

www.stltoday.com

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Steph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 13d

Story here: www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

St. Louis investor behind Armory data center to host two town halls on project

The first town hall is set for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 9 via Zoom. The second is slated for 5:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Sheet Metal Workers Union Hall on Chouteau Avenue.

www.stltoday.com

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Sunshine Gerry @gconnolly314.bsky.social · 14d

In case anyone was expecting transparency regarding the value of Missouri's incentives for data centers (new facility or expansion): by law the financial data is kept confidential.

#DataCenterSTL
#EndSubsidySecrecy
#BOAres111

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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 14d

A new perpetrator of this appears, but this time wants to voice her complaints one at a time via email, and every concession to her just enrages her more. I’ve never seen someone so mad when I agree to a change in their favor. I gave up an indemnification carve out for you!

Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · Sep 2

Requesting permission to end all negotiations when 3rd party counsel refuses to redline a document and just comments on it.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15d

We keep calling Stephen Miller the shadow President. Now you know why. The most powerful unelected psychopath in the world.

Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 15d

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

www.theguardian.com

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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 14d

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