Dan P.
@danp619.bsky.social
I'm in St. Louis, aka Saint Louis. From San Diego, love the Padres. Big fan of government transparency and accountability. Trying to live in the world and leave it better than I found it. Just a dude.
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Selective transparency undermines public trust in government.
The St. Louis Development Corp. embargoes video recordings of development board meetings. SLDC typically waits until the 3rd business day after a meeting before making the video public.
Posting momentarily: the 12/16 #LCRAstl video!
The St. Louis Development Corp. embargoes video recordings of development board meetings. SLDC typically waits until the 3rd business day after a meeting before making the video public.
Posting momentarily: the 12/16 #LCRAstl video!
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Selective transparency undermines public trust in government.
The St. Louis Development Corp. embargoes video recordings of development board meetings. SLDC typically waits until the 3rd business day after a meeting before making the video public.
Posting momentarily: the 12/16 #LCRAstl video!
The St. Louis Development Corp. embargoes video recordings of development board meetings. SLDC typically waits until the 3rd business day after a meeting before making the video public.
Posting momentarily: the 12/16 #LCRAstl video!
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You can’t spell #OpacITyStl without Otis!
I was booted out of the claustrophobic conf. room B a few minutes before the start of the 9.18.25 SLDC board meeting. I was babysat in room A by the VP for Incentives.
The SLDC directors last met in the main board room on 9.3.25.
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I was booted out of the claustrophobic conf. room B a few minutes before the start of the 9.18.25 SLDC board meeting. I was babysat in room A by the VP for Incentives.
The SLDC directors last met in the main board room on 9.3.25.
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I’ve been relocated to the board room 🤗
SLDC put me an ‘overflow’ room for this morning’s meeting. It’s next door to where the board is meeting.
It’s just me … and a SLDC staffer who’s moonlighting as my babysitter lol
It’s just me … and a SLDC staffer who’s moonlighting as my babysitter lol
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
You can’t spell #OpacITyStl without Otis!
I was booted out of the claustrophobic conf. room B a few minutes before the start of the 9.18.25 SLDC board meeting. I was babysat in room A by the VP for Incentives.
The SLDC directors last met in the main board room on 9.3.25.
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I was booted out of the claustrophobic conf. room B a few minutes before the start of the 9.18.25 SLDC board meeting. I was babysat in room A by the VP for Incentives.
The SLDC directors last met in the main board room on 9.3.25.
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They have a large board room that accommodates the public. You’ve probably been there before! But they didn’t use that one today
December 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
They have a large board room that accommodates the public. You’ve probably been there before! But they didn’t use that one today
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Clearly SLDC's leadership want to exclude the media and public from observing the actions of the organization up close.
#TransparencyFail
#TheSunNeverShinesAtSLDC
#TransparencyFail
#TheSunNeverShinesAtSLDC
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Clearly SLDC's leadership want to exclude the media and public from observing the actions of the organization up close.
#TransparencyFail
#TheSunNeverShinesAtSLDC
#TransparencyFail
#TheSunNeverShinesAtSLDC
And they are tying to roll back the ECOA equal credit opportunity act so discrimination would be easier when it comes to credit. It’s about making white christian males the only ones with power again.
A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And they are tying to roll back the ECOA equal credit opportunity act so discrimination would be easier when it comes to credit. It’s about making white christian males the only ones with power again.
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American conservatives have been fuming for decades because they've had to pretend this stuff isn't just rank imperialism, and it's finally broken. This is just naked now, without pretense.
Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
American conservatives have been fuming for decades because they've had to pretend this stuff isn't just rank imperialism, and it's finally broken. This is just naked now, without pretense.
Modular housing!! Did anyone ask Don Roe about this? I’m sure he has opinions.
Thurs. 12/18 at 8 a.m.
SLDC board meeting.
1520 Market & Zoom.
Agenda includes:
Award of New Markets Tax Credits to “Urban Sprouts Child Development Center” ($4M)
& “Modular Building Systems” ($4M)
Presentation of #SLDCAudit2025
#BreakfastWithSLDC
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
SLDC board meeting.
1520 Market & Zoom.
Agenda includes:
Award of New Markets Tax Credits to “Urban Sprouts Child Development Center” ($4M)
& “Modular Building Systems” ($4M)
Presentation of #SLDCAudit2025
#BreakfastWithSLDC
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Modular housing!! Did anyone ask Don Roe about this? I’m sure he has opinions.
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Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese
New contracts in St. Louis sell a 'false' dream of homeownership, critics say
Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."
www.stltoday.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese
Hmmm. 11/2028 isn’t on here.
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hmmm. 11/2028 isn’t on here.
Isn’t it Elon???
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Isn’t it Elon???
What?? Why doesn’t LCRA and @developstlouis.bsky.social rescind Green Street??? As “developer” for Armory????? Dammit. They own the Goodwill building which is in the TAX SALE. next year.
Finally! #LCRAstl has rescinded Goodson's "developer designation"
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
The St. Louis Development Corporation is angling for the Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority to purchase the site from St. Louis Public Schools and immediately stabilize it.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
What?? Why doesn’t LCRA and @developstlouis.bsky.social rescind Green Street??? As “developer” for Armory????? Dammit. They own the Goodwill building which is in the TAX SALE. next year.
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Finally! #LCRAstl has rescinded Goodson's "developer designation"
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
The St. Louis Development Corporation is angling for the Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority to purchase the site from St. Louis Public Schools and immediately stabilize it.
St. Louis drops Chris Goodson as redeveloper of Cleveland High School
The St. Louis Development Corporation is pushing to acquire the site from St. Louis Public Schools and immediately stabilize it.
www.stlmag.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Finally! #LCRAstl has rescinded Goodson's "developer designation"
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
"But progress on Cleveland H.S. failed to materialize, and months after Goodson became the site’s designated redeveloper, his grocery store venture Fields Foods collapsed, closing all locations and resulting in multiple lawsuits. "
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📣 Rubberstamped by St. Louis City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority minutes ago. ARPA & EPA money will be used to pay first-degree murder and solicitation of murder suspect's company to do the demo on Goodfellow industrial site.
See 🧵 for details
See 🧵 for details
📣 Plot twist on the contractor named in St. Louis City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Resolution on 3 pm Today Agenda for demo of the Goodfellow industrial site
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
📣 Rubberstamped by St. Louis City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority minutes ago. ARPA & EPA money will be used to pay first-degree murder and solicitation of murder suspect's company to do the demo on Goodfellow industrial site.
See 🧵 for details
See 🧵 for details
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📣 Plot twist on the contractor named in St. Louis City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Resolution on 3 pm Today Agenda for demo of the Goodfellow industrial site
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
📣 Plot twist on the contractor named in St. Louis City's Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority Resolution on 3 pm Today Agenda for demo of the Goodfellow industrial site
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I talked to the owners of the 4 family on the right the Thursday after the tornado hit. They were packing to leave then, had no idea where they were going & I don't think they've been back since. I worry that story is being repeated w/a lot of their neighbors. 💔
December 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I talked to the owners of the 4 family on the right the Thursday after the tornado hit. They were packing to leave then, had no idea where they were going & I don't think they've been back since. I worry that story is being repeated w/a lot of their neighbors. 💔
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Interesting listing for a 1946 Lindenwood Park smallz in back of the lot. Suggests demo and replace with a $700K home. A 2020 new home can be seen at right; it replaced an oldie that was at the back of the lot. 1/
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
December 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Interesting listing for a 1946 Lindenwood Park smallz in back of the lot. Suggests demo and replace with a $700K home. A 2020 new home can be seen at right; it replaced an oldie that was at the back of the lot. 1/
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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"Eviction filings in January 2025 reached the highest levels since January 2020, and data collected so far in 2025 shows an increase in eviction filing totals compared to our previous years,” Hoff told the commission.
Evictions filings are on the rise in Virginia
Between July 2024 and June 2025, there were 139,450 reported eviction filings in the state. The number of eviction filings is nearing pre-pandemic levels.
www.pilotonline.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Eviction filings in January 2025 reached the highest levels since January 2020, and data collected so far in 2025 shows an increase in eviction filing totals compared to our previous years,” Hoff told the commission.
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In 2023, 21st Century St. Louis PAC helped elect 2 Alders representing City’s central corridor and lesser amounts on 8 other successful candidates, 12 of 15 votes on the Board including Board Prez Green. In 2025, the PAC helped elect 8 of 8 Alder seats on ballots, a majority of votes on the Board.
How Much Does A St. Louis City Alder Seat Cost?
I have no idea how much candidates for St. Louis City Alder and Board President raised and spent in 2023 or 2025. I could go thru campaign finance reports filed at Missouri Ethics Commission. But t…
greatstateofstlouis.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
In 2023, 21st Century St. Louis PAC helped elect 2 Alders representing City’s central corridor and lesser amounts on 8 other successful candidates, 12 of 15 votes on the Board including Board Prez Green. In 2025, the PAC helped elect 8 of 8 Alder seats on ballots, a majority of votes on the Board.
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If you attended yesterday’s SLDC “Holiday Cheer” party at @stlcitysc.com HQ, feel free to share photos.
LMK if you saw a meeting notice for the secretive CID & Port Improvement District No. 1 meetings.
#PortAuthoritySTL
#PartyWithSLDC
LMK if you saw a meeting notice for the secretive CID & Port Improvement District No. 1 meetings.
#PortAuthoritySTL
#PartyWithSLDC
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If you attended yesterday’s SLDC “Holiday Cheer” party at @stlcitysc.com HQ, feel free to share photos.
LMK if you saw a meeting notice for the secretive CID & Port Improvement District No. 1 meetings.
#PortAuthoritySTL
#PartyWithSLDC
LMK if you saw a meeting notice for the secretive CID & Port Improvement District No. 1 meetings.
#PortAuthoritySTL
#PartyWithSLDC
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Update from today's BOA:
Ald. Browning placed #BOAbb83 on the informal calendar.
At the Nov.18 HUDZ Committee hearing on BB 83, no one from SLDC's incentive division was present to explain how the bill diverts the sales tax revenue to #CortexTIF & fund for tenant reimbursement.
More info in ALTs
Ald. Browning placed #BOAbb83 on the informal calendar.
At the Nov.18 HUDZ Committee hearing on BB 83, no one from SLDC's incentive division was present to explain how the bill diverts the sales tax revenue to #CortexTIF & fund for tenant reimbursement.
More info in ALTs
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Update from today's BOA:
Ald. Browning placed #BOAbb83 on the informal calendar.
At the Nov.18 HUDZ Committee hearing on BB 83, no one from SLDC's incentive division was present to explain how the bill diverts the sales tax revenue to #CortexTIF & fund for tenant reimbursement.
More info in ALTs
Ald. Browning placed #BOAbb83 on the informal calendar.
At the Nov.18 HUDZ Committee hearing on BB 83, no one from SLDC's incentive division was present to explain how the bill diverts the sales tax revenue to #CortexTIF & fund for tenant reimbursement.
More info in ALTs
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Happy #BOAFriday, except to the members of the St. Louis BOA who will vote in favor of the #BOAbb83 sales tax rebate for the tenant at #3942Laclede in the supposedly blighted #CortexTIF
Someone needs to remove BB83 from the consent calendar to enable debate.
SLDC skipped #HUDZ 😡
Details in quoted 🧵
Someone needs to remove BB83 from the consent calendar to enable debate.
SLDC skipped #HUDZ 😡
Details in quoted 🧵
Why should alders #VoteNOonBB83 on Dec. 12?
1. The truth about how the "incentive" deal works was not disclosed to the HUDZ Committee.
SLDC incentive staff didn't show up!
2. Zero sales tax revenue goes to city coffers.
Allocation:
50% captured by #CortexTIF
50% reimbursement to CI Inc ($1 M max)
1. The truth about how the "incentive" deal works was not disclosed to the HUDZ Committee.
SLDC incentive staff didn't show up!
2. Zero sales tax revenue goes to city coffers.
Allocation:
50% captured by #CortexTIF
50% reimbursement to CI Inc ($1 M max)
Board Bill 83 is on today’s BOA agenda (“perfection consent”).
#BOAbb83 diverts half the sales tax revenue to reimburse new tenant at renovated Carriage House.
The second half of sales tax revenue is captured by the #CortexTIF
Not a dime in sales tax will be go to City coffers.
#BOAbb83 diverts half the sales tax revenue to reimburse new tenant at renovated Carriage House.
The second half of sales tax revenue is captured by the #CortexTIF
Not a dime in sales tax will be go to City coffers.
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy #BOAFriday, except to the members of the St. Louis BOA who will vote in favor of the #BOAbb83 sales tax rebate for the tenant at #3942Laclede in the supposedly blighted #CortexTIF
Someone needs to remove BB83 from the consent calendar to enable debate.
SLDC skipped #HUDZ 😡
Details in quoted 🧵
Someone needs to remove BB83 from the consent calendar to enable debate.
SLDC skipped #HUDZ 😡
Details in quoted 🧵
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Today marks 9 weeks since the first “town hall” meeting hosted by developer THO’s consultant on the data center proposed for #500Prospect next to the Armory.
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to Qs posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Has anyone else heard?
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to Qs posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Has anyone else heard?
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today marks 9 weeks since the first “town hall” meeting hosted by developer THO’s consultant on the data center proposed for #500Prospect next to the Armory.
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to Qs posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Has anyone else heard?
I haven’t received an email from Steadfast City with answers to Qs posed at the Oct. 9 & 13 #datacenterSTL meetings.
Has anyone else heard?
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Also of note. LRA may be moving on from its recent bizarre policy to not sell vacant lots under 4,000 sq. ft. for development. An offer from a homebuilder for this standard-sized lot (3,200 sq. ft.) in Tiffany was rejected a couple years ago under the policy. But an offer was accepted today.
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Also of note. LRA may be moving on from its recent bizarre policy to not sell vacant lots under 4,000 sq. ft. for development. An offer from a homebuilder for this standard-sized lot (3,200 sq. ft.) in Tiffany was rejected a couple years ago under the policy. But an offer was accepted today.