Former Sheriff Vernon Betts is interested in getting his old job back.

Diehl did not respond to a reporter's questions as to what his current role is in the Cobalt industry or why, given his presumably lucrative work in it, he committed pandemic relief fraud. Said his lawyer: "We're done. That's good."

Bailey's removal petition includes the infamous sign misspelling incident (repsect), cited as evidence of "general negligence."

Of all of this Kentucky-based developer's ugly, ugly houses, I think this may be the ugliest. Neighbors said work was done in the middle of the night and color was chosen bc street has the word 'green' in it.
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It’s always good to bump into old friends at City Hall

It looks like apartment building on Morganford in Tower Grove South is likely going to happen. Developers got ok to knock down these buildings at Juniata.

STL media news: St. Louis Public Radio CEO Tina Pamintuan leaving station for new, unspecified gig in Seattle.

Fences that had been around City Hall and Poelker Park getting trucked away. Interesting timing.

Buder Library continued today to crush it in early voting

936 people voted today in the city’s mayoral primary, which I believe is the highest daily number yet. Turnout is ticking up, but—back of the envelope—is sitting at around 3.5% including mail-in’s.

Better late than never. Traffic calming measures finally underway at Ted Drewes on Chippewa, which has seen more than its fair share of car chaos. First reported in the St. Louis Daily newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free via link in my bio.

A very St. Louis exchange at the BOA yesterday.

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Seems about right.

Poll suggests headwinds for mayor as she heads into re-election campaign. Take with grain of salt (poll is two months old, election is ~four months away), but this does seem to reinforce some anecdotal observations about the mood of the electorate.