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You can access our five point security plan here (link): Several downtown groups, including Citizens for a Greater Downtown, the Downtown Neighborhood Association, and the Downtown Economic Development Council, have endorsed a five point plan to improve
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FOUR VIDEOS: Fireworks chaos & at least two people shot in downtown St. Louis 4th of July. Fireworks continued in the streets of Downtown until after 3:30 AM with little to no law enforcement. This morning the streets are littered with debris.
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@saintlouismayor
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Question: What do the following have in common?
Union Station (the first rehab)
St. Louis Centre
Dome/Convention Center expansion
“New” Busch Stadium
Ballpark Village
Enterprise Center
Washington Avenue redesign
Arch grounds redesign
Answer: Every one of these developments was
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11:08 PM Saturday in the Central Business District
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@JasonHallSTL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@NealRichardson_
@SLMPD
@GreaterSTLinc
@DowntownStLouis
@stlcid
@CommerceBank
@Cardinals
@enterprisecares
@Stifel
@GabrielaVtv
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Leaders will deflect all blame on Kim Gardner and she will be gone, but that will not make downtown safer. The Mayor must finally accept responsibility for safety in her city, go beyond press conferences, tweets, and carefully worded statements and put forward a plan to make
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No driver’s license. Out on bond. Failed to wear a court-ordered GPS device. In a downtown with little to no law enforcement. St. Louis’ tolerance for crime and car-oriented infrastructure hurt this girl.
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@DowntownStLouis
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VIDEO: A walk-through of last night’s shooting scene on the 5th floor of 1409 Washington Avenue, an office building in downtown St. Louis. 10 juveniles were shot, one fatally. There have been at least two other shootings here in recent years. There is also an illegal bar on the
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LINK & PHOTO: The State of Missouri’s years long neglect of the landmark Wainright Building downtown is shameful. And that shame is now magnified by their abandonment of the building, now that it is too expensive to repair owing to their own neglect. And what’s worse yet is that
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Recent events in downtown St. Louis demonstrate that it will take more than press conferences, slogans, orchestrated special events, or fixing a couple of vacant buildings to address the deteriorating quality of life in our downtown neighborhood. Here’s a summary, based on media
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Video from last night, as volleyball players again visited downtown St. Louis. An unfenced, poorly lit, non-gated parking lot in downtown St. Louis’ Central Business District. Multiple vehicles traveling the wrong way on a one way. No
@SLMPD
traffic enforcement. The same exact
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Wednesday evening SLMPD responded quickly and effectively to break up what could have developed into a major brawl in front of the Lofts at OPOP on Locust Street downtown. The fight reportedly started at a party in a short-term rental in the building. This incident follows
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Sadly, the mass shooting that occurred in Downtown St. Louis was entirely predictable. In fact, it was inevitable. Large groups of young people out late at night, alcohol, guns, unregulated short-term rentals, irresponsible landlords, and illegal bars are a volatile combination.
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St. Louis City government & civic leadership the past 15 years:
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We hear from parking enforcement officers that some people have 200-300 unpaid parking tickets and suffer no consequences. Red lights have now simply become suggestions. Speeding and reckless driving are commonplace. We are sliding far down the slippery slope of lawlessness
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In response to the horrific crash and devastating injury to the volleyball player visiting St. Louis, regional leaders claim that "this isn't who we are." Sadly, if they had been paying attention, they would know that it is exactly who we are. This has been our downtown for the
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THREAD: City Garden new installations
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Downtown St. Louis is significantly under-policed. Arrests must be made. Vehicles must be towed. Airbnbs must be regulated. Bars must be regulated. Drug dealing must be addressed. Unhoused populations must be housed (and not all inside of Downtown or the City for that matter).
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The violent and disruptive events of the last week in Downtown and all the City of St. Louis require a meaningful response, not just more excuses. We can’t change the gun laws in Missouri, but there’s a lot we can do to stop the mayhem. It’s simply negligence to say that there is
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Another photo opportunity that will do nothing to reduce crime.
#Citizens4STL
Crime is down in St. Louis, but it is not where we want it. That’s why improving our city’s public safety remains my top priority, and we refuse to let up on our efforts to continue to reduce it even further.
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~10 PM this Thursday eve (tonight), another shooting in the Central Business District in downtown St. Louis. The Convention & Visitors Center is visible in the photo. What is the plan?
#Citizens4STL
@JasonHallSTL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@GreaterSTLinc
@DowntownStLouis
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Video (Locust ST & 10th ST in downtown St. Louis’ Central Business District): Lawlessness continued this weekend in Downtown despite extraordinary measures taken around the convention center. Police chases, streetfights, and traffic violations continue unabated. See video of one
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What a great weekend in downtown St. Louis! Multiple events topped by the victorious hometown debut of St. Louis CITY SC. Thousands of people downtown and a large and visible police presence combined to ensure a safe and fun weekend for everyone.
After negative national stories
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Just stand on any street corner downtown for a while and watch drivers run red lights, often speeding and not slowing down at intersections. It is well-known that there is no traffic enforcement downtown. Horrific crashes are common. Nobody should be surprised when tragic crashes
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Mother’s Day 1:02 AM in downtown St. Louis’ Central Business District, right in front of The Lofts at OPOP: a fight breaks out in the street moments after an individual in the same group displayed an AR rifle. A few minutes later at 1:11 AM, shots rang out around the corner in
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One person runs a red light without consequences, others see it and say why not? Open a restaurant without any permits and there are also no consequences. Don’t register your car. Do wheelies on a motorcycle on a major city street. Sell liquor without a permit. Why not?
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And, according to SLMPD standards, these 60 car break-ins will be recorded as 1 incident. One. ‘Wildly unacceptable’: Shaw neighbors say police failed to respond to break-ins
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12:11 AM on Mother’s Day: a gentleman near a short term rental party carries what appears to be an AR pistol in downtown St. Louis’ Central Business District. Short term rentals & other mismanaged rental units waste police resources. Permitless open carry puts citizens & police
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11:36 PM - party crowd starts arriving on Locust between 9th and 11th.
12:10 AM - large crowd now out on the street and inside 911 Locust which is The Lofts at OPOP. One guy seen with assault rifle walking back and forth out front of the building on Locust.
12:17 AM - police
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Yesterday, Sunday, at ~8:30 AM at 10th & Clark, we witnessed a guy beat the s&@$ out of a guy in a road rage incident. The victim made the mistake of honking at him for running a red light. He then made the mistake of leaving his door unlocked.
The assailant was in his work
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Another good look for Downtown. Horrible planning by the City results in this disgraceful display on a major street, even obscuring a MetroLink station. It's hard to attract people to live in a city that looks like this every day.
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The encampment at the municipal courts has been removed by City officials and the area is now fenced off. The encampment’s residents have now moved to a park across the street from the Stifel Theater. The public is being deprived of the use of an increasing number of public
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PHOTO: Early this morning at Olive and 10th ST downtown. Two cars involved. One coming down 10th ST smashed the car coming down Olive, which was speeding and passing red lights. The car coming down Olive had 2 year old temp tags and the driver fled the scene.
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@SLMPD
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A brief comparison: Kansas City’s Power & Light District is on its third highrise apartment building. Highrise construction is one of the most expensive building types (typically concrete & glass). Downtown St. Louis has only one comparable property (One Cardinal Way). Roberts
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This morning by Kiener Plaza & City Garden — Part 1.
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@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@CaraSpencerSTL
@AlderSheenBean
@GreaterSTLinc
@CommerceBank
@Cardinals
@enterprisecares
@DowntownStLouis
@stlcid
@Stifel
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City of St. Louis leadership keeps insisting that they are largely powerless to stem the crime and violence in our city because of permissive gun laws in Missouri. While we agree that virtually unlimited access to guns is a serious problem, those laws are unlikely to change, so
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Around 100 gunshots reported in downtown St. Louis last night along with dozens of loud cars and motorcycles. No police response noted. Summer in the city... The photos attached represent what we believe is damage caused by last night’s gunfire.
#Citizens4STL
@saintlouismayor
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Once again last night, at a town hall with alderpersons Spencer and Aldridge, SLMPD told us that crime is down and we had a quiet weekend. Except for 30 car break-ins, a homicide, and other incidents. Six homicides so far this year.
This is the message that we hear almost every
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Check this out:
The
#MetallicaFamily
made history during
#M72STL
. Over 100,000 tickets were sold to our No Repeat Weekend gigs at The Dome, setting the record for most tickets sold for any event since the venue opened in 1995! Thanks for coming out to see us, St. Louis!
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LINK: Another absolutely awful story linked below. Yet another visitor to our city, this time from England, a victim of traffic violence. And yesterday, the Business Journal produced essentially an advertorial describing developer and CITY SC plans to rename the Downtown West
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Teenagers flee a shooting scene early this morning at 1409 Washington Avenue. At least one gunman can be seen exiting 1409 Washington Avenue’s side door and running across 1409’s open parking lot. Reportedly 10 juveniles were shot, one fatally.
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@saintlouismayor
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The state’s abandonment of the historic and beautiful Wainright Building is a huge blow to downtown St. Louis. But this is the best our leaders can offer:
From the Mayor’s spokesperson: “We are certainly sorry for the state employees who will be displaced, and are working to
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Press Release
For Immediate Release June 13, 2023
Citizens Report on Inadequate Police Presence in Downtown St. Louis
Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis is a network of residents, businesses, property owners, and developers who share a passionate interest in Downtown. We
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Dear Mayor: You must do more than open teen recreation centers for extended hours. You must take teens off the streets of Downtown ASAP.
#Citizens4STL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@CaraSpencerSTL
@AlderSheenBean
@GreaterSTLinc
@CommerceBank
This Father’s Day, families across the St. Louis region woke up to the news of yet another mass shooting - initial reports of 10 of our babies shot, and a young life lost. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare tenfold, and my heart goes out to all of the families in pain today 🧵
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More short term rental parties at both Level on Locust and The Lofts @ OPOP last night. More wasted
@slmpd
resources. More Downtown late night disturbances in a densely populated residential neighborhood in the heart of the Central Business District. Security on site called
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500 jobs could leave the City because of the City's lack of response and its inability to protect its citizens. This is a story that could be repeated all over the city if the homeless bill of rights becomes law.
Workers at a major employer on Laclede's Landing have pleaded for help with "chaos" stemming from nearby encampments of homeless people. They and others say City Hall has turned a deaf ear.
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Much like recent weekends, large groups of young people are in downtown St. Louis tonight, some with guns, some fighting. Police are here and doing their best, but these situations are volatile and potentially dangerous. More tragedies become inevitable.
It’s not a coincidence
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Getting to destinations inside Downtown today was made near impossible by the Go! St. Louis Marathon. Marathons and parades often cut off pathways to small businesses in Downtown. We can do better.
#Citizens4STL
@GOfitnessSTL
@SLMPD
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@GovParsonMO
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PHOTO: The scene at Hair of the Dog on
@washington__ave
last night. Groups are gathered in Downtown for meetings at America’s Center related to the plant science industry. Visitors and conventions are integral to Downtown’s health.
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Ouch.
“The circuit attorney's office appears to be a rudderless ship of chaos. Kim Gardner is the Circuit Attorney, and it is her duty to manage the caseload of each staff member. Chris Desilets has approximately 104 felony cases. Any prudent practitioner would expect such a caseload
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VIDEO from last night: Summer in the city. Buckle up.
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@SLMPD
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@GovParsonMO
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@CaraSpencerSTL
@AlderSheenBean
@LishaLiberty
@shanecohn
@VDanielaV
@Schweitzer88
@OldenburgSTL
@STL4Ward
@schubbard10
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Reckless driving is not a disease. It's a choice. And when it results in harm to an innocent victim, it's a crime. —
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@stltreasurer
@SLMPD
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@GovParsonMO
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@CaraSpencerSTL
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There was a shooting inside the Marriott St. Louis Grand garage today. This is separate from yesterday’s murder in the same garage. What is the plan?
#Citizens4STL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@GreaterSTLinc
@DowntownStLouis
@stlcid
@CommerceBank
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This is not CITY SC, Cardinals or Battlehawks fans. This is not the Rooster breakfast crowd or Sugarfire dinner crowd. This is not the Jack Patrick’s happy hour crowd. These are not late night hotel bar patrons. These are not residents or office workers. This is the after
This morning, between 2:30-3:30 AM, groups leaving Club Europe fought and shots were fired. Reportedly there was at least one shooting victim. Additionally, at least three murders have been associated w/ Club Europe patrons. Post pandemic, residential growth is even more
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VIDEO: Downtown St. Louis was a study in contrasts this weekend. On the one hand there was the celebration and joy of Pridefest and the thousands of people who watched the parade, enjoyed musical performances, good food and fun. On the other was the late-night disorder and mayhem
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There have been two shootings in this area since the unhoused encampment moved from City Hall to 14th ST & Market ST, directly next to Stifel Theater and near Enterprise Center. Drug dealers prey on the unhoused. Drug dealers carry guns.
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Until Downtown is secure and largely out of the news cycle related to crime, the region will not grow.
#Citizens4STL
Talked of this with a downtown architect yesterday. Citizens4STL needs to convene a press conference with like-minded business types and workers to explain the problems of trying to exist in this downtown. How do you recruit in this environment? You can’t. It’s hurting the region
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2:31 AM Sunday morning. The Lofts at OPOP.
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@JasonHallSTL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@NealRichardson_
@SLMPD
@GreaterSTLinc
@DowntownStLouis
@stlcid
@CommerceBank
@Cardinals
@enterprisecares
@Stifel
@GabrielaVtv
@ChrisHayesTV
@DavidAmelottiTV
@carolinehecker
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LINK: Yet another shooting related to a homeless encampment in St. Louis. This is yet another tragic reminder of the dangers of these encampments where drugs and disruptive and criminal behavior are common. Allowing an encampment to persist in the shadow
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A typical weekend in Downtown St. Louis. Here’s a brief recap of a few of the things that we saw:
Parties, possibly in short-term rentals, that led to police resources being tied up, fights in the street and shots fired. About 50 young men riding scooters throughout downtown
500 jobs could leave the City because of the City's lack of response and its inability to protect its citizens. This is a story that could be repeated all over the city if the homeless bill of rights becomes law.
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We have known for years the unregulated short-term rentals (STRs) can be a source of crime and disorder in our neighborhoods. This is particularly true in Downtown, where there are hundreds of these units. Several murders downtown have been associated with STRs.
The 900 block of
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30 cars broken into near Busch Stadium during Cardinals game |
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After 10 PM last night, and for over 30 minutes, this group decided to have a loud street party outside Downtown condo buildings. A resident called 911 and couldn’t get through. At this point it’s obvious Downtown has lost its summertime police presence.
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We just took a walk around Downtown. Given the protests at Washington University tonight, and that our police department has ~800 positions filled of 1,200 authorized, there are no police officers protecting Downtown at the moment.
#Citizens4STL
@SLMPD
@saintlouismayor
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There is rarely traffic or parking enforcement of any kind in downtown St. Louis, unless you forgot to pay your meter.
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LINK—Murder Shell soon to be gone thanks to actions by the neighborhood including members of our board:
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Does anyone notice the irony of suburban cities like Chesterfield and Creve Coeur giving out no-strings attached development subsidies like candy, while the City imposes multiple conditions and constraints on granting those subsidies? Subsidies like tax abatement are intended to
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Earlier in the evening, before 9 PM, this vehicle sped through 11th ST at St. Charles ST, flipping the vehicle and hitting multiple other vehicles. Occupants or pedestrians appeared to lay in the street and at least one appeared pinned under a vehicle.
@JasonHallSTL
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Out of 806 cities nationwide with a population greater than 50,000, St. Louis ranked 802nd for population growth between 2020 and 2022, losing 4.63% of its population. Yet, the City’s elected leaders are focusing their attention on actions that will assure that trend will
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Much is being made of the lack of any reported crime during the recent weekend when a hundred thousand people were downtown for simultaneous sporting events. This is a grossly misleading claim. Even criminals aren’t stupid enough to commit crimes when downtown is filled with
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Thank you Alderwoman Spencer: St. Louis tees up eminent domain against Railway Exchange
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Apparently every car parked on Olive/Lindell between VanDeventer & Grand (SLU) had its window(s) smashed in last night.
Crime is down.
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VIDEO: Over the Memorial Day weekend, there were multiple shootings and injuries, and at least two deaths in Downtown St. Louis/Downtown West. Loud cars were racing on Washington AVE late into the night. Speeding and red-light running were widespread. The claims that “crime is
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Many, many street vendors are popping up on sidewalks in Downtown. They don’t have permits to do so. Why is City government allowing permitless businesses to operate in the public right of way? This photo is from tonight at Tucker & Washington, taken in front of permitted
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Let's not forget the City also refused to negotiate with Bob Clark to develop a site on the north side. The City keeps spending money it doesn't have, pretending it is sitting on valuable assets, saying no to potential new revenues, while treating those who live here, invest in
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From a Downtown West resident:
“I was extremely disappointed in the rhetoric from Donnybrook last night about the WSJ story except for Charlie and Wendy. None of them live downtown! And to be clear the article did mention at least twice they were talking about the central
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For those who insist that the City sponsored downtown youth gathering a week ago was a success because nobody was injured, shot, killed, or detained by police, that is a very low bar by which to judge success. The fact that a dozen police officers, a number of staff “violence
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How can
@STLMetro
be unaware of a violent incident and still be considered safe?
@STLMetro
: secure your trains & your platforms.
#Citizens4STL
@saintlouismayor
@MeganEllyia
@JasonHallSTL
@NealRichardson_
@AlderSheenBean
@CaraSpencerSTL
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The individuals shown in the attached were seen leaving The Lofts at OPOP in the Central Business District at 6:30 AM this Monday morning. Two appear armed with semi-auto rifles and/or pistols. This building was one of several sites where large parties were held in downtown St.
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Stray bullet landed in St. Louis couple's downtown hotel bed |
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6 people shot Saturday in St. Louis, including 3 downtown |
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Another accident last night in Downtown. Another fatality: Crash in downtown St. Louis leaves 1 dead, 1 critically injured One person died at an area hospital, and another was hospitalized with critical injuries.
We hear from parking enforcement officers that some people have 200-300 unpaid parking tickets and suffer no consequences. Red lights have now simply become suggestions. Speeding and reckless driving are commonplace. We are sliding far down the slippery slope of lawlessness
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Special thanks to SGT Mike Marks, the Downtown
@SLMPD
Bike Unit, and the City’s Towing Division.
#Citizens4STL
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It started with a horrific video of a guest to our City & state losing her legs. Concerned residents & property owners in downtown St. Louis had to provide that horrific video. To date, leadership at all levels of City & state government have failed us and Janae Edmondson. We are
The Circuit Attorney has finally heeded my call to resign after undermining the rule of law for years. Today, we begin the process of restoring public safety to the City of St. Louis.
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Last night on Washington Avenue. The tree didn’t make it:
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LINK: “As of last month, the city police department was more than 300 officers down from its budgeted staff of 1,200. And that budgeted total itself is below what it was before Jones took office in 2021 and dropped 100 vacant positions.
Dropping those positions was in keeping
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The claim by the St. Louis Downtown Community Improvement District that they are not subject to the Sunshine Law and won’t reveal the details of their expenditures or even describe the extent and nature of the “security” services that they provide is outrageous.
This is an
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This last weekend's tragedies are a direct result of indifference and incompetence by elected and civic leaders. Their failure to acknowledge and address the ongoing problems in the region's downtown are damaging our reputation and ruining people's lives.
#Citizens4STL
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We’re wondering if the shooting at Murder Shell that we just witnessed is our perception of crime or if it actually happened.
#Citizens4STL
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For the last two decades, the only growing economic sectors in downtown St. Louis are residential and hospitality/tourism. Large portions of Downtown such as along Washington Ave. have been predominantly residential for the last twenty years.
If downtown St. Louis has a future,
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The Post-Dispatch editorial yesterday echoed everything that we have been saying for the past several years. The St. Louis Downtown Community Improvement District is an opaque, arrogant organization that is ineffective and unaccountable to those of us who pay nearly three million
Editorial: How is the Downtown CID spending public money? None of your business, they say.
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A historic warehouse near Al’s Steakhouse on the north edge of the Landing. Also, the door is ripped off of King Beauty Supply in the Chemical Building at Olive & 8th. It’s just a matter of time before it burns too.
@stlcsb
@stlcid
@GreaterSTLinc
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Olive is basically a highway. Downtown’s infrastructure is largely post war era infrastructure that supports high-speed traffic, the opposite path of what downtowns worldwide have done in recent decades. Most downtowns have narrowed & raised pedestrian crossings, protected
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