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Transparency & Tax Breaks in the City of St. Louis
Submit Sunshine Requests: https://tinyurl.com/ce76ppm6
STL Gov Public Meetings: https://tinyurl.com/yz382m89
City of STL videos: https://tinyurl.com/4at469rk
SLDC videos: https://tinyurl.com/544c2n8e
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“Given the prominence of campaign promises focused on increased transparency at SLDC, the mayor’s office was also asked if they would make SDLC’s public records request similarly searchable”

Stay tuned for a response from Mayor Spencer’s office. 👀

#SunshineSLDC
#EndSubsidySecrecy
#opaCITYstl
“Given the prominence of campaign promises focused on increased transparency at SLDC, the mayor’s office was also asked if they would make SDLC’s public records request similarly searchable”

Stay tuned for a response from Mayor Spencer’s office. 👀

#SunshineSLDC
#EndSubsidySecrecy
#opaCITYstl
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The St. Louis development corp. board meets today at 8 AM. Watch live via Zoom only.
Res. 1050 for funding environmental clean up at Goodfellow site
Full board packet was posted after 3 pm yesterday; the 2 page agenda had been posted on Tuesday.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#BreakfastWithSLDC
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Update from today’s SLDC Executive Search Committee:
I joined the 10 a.m. meeting during the closed session.
The committee returned to open session at 11:25 a.m. & adjourned without taking a vote. #BossOfSLDC
The recordings of all SLDC search committee meetings are NOT posted on YouTube.
#opaCITYstl
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Watch today’s BOA Budget Committee public hearing on #BOAbb100 live here:

www.youtube.com/live/wp0zaRh...

Started at 10:07 a.m. Three alders present at roll call. 👀

Budget Director Paul Payne is speaking on the #EarningsTaxSTL
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Testify today at city hall or via Zoom in support of #BOAbb100 to place the re-approval of the #EarningsTaxSTL on the ballot.

Related: the BOA must stop the use of the earnings tax rebate “incentive” for businesses.
10 am Today, Wednesday, November 19th, St. Louis City Board of Alders Budget Cmte
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

💰 April ballot issue for Rex Sinquefield's obnoxious requirement City voters re-approve Earnings Tax every 5 years
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The City of St. Louis #LCRAstl board is meeting now. Observe live via Zoom only.

www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d...
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Starting shortly! 11 a.m.
#HUDZ public hearing on #BOAbb83
Testify via Zoom against the latest heist of public money for a firm that doesn’t need the 💰💰
Details in 🧵

Stealth involvement of #CortexTIF leaves the city with no immediate benefit from sales tax generated by the relocating company.
Tues. at 11 a.m.
BOA #HUDZ Committee hearing: tinyurl.com/yvry6yp4
#BOAbb83 was added to agenda Sunday at 8:16 p.m.
For tax breaks, BOA often acts to minimize opportunity for public comment/opposition. See quoted post for why BB83 is a racket
#CortexTIF means 0 sales tax revenue for city coffers!
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November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee meets at 11 a.m. TODAY!

Agenda includes #ARPAstl program/expenditures discussion, with public comment. Testify via Zoom.

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The St. Louis Development Corp. lifted the embargo this morning, making public the Nov. 13 STL Local Development Company meeting on SLDC YouTube:
#LDCstl
youtu.be/ejtsnLQcozg?...

You’ll need to submit a #sunshineSLDC request for the financial report, which was not included in the board packet.
The St. Louis Local Development Company (LDC) Board Meeting – November 13, 2025
YouTube video by Develop St. Louis
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Tues. at 11 a.m.
BOA #HUDZ Committee hearing: tinyurl.com/yvry6yp4
#BOAbb83 was added to agenda Sunday at 8:16 p.m.
For tax breaks, BOA often acts to minimize opportunity for public comment/opposition. See quoted post for why BB83 is a racket
#CortexTIF means 0 sales tax revenue for city coffers!
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November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just posted: Public Hearing on ballot measure to extend the City of St. Louis earnings tax for 5 more years.

Board of Aldermen Budget Committee meeting.
Nov. 19 at 10 a.m.
Testify at city hall or via Zoom.
#BOAbb100
#EarningsTaxSTL

Full details⬇️

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reposted by Sunshine Gerry
Notable details: 1. developer Chris McKee is one-time R Lt Gov candidate AND son of Paul McKee, 2. these folks desperately want to sell you a Monorail, 3. Festus passed *actual regulations* re: data centers, meanwhile St. Louis city just distracts us with gestures www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Data center developer eyes Festus after St. Charles debacle
Data center developers eye Festus in Jefferson County as a site for future data center development as the city annexes properties for the projects.
www.stlpr.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Starting momentarily!
City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
Full session meeting.

#BOAfriday agenda: www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...

Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/ufx-27L...
Board of Aldermen - November 14, 2025
YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not so happy #BOAfriday to our elected officials at city hall.

Essential read from Glenn Burleigh👇

“While city voters may have thought that local officials were taking steps to ease the burdens faced by people who have lost their housing due to landlords’ negligence, it simply wasn’t happening.”
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“It’s not clear what sort of tax incentives or exemptions the proposed projects could vie for or receive, which can largely impact their economic impact.”

CRG shifts focus to Festus.

Caution! Festus government official urges the public to bring “thoughtful” conversation on data centers. 👀
FESTUS FOR THE REST OF US: CRG eyes Festus for new data center projects, claims $30-40 million economic impact.

“It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before."

www.stlpr.org/government-p...
Data center developer eyes Festus after St. Charles debacle
Data center developers eye Festus in Jefferson County as a site for future data center development as the city annexes properties for these projects.
www.stlpr.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Currently meeting via Zoom:
City of St. Louis Local Development Company board of directors.
Calendar notice with zoom link, board packet (inc. resolutions, but no financial report, per usual; odd for an entity that handles loans)
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

#LDCstl is staffed by SLDC/SLEDP
November 13, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Starting momentarily*:
City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen Public Safety Committee meeting.
Discussion & public comment on use of Prop S funds.

Watch live here: www.youtube.com/live/0a1Eqzy...

Public comment via Zoom or at city hall.
*Scheduled for 2 p.m.
Public Safety Committee -November 13, 2025
YouTube video by City of St. Louis, Missouri
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Starting now! 9:14 a.m.
BOA Health & Human Development Committee. Via Zoom.

There should be a limitation to the number of gov. boards on which an individual can serve.
#STLMHB
#ZoomBanter precedes the start of the meeting.
#TransparencyFail No Way To Run A Govt #395670

9 am Today, Thurs, Nov 13, St. Louis City Board of Alders Health Cmte
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Agenda: Mental Health Board (2 special taxes) nominees
😡 NO Public Comment
😡 MHB spent tax 💰 on #moleg lobbyist to remove BOA oversight of budget
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“No parking on this side of road” 🦉

Welcome to local government #TransparencyThursday
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today at 6 p.m.
Orientation meeting for members of two advisory committees for #STLtornado recovery.
#TransparencyFail No Way To Run A Govt #395667

🧵 6 pm Tonight, Nov 12, St. Louis City Tornado Recovery Advisory Cmte: Resident and Community Advisors Orientation
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

😡 NO Info on who is on Cmte on Mayor's advisory cmtes page www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d...

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November 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"ICL now plans to record a write-off of assets totaling about $40 M in its financial statements next quarter."

The #PIEAstl must rescind the real estate & personal property tax abatements for the #5401W3rd site.
PIEA's basis for authorizing the tax abatements was dubious at best. #EndSubsidySecrecy
Plans for a $574 million EV battery materials plant in North St. Louis are officially off the table. ICL Group has ended its U.S. operations tied to the project after losing a federal grant and facing shifting market conditions. Read on for what this means for the city’s development outlook.
Massive battery materials plant planned for North St. Louis is officially dead
Plans for a half-billion dollar battery materials plant in St. Louis’ North Riverfront neighborhood are officially dead.  ICL Group Ltd., the Israeli-based global specialty minerals company that had p...
www.stlmag.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The City of St. Louis Planning Commission meets today at 5:30 p.m.
In-person at 1520 Market & Zoom.

#PlanCommSTL details (note start time is incorrect) ⬇️
5 pm Tonight St. Louis City Planning Commission
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

📣 Public Hearing on Community Mobility Plan www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/d...
🔸️ The Ville, Greater Ville, Kingsway East Neighborhood Plan
🔸️ Walnut Park & Mark Twain Neighborhood Plan
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Reposted by Sunshine Gerry
As residents in St. Charles push for more say in public park sales, advocates and officials in St. Louis say the city is skirting the rules put in place by the STL city charter.
St. Charles residents want rules on the sale of parks. In St. Louis, some say the rules are ignored
As St. Charles petitioners vie to add rules that would require a public vote for the sale of any city-owned parks, the very same rules in St. Louis face challenges as the city moves to sell a troubled...
www.stlpr.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today’s City of St. Louis TIF Commission meeting was cancelled.

SLDC’s failure to schedule a meeting means minutes of the 11.13.24 TIF Commission have not been posted.

The full scope of city tax breaks for Wash U’s #4140ForestPark project was not disclosed to the TIFC.

Who gets the $4M TIF💰?
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The St. Louis Development Corp.’s “Executive Search Committee” meets at 10 a.m. via Zoom.
You must watch the meeting live, as SLDC does not post the recordings of search & selection committee meetings on YouTube.
The hunt for a new SLDC Exec. Director continues👀

www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM