Sunshine Gerry
@gconnolly314.bsky.social
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
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
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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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
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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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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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...
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
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 1:58 PM
Also cancelled: today’s Clean Energy Development Board meeting. The August quarterly #CEDBstl meeting was also cancelled.
SLDC claims the board has no new business. I suspect the agency doesn’t want #PACEstl loan delinquencies discussed in public.🧐
PACE ayments are made with annual property taxes
SLDC claims the board has no new business. I suspect the agency doesn’t want #PACEstl loan delinquencies discussed in public.🧐
PACE ayments are made with annual property taxes
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Build-a-Bear pulled off an egregious heist of public money for its move to the 415 S. 18th St. location.
IIRC, there was no resolution number at the BOA #HUDZ hearing for the EEZ property tax abatement.
The value of the #WelfareBears incentives awarded was not disclosed when approved.
IIRC, there was no resolution number at the BOA #HUDZ hearing for the EEZ property tax abatement.
The value of the #WelfareBears incentives awarded was not disclosed when approved.
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Build-a-Bear pulled off an egregious heist of public money for its move to the 415 S. 18th St. location.
IIRC, there was no resolution number at the BOA #HUDZ hearing for the EEZ property tax abatement.
The value of the #WelfareBears incentives awarded was not disclosed when approved.
IIRC, there was no resolution number at the BOA #HUDZ hearing for the EEZ property tax abatement.
The value of the #WelfareBears incentives awarded was not disclosed when approved.
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💰?
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
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💰?
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💰?
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...
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
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...
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...
Tues. Nov. 11 at 1 PM.
#4101LacledeCID board meeting.
8330 Watson, 63119, or by phone.
Investor-controlled CID. About 54 condos & mostly vacant commercial spaces.
10 year, 100% tax abatement.
Agenda appears incomplete; it should include public comment.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
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#4101LacledeCID board meeting.
8330 Watson, 63119, or by phone.
Investor-controlled CID. About 54 condos & mostly vacant commercial spaces.
10 year, 100% tax abatement.
Agenda appears incomplete; it should include public comment.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tues. Nov. 11 at 1 PM.
#4101LacledeCID board meeting.
8330 Watson, 63119, or by phone.
Investor-controlled CID. About 54 condos & mostly vacant commercial spaces.
10 year, 100% tax abatement.
Agenda appears incomplete; it should include public comment.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
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#4101LacledeCID board meeting.
8330 Watson, 63119, or by phone.
Investor-controlled CID. About 54 condos & mostly vacant commercial spaces.
10 year, 100% tax abatement.
Agenda appears incomplete; it should include public comment.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
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Good morning Custodians of Records. 🌞
FYI: Ghosting people who have submitted sunshine requests for government records is not acceptable.
You must follow the procedures specified in #MOsunshinelaw statutes.🌞
No exceptions!
FYI: Ghosting people who have submitted sunshine requests for government records is not acceptable.
You must follow the procedures specified in #MOsunshinelaw statutes.🌞
No exceptions!
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Good morning Custodians of Records. 🌞
FYI: Ghosting people who have submitted sunshine requests for government records is not acceptable.
You must follow the procedures specified in #MOsunshinelaw statutes.🌞
No exceptions!
FYI: Ghosting people who have submitted sunshine requests for government records is not acceptable.
You must follow the procedures specified in #MOsunshinelaw statutes.🌞
No exceptions!
The interactive map showing the percentage of households who received SNAP benefits in 2024 provides a stark illustration of the Delmar Divide.
Analysis by SLU Prof @ybytata.bsky.social
City of St. Louis neighborhood boundaries in red.
Analysis by SLU Prof @ybytata.bsky.social
City of St. Louis neighborhood boundaries in red.
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The interactive map showing the percentage of households who received SNAP benefits in 2024 provides a stark illustration of the Delmar Divide.
Analysis by SLU Prof @ybytata.bsky.social
City of St. Louis neighborhood boundaries in red.
Analysis by SLU Prof @ybytata.bsky.social
City of St. Louis neighborhood boundaries in red.
Oldest gas station west of the Mississippi?
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Oldest gas station west of the Mississippi?
Spotted on I-44 this morning.
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Spotted on I-44 this morning.
happy #BOAfriday !
Full #STLMHB BOA meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Percy Green will be honored at the start of the meeting.
I expect BBs 93, 94 & 95 will be perfected today.
The mayoral appointments to STL Mental Health Board should be referred to committee. #STLMHB
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Full #STLMHB BOA meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Percy Green will be honored at the start of the meeting.
I expect BBs 93, 94 & 95 will be perfected today.
The mayoral appointments to STL Mental Health Board should be referred to committee. #STLMHB
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
happy #BOAfriday !
Full #STLMHB BOA meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Percy Green will be honored at the start of the meeting.
I expect BBs 93, 94 & 95 will be perfected today.
The mayoral appointments to STL Mental Health Board should be referred to committee. #STLMHB
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Full #STLMHB BOA meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Percy Green will be honored at the start of the meeting.
I expect BBs 93, 94 & 95 will be perfected today.
The mayoral appointments to STL Mental Health Board should be referred to committee. #STLMHB
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Starting at 10:45 a.m. today.
City of ST. Louis CDA public hearing on Community Development Block Grant funding priorities for 2026.
Testify via Zoom.
Written comment open until 11/17/25.
Details, including Zoom 🔗
#CDAstl #CDBGstl
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
City of ST. Louis CDA public hearing on Community Development Block Grant funding priorities for 2026.
Testify via Zoom.
Written comment open until 11/17/25.
Details, including Zoom 🔗
#CDAstl #CDBGstl
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Starting at 10:45 a.m. today.
City of ST. Louis CDA public hearing on Community Development Block Grant funding priorities for 2026.
Testify via Zoom.
Written comment open until 11/17/25.
Details, including Zoom 🔗
#CDAstl #CDBGstl
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
City of ST. Louis CDA public hearing on Community Development Block Grant funding priorities for 2026.
Testify via Zoom.
Written comment open until 11/17/25.
Details, including Zoom 🔗
#CDAstl #CDBGstl
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Today marks four weeks since the first of two #developerpropaganda town hall meetings for the first data center in the #ArmoryTIF district.
Consultant Steadfast City ran the Oct. 9 & 13 meetings, which featured “subject matter experts.”
Why haven’t the promised answers been provided to attendees?
Consultant Steadfast City ran the Oct. 9 & 13 meetings, which featured “subject matter experts.”
Why haven’t the promised answers been provided to attendees?
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today marks four weeks since the first of two #developerpropaganda town hall meetings for the first data center in the #ArmoryTIF district.
Consultant Steadfast City ran the Oct. 9 & 13 meetings, which featured “subject matter experts.”
Why haven’t the promised answers been provided to attendees?
Consultant Steadfast City ran the Oct. 9 & 13 meetings, which featured “subject matter experts.”
Why haven’t the promised answers been provided to attendees?
It’s gone mighty quiet on the data center front in St. Louis city.
Rest assured, the wheels are in motion to push the proposed facility at #500Prospect through the city’s approval process.
#ArmoryTIF
#SLU353
#DeadbeatDeveloper
#EndSubsidySecrecy
Rest assured, the wheels are in motion to push the proposed facility at #500Prospect through the city’s approval process.
#ArmoryTIF
#SLU353
#DeadbeatDeveloper
#EndSubsidySecrecy
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s gone mighty quiet on the data center front in St. Louis city.
Rest assured, the wheels are in motion to push the proposed facility at #500Prospect through the city’s approval process.
#ArmoryTIF
#SLU353
#DeadbeatDeveloper
#EndSubsidySecrecy
Rest assured, the wheels are in motion to push the proposed facility at #500Prospect through the city’s approval process.
#ArmoryTIF
#SLU353
#DeadbeatDeveloper
#EndSubsidySecrecy
Correction: the tree is on the still-blighted-after-all-these-years south side of 39xx Laclede.
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Correction: the tree is on the still-blighted-after-all-these-years south side of 39xx Laclede.
Amazing autumnal color combination on 40xx Laclede.
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Amazing autumnal color combination on 40xx Laclede.
Today at 10 a.m.
#STLBOA Budget Committee.
Public Hearing on BBs 93,94 & 95.
Appropriations for impacted tenants fund, shelter & #STLtornado
Funding sources inc. Rams $.
#BOAres136 Retirement funds investments.
Testify: in-person/Zoom/written comment.
Details👇
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#STLBOA Budget Committee.
Public Hearing on BBs 93,94 & 95.
Appropriations for impacted tenants fund, shelter & #STLtornado
Funding sources inc. Rams $.
#BOAres136 Retirement funds investments.
Testify: in-person/Zoom/written comment.
Details👇
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Today at 10 a.m.
#STLBOA Budget Committee.
Public Hearing on BBs 93,94 & 95.
Appropriations for impacted tenants fund, shelter & #STLtornado
Funding sources inc. Rams $.
#BOAres136 Retirement funds investments.
Testify: in-person/Zoom/written comment.
Details👇
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#STLBOA Budget Committee.
Public Hearing on BBs 93,94 & 95.
Appropriations for impacted tenants fund, shelter & #STLtornado
Funding sources inc. Rams $.
#BOAres136 Retirement funds investments.
Testify: in-person/Zoom/written comment.
Details👇
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m.
St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee meeting.
Testify at city hall or Zoom.
➡️ Discussion of the City's ARPA funding & expenditures
➡️ Public Hearing on #BOAbb55 & #BOAbb58
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
See ALTs for info, inc. 🔗 to #LCRAstl video for DeSales project.
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St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee meeting.
Testify at city hall or Zoom.
➡️ Discussion of the City's ARPA funding & expenditures
➡️ Public Hearing on #BOAbb55 & #BOAbb58
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
See ALTs for info, inc. 🔗 to #LCRAstl video for DeSales project.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 11 a.m.
St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee meeting.
Testify at city hall or Zoom.
➡️ Discussion of the City's ARPA funding & expenditures
➡️ Public Hearing on #BOAbb55 & #BOAbb58
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
See ALTs for info, inc. 🔗 to #LCRAstl video for DeSales project.
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St. Louis BOA #HUDZ Committee meeting.
Testify at city hall or Zoom.
➡️ Discussion of the City's ARPA funding & expenditures
➡️ Public Hearing on #BOAbb55 & #BOAbb58
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
See ALTs for info, inc. 🔗 to #LCRAstl video for DeSales project.
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Excellent use of existing foundation & some old lumber on this quasi-infill home in TGS.
cc @stlrainbow.bsky.social
cc @stlrainbow.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Excellent use of existing foundation & some old lumber on this quasi-infill home in TGS.
cc @stlrainbow.bsky.social
cc @stlrainbow.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“It’s much easier, & way less costly, to get 8 aldermen to vote to overturn the ordinance, & then just 2 more aldermen to vote to allow the sale. This is the reality we now live in in the City of St. Louis. Developers reign. Voters, backed by the law enshrined in the City Charter, can get bent”
November 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
“It’s much easier, & way less costly, to get 8 aldermen to vote to overturn the ordinance, & then just 2 more aldermen to vote to allow the sale. This is the reality we now live in in the City of St. Louis. Developers reign. Voters, backed by the law enshrined in the City Charter, can get bent”
👋 CORRECTION to the vote tally for #BOAbb82 in the quoted post in my 🧵 from today’s BOA meeting:
I botched the list of alders who voted no. I regret the error.
Correct list of alders who voted no:
Alders 1, 9, 12, 13 & PBOA.
🔗 to vote result:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...
#BOAhalloweenheist
I botched the list of alders who voted no. I regret the error.
Correct list of alders who voted no:
Alders 1, 9, 12, 13 & PBOA.
🔗 to vote result:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...
#BOAhalloweenheist
November 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
👋 CORRECTION to the vote tally for #BOAbb82 in the quoted post in my 🧵 from today’s BOA meeting:
I botched the list of alders who voted no. I regret the error.
Correct list of alders who voted no:
Alders 1, 9, 12, 13 & PBOA.
🔗 to vote result:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...
#BOAhalloweenheist
I botched the list of alders who voted no. I regret the error.
Correct list of alders who voted no:
Alders 1, 9, 12, 13 & PBOA.
🔗 to vote result:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/c...
#BOAhalloweenheist