It would take dedicated research to calculate the cumulative annual💰spent on #privatepolicingSTL by local #TaxingDistrictsSTL*
Throw in an estimate of the cost to the *LTDs of administering the security contracts & you’d have a ballpark figure for a shadow policing budget in the City of St. Louis.
The Rudman Bldg at #1228Washington is located within the boundaries of the #1225WashingtonCID (1% sales tax)
Sean & Seamus McGowan are listed as board members.
The ArcGIS taxing district map isn't functioning, so it's not easy to confirm what other #taxingdistrictsSTL include the Rudman property.
💯 agreed. Meetings of all SLDC boards should be live-streamed on Youtube, as is the case for the BOA.
SLDC has betrayed the public trust by failing to update its 2017 analysis of the Jefferson Arms project. The analysis should include all #taxingdistrictsSTL sought by the developer.
#JeffArmsPID
Calling Soulardians!
Check out how your tax dollars are being spent by the #SoulardCID & #SoulardSBD boards of directors.
Board members don't appear to want neighborhood residents to attend their meetings. What are they hiding?
Agendas include public comment.
#TaxingDistrictsSTL #opaCITYstl
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🚨 Register A.S.A.P!
The deadline for speaker registration is 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13.
To register to testify at the public hearing, contact Janet Harris at harrisjan@stlouis-mo.gov or by telephone at 314-657-3795, or 314-589-6000 (TTY)
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
#LetYourVoiceBeHeard
#JeffArmsPID
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Today’s meetings of the two Soulard taxing districts are mired by opacity.
Details in this 🧵 on the #SoulardCID & #SoulardSBD by @stateofstlouis.bsky.social 👇
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
The Board of Aldermen & mayor are poised to approve the #JeffArmsCID ( #BOAbb19 ) & TDD, installing Alterra’s “Execution Team” as the majority of the boards.
The districts will operate for the maximum time allowed by MO statute: 27 years.
#JeffArmsTIF
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Most Local Taxing Districts in the City of St. Louis struggle with operating transparently & following local & state laws.
Case in point: The #SoulardSBD & #SoulardCID
Both districts are meeting this evening.
If you live/work/play in Soulard, make a plan to attend a meeting soon.
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
At the #BOAbb44 hearing, did anyone address the rampant flouting of the sunshine law by multiple local taxing districts, which are government bodies?
The BOA has shown no appetite to regulate the #TaxingdistrictsSTL
Did SLDC staff speak at #HUDZ?
Thx for watching!
The likelihood of reform to secondary employment for SLMPD personnel is remote.
As the BOA continues to approve the creation of #taxingdistrictsSTL, inequitable policing will increase.
The number of SLMPD officers working secondary for firms such as Campbell & TCF could be in the hundreds.
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Today at 11 a.m.!
Let your voice be heard at #HUDZ
#JeffArmsCID
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
#BOABB19
Since spring 2022, at least three neighborhood taxing districts have been created* in the City of St. Louis and an existing district expanded.**
* Holly Hills SBD; St. Louis Hills SBD; Downtown North CID (the DT North CID is essentially controlled by developers)
** Soulard CID
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Day 4 of #SunshineWeek
I've lost track of the number of sunshine violations.
#DutchtownCID
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
🚨 the #4101LacledeCID board meets Monday, 3/17 at 10:30 a.m. In-person & via phone.
The #4101Laclede project received a 10 year tax abatement, coupled with the creation of a developer/investor-controlled CID.
No agenda posted.
#TaxingDistrictsSTL #SunshineWeek
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www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
The bidding war in the STL policing world continues:
Private policing contractor “The City’s Finest” raised its rate for armed officers to $85/hr in January.
Image is from TCF’s letter to Neighborhood Security Initiative.
News from @stateofstlouis.bsky.social who covers #TaxingDistrictsSTL
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Agreed on the transparency fails by many #TaxingDistrictsSTL
I suspect the #GroveCID Marketing Committee is not meeting today.
If you have any information regarding this meeting, please share.
Thanks!
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Today at 2:30 p.m. Loughborough Commons CID meeting.
In-person at the Carondelet Park Rec Complex or via telephone.
Details👇
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Today! The #HUDZ Public Hearing on #BOAbb52, to create the Delmar/Fountain Park CID.
Alders need to ask how much the CID will pay annually into the #KingswayTIF fund. Developer Kevin Bryant is listed as a board member of the CID in the petition, which is included in BB 52.
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Wow, two years and so little progress.
#TaxingDistrictsSTL
Notice for today's 3 p.m. #PIEAstl meeting:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#DeadbeatDeveloper GreenStreet controls at least 6 taxing districts.
The Carrie Ave CID includes the 5401 W. 3rd property in today's Resolution 24-PIEA-499.
Map of #TaxingDistrictsSTL: tinyurl.com/2rpwzsch
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