Yesterday’s News 📰 - Today’s Events 📆 - Tomorrow’s Topics 🗣

Events 📆

• Conditional Use Hearing
• more 📆

Open tomorrow 11:30-8:00. Pickup, delivery, or dine in. https://t.co/K1kEet6mPw pic.twitter.com/S3bRnJAF5b

— Mayo Ketchup Stl (@MayoKetchupStl) December 24, 2020

BuySTL 👜

• This vintage toy shop is like stepping back in time - KSDK
• In St. Louis, Naked Spirits is making a name for itself with rum - feastmagazine.com

Our shirts are in just in time for Christmas!!! Stop by and grab a shirt, rub, and a bite 😁
Order online at https://t.co/MJWuQAxWMF
And pick up at restaurant#turtle #stlfoodscene #sistercitiesgiftcard #turtleinthefront #shoplocal #supportlocal #smallbusiness #dryrub pic.twitter.com/vNDu1x2n1P

— Sister Cities Cajun (@SisterCitiesSTL) December 23, 2020

Restaurants 🍲

• St. Louis County to release reopening plan next week for indoor dining in restaurants - stltoday.com
• Restaurants Brace for Tough Winter After Congress Spurns Cash Grants - WSJ

Well Just had a giant Asshole make a huge scene in the restaurant because all my employees ask him to put a mask on and apparently on the way out used a racial slur toward one of my employees
FYI I was told this after it happened because if I was out there we’d been going at it

— Andy Karandzieff (@kzieff) December 23, 2020

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Missouri may see nearly 65,000 fewer COVID vaccine doses through the end of year - Missouri Independent
• ‘You just deliver’: Missouri pharmacies pour energy into preparations for COVID vaccine - Missouri Independent

My #Missouri #COVID19 tracking site has been fully updated for Wednesday, 12/23 - https://t.co/hLtVxFPKNo.

Our 7-day averages of new cases statewide and in all three regions dropped yet again yesterday, including a substantial decline in #StLouis. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/fi4LKCyveT

— Chris Prener (@chrisprener) December 24, 2020

STLhelp ☎️

• City Hope St. Louis opens restaurant, car wash where homeless can gain job experience - stltoday.com
• Mathews-Dickey, Boys & Girls Clubs to merge - KSDK

📄 Jobs

• Administrative Assistant I (🔅 Sunshine Law)- City of Saint Louis : Jobs
• Airport Assistant Director Planning and Engineering - City of Saint Louis : Jobs
• Lifeguard Supervisor - City of Saint Louis : Jobs

TWO kimonos? In THIS economy?

— AreaMantis🎃, but make it spooky (@AreaMantis) December 23, 2020

STL99 😱

• Florissant residents horrified after vicious dogs attack neighbors - FOX 2
• ‘She was a bloody mess’ | Pack of dogs viciously attack four women in Florissant - KSDK
• Eviction looms for millions, despite new federal aid package - stltoday.com
• In pandemic America’s tent cities, a grim future grows darker - stltoday.com
• Amazon driver doubling as serial porch pirate charged in St. Charles County - KSDK

Think you had a bad tweet once? You have no idea pic.twitter.com/7rYJFrj1C0

— Thanks For Sharing Jerk (@Thx4SharingJerk) December 23, 2020

H4BP4W

• Ameren purchases wind farm in northeastern Missouri - The Big 550 KTRS
• Ameren takes ownership of newly built wind farm in northern Missouri — the state’s largest - stltoday.com
• BioSTL wins $3 million grant for new Pandemic Resiliency center - stltoday.com
• BioSTL earns $2.96 million in Cares Act grant to launch new Pandemic Resiliency Center - KSDK

Surveillance 👁‍🗨

• Powerful Cellphone Surveillance Tool Operates in Obscurity - The Intercept

Have you registered to speak at the Board of Aldermen's public hearing on 1/5/21 for the contract to bring the #AerialSurveillance program to STL? Starts at 1 p.m.
Meeting notice, speaker registration & #BB200 https://t.co/vgNzdpxecF @aclu_mo #SpyPlane #LetYourVoiceBeHeard pic.twitter.com/VPETXLzqQH

— Sounds the Alarm in Silver Bullet City of St Louis (@GConnolly314) December 22, 2020

Police 🚓

• St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Administrative Review - 📄 stlouist.com
• Report finds St. Louis police lack cohesion, officers have adopted ‘fire-fighting’ mentality - stlamerican.com - RSS Results
• Study proposes changes in city police - MetroSTL.com

Shuffling problematic police officers between departments of the #StLouis area - the notorious Muni Shuffle - is highlighted in this write-up by @PhotosByCooper. How long before officials address this issue appropriately with accountability and transparency? https://t.co/7EAf7uOWbU

— Beth W (@neuralpilot) December 24, 2020

LocalGov 🏛

• 2020 CAFR - 📄 stlouist.com
• City of St. Louis 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report now available - City of St. Louis - News
• Chesterfield Councilman Banned From Best Buy for Not Wearing Mask - News Blog, Riverfront Times
• Chesterfield mayor apologizes on behalf of city councilman who refused to follow COVID protocol - FOX 2
• Standoff: Two St. Louis County council members each want the other sidelined during ethics hearings - stltoday.com

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri Supreme Court flushes sales tax case of Springfield potty provider - Missouri Independent
• Missouri disaster agency head gets full-time appointment - stltoday.com
• Gardner appeals judge’s decision to disqualify her from Mark McCloskey case - KSDK
• Parson’s PardonsGovDelivery

"Our government may at some time be in the hands of a bad man. When in the hands of a good man it is all well enough... we ought to have our government so shaped that even when in the hands of a bad man we shall be safe."
- Frederick Douglass, 1867

— David W. Blight (@davidwblight1) December 23, 2020

FedGov 🏛

• Trump pardons former campaign chairman Paul Manafort - FOX 2
• Trump’s COVID bill delay leaves millions of desperate Americans in limbo - stltoday.com

The great @aviswanatha notes: Manafort in his plea deal agreed to forfeit 3 properties worth $10M, funds in 3 bank accounts & a life insurance policy.

The pardon will wipe that, effectively forcing the govt to write him a check for millions of dollars. https://t.co/5iDVpeJGtG

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) December 24, 2020