⏳ STLduJour(nal) - Jan 20 2021 AM Edition

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

Events 📆

• Board of Adjustment
• Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee Meeting
• SOHA Mayoral Q&A Sessions (Wednesday, January 20, 2021)
• Mayoral Debates/Forums This Week - 7TH WARD ST LOUIS
• Soulard Mardi Gras is running low on Cajun Cook-Off at Home Boxes - FOX 2
• TGSNA General Meeting - Tower Grove South Neighborhood Association
• more 📆

Can you dig it?? You can catch our original gig as house rockers on The Muppet Show in the five season set on @DisneyPlus starting February 19! Be there or be square! pic.twitter.com/Iwvr1kUxev

— Electric Mayhem (@ElectricMayhem) January 19, 2021

BuySTL 👜

• In search of St. Louis’ best bagels on National Bagel Day - St. Louis Magazine
• MidAmerica Airport, ‘fortunate’ amid the pandemic, eyes Boeing development - St. Louis Business Journal
• Dierbergs to sell its pharmacy operations to Mercy - St. Louis Business Journal
• Mercy takes over 22 pharmacies in Dierbergs grocery stores - stltoday.com

STL entrepreneurial support organizations, get your applications in! cc: @BioSTL @wepower_stl @itenstl @CET_STL @DowntownTREX @CortexSTL @launchcode @ArchGrants @VentureCafeSTL @venture4america @StlEquity @greaterstlinc @STLPartnership https://t.co/qhs79P4v69

— Matt Menietti (@MattMenietti) January 19, 2021

Restaurants 🍲

• K-Bop Featured in St. Louis Magazine - Visit The Loop
• Mission Taco Joint Launches Ghost Kitchen of Milagro Modern Mexican Favorites - Riverfront Times
• Matt Ratz of UKRAFT Pushes Through Pandemic With New Downtown Location - Riverfront Times
• Have A Cow - New Restaurant and Storefront Opening in the Gate District - St. Louis City Talk
• Downtown Restaurants with Drinks To-Go - Downtown STL

Thank you so much @kaseyqcarlson and @feastmag for this wonderful tribute to Mike. He was proud to appear in your pages & videos so many times. Big love @SugarFireSmoke + @saltandsmokebbq ❤️ https://t.co/mKT81cT4yO

— Amy Mills (@17thstreetbbq) January 19, 2021

Covid19 Info 🦠

• Early January COVID-19 Round-up - 1/15/21 - River City Data
• First responders, anyone over 65, those with certain conditions to start receiving COVID vaccine in Missouri - Missouri Independent
• Parson announces second phase of virus vaccinations, for those 65 and older, or with pre-existing conditions - stltoday.com
• Regional coronavirus numbers fall, despite soaring national toll - stltoday.com
• Basic supply and demand problem in Missouri vaccination effort against COVID-19 - FOX 2
• SIU researchers identify new variant of the coronavirus unique to the U.S., could spread more easily - stltoday.com
• SIU researchers discover new COVID-19 variant - FOX 2

This is my #Missouri #COVID19 evening update 🧵 for Tuesday, 1/19. My website has been fully updated - https://t.co/hLtVxFPKNo.

We’ve seen continued decreases in the 7-day averages across the board yesterday - both statewide and in all three meso regions. 1/16 pic.twitter.com/K2Fk5AV1HO

— Chris Prener (@chrisprener) January 20, 2021

STLhelp ☎️

• St. Louis-area hospitals roll out COVID-19 vaccine registration - stltoday.com
• Treating mild COVID-19 at home: What you should eat, drink, and monitor - St. Louis Magazine

"All five original seasons!?" "I don't recall anything ORIGINAL about 'em!" pic.twitter.com/wi0reiAG0l

— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) January 19, 2021

SunshineSTL 🔅

Development puzzle: why is @STLCityGov shown as the owner on @AssessorStL for 1320 Market? Former Muni Courts building.
ROD database doesn't show a transfer of title since the City transferred ownership to Vertical Realty Advisors.
No tax bill for 2020. BTO 2019: $164,282 pic.twitter.com/JPufap3hDU

— Sounds the Alarm in Silver Bullet City of St Louis (@GConnolly314) January 20, 2021

STL99 😱

• Aerial surveillance contract faces more roadblocks in St. Louis - Missouri Independent
• Requiring St. Louis mayor to contract with surveillance plane company would violate charter, city’s lawyer says - stltoday.com
• Glitch shuts down Ameren Missouri’s Callaway Energy Center - FOX 2
• Defiance of virus dining bans grows as restaurants flounder - Startup Missouri
• The newest way to dine outdoors during Missouri’s coldest months? Igloos - feastmagazine.com - RSS Results in st-louis of type article
• Your online data is being turned into a digital mugshot and is being sold - FOX 2

Sponsor of controversial “spy plane” measure says he’s agreed to changes sought by St. Louis mayor, signaling she may sign his bill, if passed. Meanwhile, two mayoral candidates sharply criticize the proposal. https://t.co/IJxqw1Sa4B by @markschlinkmann pic.twitter.com/TMdS1QXSkv

— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) January 19, 2021

STL100 💯

• Steve’s Hot Dogs to donate profits to Crown Candy after COVID temporarily shuts their doors - FOX 2
• St. Louis native Sauerbrunn named USWNT captain - KSDK - Local
• St. Louis sports legend Yogi Berra to be featured on new stamp - KSDK - Local

You know it’s St. Louis when you get @CrownCandy dogs from @steveshotdogs for your staff and run into Stuart from @EarthboundBeer there. Support local! pic.twitter.com/UJqCIg7qQg

— Plantain Girl (Mandy Estrella) (@Plantaingirlstl) January 19, 2021

History

• Memories of Mississippi Nights: 14 years ago it turned out the lights for good - stltoday.com

So many great memories. Still sad this place is gone. https://t.co/Ud6vbiGjoz

— Carrie Z (@velo_city) January 19, 2021

Police 🚓

• St. Louis County police launch new unit aimed at officer well-being, mental health - stltoday.com
• Maplewood council and police may not agree on Blue Lives Matter reference - 40 South News

It wasn't just the in-custody deaths or police killings tracked in the report, but also the officers who were involved. https://t.co/JPivRJANDL

— Riverfront Times (@RiverfrontTimes) January 20, 2021

Marijuana

• Probe of Missouri’s troubled medical marijuana program may resume, new committee head says - stltoday.com
• Illinois collects $62M in cannabis revenue for neighborhoods - FOX 2
• St. Louis company opens first of two marijuana manufacturing facilities - KSDK - Local

The eternal question pic.twitter.com/vkRn9zQnfv

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) January 19, 2021

Neighborhoods

• Dutchtown CID 2020 Annual Report - Dutchtown CID
• 17th Annual Post on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in St. Louis - UrbanReview | ST LOUIS

You'll regret supporting Biden's "domestic terrorist policies" when President Cotton starts using them against you.

— Frankenkarl Hicks (@wickerman2kl) January 20, 2021

Education

• AFT St. Louis Local 420 reaches tentative agreement with St. Louis Public Schools - The Labor Tribune
• St. Louis teachers union AFT 420 approves contract with St. Louis Public Schools - The Labor Tribune
• Candidates file to run for three open seats on St. Louis Public Schools board - stltoday.com
• School choice proponents galvanized by remote learning struggles speak out at committee hearing - stltoday.com

The complete lack of education policy in city government was one of the most surprising things in a long list of surprises when I was in the Mayors Office. The education system is every city’s foundation. https://t.co/A6yc5KQgUg

— Cristina Garmendia (@howigetmynews) January 19, 2021

LocalGov 🏛

• In-person absentee voting begins Tuesday for St. Louis primary - stltoday.com
• St. Louis aldermanic panel advances bill to put workhouse on April 6 ballot - stltoday.com
• Tyus forces aldermen to review tax-break bills more closely - MetroSTL.com
• Messenger: County leadership dispute will be settled in two arenas, one legal, one political - stltoday.com
• Four of seven St. Louis County Council members say they will meet Friday to pick new chair and vice chair - stltoday.com

Also Missouri: #StLouis has homicide rates higher than at any point since the Second World War, higher than any other large city in the United States, and comparable to some of the most violent cities in the world. But sure, let’s make it even harder to take guns of the street. https://t.co/DSiqP745j9

— Chris Prener (@chrisprener) January 20, 2021

MoGov 🏛

• Missouri GOP push bill to discipline officers who ‘infringe’ on Second Amendment rights - Missouri Independent
• On the eve of the presidential inauguration, GOP lawmakers relaunch effort to nullify federal gun laws in Missouri - stltoday.com
• COVID cases force shutdown of Missouri House - Missouri Independent
• COVID-19 spread in Capitol shuts down Missouri House - stltoday.com
• Missouri Senate launches new bid to make it harder to sue over COVID-19 - stltoday.com

He is a loathsome human being. This video is filled with lies, but this is the most disgusting one. https://t.co/PJpPtlAT2Q pic.twitter.com/xCwg89hzSU

— Roy Temple (@roytemple) January 20, 2021

FedGov 🏛

• Joe Biden to Propose 8-year Citizenship Path for Immigrants - The Big 550 KTRS
• Josh Hawley will delay Senate confirmation of Biden’s pick for Homeland Security - Missouri Independent
• Alleged white supremacist arrested after ankle monitor puts him at Capitol riot - FOX 2

NEW: In his final minutes in office, President Trump reverses a “drain the swamp” campaign promise, rescinding an executive order that prohibited White House staff from lobbying for 5 years after leaving the administration. pic.twitter.com/EpjmRVqypf

— Nicole Sganga (@NicoleSganga) January 20, 2021