Tagged: City of St. Louis

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Animal control
3:56 pm
Fri October 28, 2011

Animal shelter money appears headed for another political showdown

Credit (Johanna Mayer/St. Louis Public Radio)
Money to help Stray Rescue finish its shelter appears headed for another political showdown with a resolution introduced today at the Board of Aldermen

Accusations of political gamesmanship are flying today after the introduction of a new St. Louis Board of Aldermen resolution giving about $255,000 to the non-profit animal rescue organization Stray Rescue.

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Jail break review
5:13 pm
Wed September 21, 2011

St. Louis aldermen: jail security problems make us look like a joke

Credit (St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department)
Lorenzo Pollard, pictured here, is the sixth inmate to escape from a city jail in 15 months. On Wednesday, the city's public safety committee called security conditions at the jail a "joke"

Four jail breaks in 15 months make the city of St. Louis look like a joke.

That was the general consensus of members of the Public Safety committee  on Wednesday following two hours of testimony on the rash of escapes.

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