Tag: St. Louis

This Week in Gardening & Nature

Photo of four dwarf canna plants growing indoors in a clay pot. They look like corn stalks.

St. Louis City residents have until January 9th to recycle holiday trees at three locations.

Neighboring counties tree recycling and other holiday recycling info.

Gardening by Month- January. Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems from Missouri Botanical Garden

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

4 pm Tuesday Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Noon Wednesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Bloomers- Witch Hazel. Register

4 pm Wednesday Grow Native Missouri Zoom Master Class: Landscaping with Native Wetland Plants. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation members and Grow Native! professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

6:30 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Sunrise Hike to Watch for Eagles at the Confluence. 12 Tickets remaining. Register

9 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Dresser Island Hike. Register

6 pm Jan 12th Seed St. Louis Webinar Seed Starting. Register

6 pm Jan 13th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Wetland Birds. Register

10:30 am Jan 14th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Biodiversity in Your Backyard. Register

Jan 15th Deadline for Ordering Online from Seed St. Louis Annual Seed Packet Sale: $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st

Jan 15th Application Deadline. Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Noon Jan 18th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Wonderful Woodpeckers. Register

4 pm Jan 18th Grow Native! Online Master Class: Gardening on the Shady Side. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation ie members and Grow Native! professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

Noon Jan 19th Deep Roots Kansas City’s Virtual Event: Native Plants at Noon. Register

7 pm Jan 22nd Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: An Evening with Raptors. Register

4 pm Jan 23rd Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Homemade Suet Bird Feeders. Register

6 pm Jan 26th Seed St. Louis Webinar: Tree Saps & Syrups. Register

Feb 11th Eagle Days at Audubon Center at Riverlands, West Alton (Not Chain of Rocks Bridge). Register

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

Check Out The New Ward Profiles

All fourteen new wards in St. Louis City are now profiled here.

Each Ward Profile includes

  • 2023 Alder Candidates Filed to Date
  • Alders Not Running for Alder in 2023
  • Other Public Officials (Citywide and Missouri Senate and House)
  • Current Democratic Party and Republican Party Committeepeople

Most will provide

  • neighborhood of residence
  • residence tax abatement or tax exemption status
  • occupation
  • party offices held
  • other elected offices sought/held
  • history of serving as treasurer for other campaigns
  • political genealogy (who they are related to, research on going)
  • campaign finance information- amount raised, spent, on hand, and debt- for at least October 2022 to present
  • info on their treasurer
Old photo of Board of Aldermen Chambers, St. Louis

There are also current Ward Committees with their campaign finance information for at least October 2022 to present and info on their treasurer.

New Ward Committees will eventually for formed and added to each ward.

You’ll find a link on the ward map graphic to the City’s letter size ward map download. If you want a big wall size ward map, contact the Election Board.

Future updates will include adding School Board Members and Libertarian Party Committeepeople, filling in some information here and there, rechecking the Secretary of State’s database for business connections, and more campaign finance information as it becomes available.

This Week in Gardening & Nature

Photo of red Anthurium houseplant

Holiday/Christmas Cactus tips from P. Allen Smith

Want to attract birds to your yard but not invasive Starlings? Here are some ideas.

Thru Friday Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

Cabin Fever Cure in St. Louis. Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a tropical getaway during winter (or any time). MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Jan 15th Deadline for Ordering Online from Seed St. Louis Annual Seed Packet Sale: $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st

Jan 15th Application Deadline. Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

9 am Tuesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Backyard Bird Watching. Register

4 pm Saturday Missouri Conservation Dept special event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: New Year’s Eve Walk to the Confluence. 11 Tickets remaining. Register

4 pm Jan 3rd Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Noon Jan 4th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Bloomers- Witch Hazel. Register

4 pm Jan 4th Grow Native Missouri Zoom Master Class: Landscaping with Native Wetland Plants. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation members and Grow Native! professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

6:30 am Jan 7th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Sunrise Hike to Watch for Eagles at the Confluence. 12 Tickets remaining. Register

9 am Jan 7th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Dresser Island Hike. Register

6 pm Jan 12th Seed St. Louis Webinar Seed Starting. Register

6 pm Jan 13th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Wetland Birds. Register

10:30 am Jan 14th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Biodiversity in Your Backyard. Register

Noon Jan 18th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Wonderful Woodpeckers. Register

4 pm Jan 18th Grow Native! Online Master Class: Gardening on the Shady Side. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation ie members and Grow Native! professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

Noon Jan 19th Deep Roots Kansas City’s Virtual Event: Native Plants at Noon. Register

7 pm Jan 22nd Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: An Evening with Raptors. Register

4 pm Jan 23rd Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Homemade Suet Bird Feeders. Register

6 pm Jan 26th Seed St. Louis Webinar: Tree Saps & Syrups. Register

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

This Week in Gardening & Nature

white Kalanchoe blooms with green leaves

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Jan 21st

Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Jan 15th Application Deadline for Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

Looking for something to do outdoors over the holidays? Visit Brightside St. Louis Demonstration Garden

6:30 pm Tuesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Missouri’s Prairie Communities. Register

11 am Wednesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Feeding the Birds. Register

4 pm Wednesday Grow Native Missouri Webinar: Restoring Home: The Journey Back to Native. Register

9 am Dec 27th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Backyard Bird Watching. Register

4 pm Dec 31st Missouri Conservation Dept special event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: New Year’s Eve Walk to the Confluence. 11 Tickets remaining. Register

4 pm Jan 3rd Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Noon Jan 4th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Bloomers- Witch Hazel. Register

4 pm Jan 4th Grow Native Missouri Zoom Master Class: Landscaping with Native Wetland Plants. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation members and Grow Native! professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

6:30 am Jan 7th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Sunrise Hike to Watch for Eagles at the Confluence. 12 Tickets remaining. Register

9 am Jan 7th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Dresser Island Hike. Register

6 pm Jan 12th Seed St. Louis Webinar Seed Starting. Register

6 pm Jan 13th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Wetland Birds. Register

10:30 am Jan 14th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Biodiversity in Your Backyard. Register

Noon Jan 18th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Wonderful Woodpeckers. Register

Noon Jan 19th Deep Roots Kansas City’s Virtual Event: Native Plants at Noon. Register

4 pm Jan 23rd Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Homemade Suet Bird Feeders. Register

6 pm Jan 26th Seed St. Louis Webinar: Tree Saps & Syrups. Register

7 pm Jan 22nd Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: An Evening with Raptors. Register

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

2851 Indiana

Something about the address 2851 Indiana in St. Louis City seemed familiar when I saw the real estate ad. I joked about the bright yellow and blue interior paint on Twitter, but there was something else about the address.

Then I remembered. I did some research on the Tietjens Family years ago. This was one of their homes.

Henry B. Tietjens was born in 1876 in St. Louis City to German immigrants. He served in the Spanish-American War in 1st Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry. He worked in various occupations including wholesale meats.

He first married Martha Garringer, a German immigrant sixteen years younger than him. To them was born Albert around 1917.

Martha had surgery for breast cancer in 1930 and gave birth to Martha Lou a year later. The breast cancer came back and she died in 1935.

Henry then married Leota Silverling, twelve years younger than him. She lived with Henry, her two stepchildren, and their maternal grandfather at the Indiana home.

Later, Henry and Leota moved to 4052 Shenandoah. He died at age 79 in 1956 from prostate cancer and is buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. She died in 1960 at age 71 from diabetes, also buried at Jefferson Barracks.

This Week in Gardening & Nature

Photo of African Violets in tea cup and saucer planter. Flowers are purple and white purple accents

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Dec 17th or Jan 21

Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Jan 15th Application Deadline for Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Know what are Silva Cells?

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

1:30 pm Tuesday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

10 am Wednesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Program: Attracting and ID Winter Birds. Register

Noon Thursday Deep Roots Kansas City virtual event: Native Plants at Noon on the Road with Missouri Conservation Dept. Register

4 pm Friday Missouri Conservation Dept events at Tower Grove Park
Discovering Night Walk. Might see owls. 18 Tickets remaining. Register
Family Craft Night @ Stupp Center. 21 Tickets remaining. Register

9:30 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Area, Kirkwood: Breakfast with the Birds. Only 4 Tickets remaining. Register

6:30 pm Dec 20th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Missouri’s Prairie Communities. Register

11 am Dec 21st Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Feeding the Birds. Register

4 pm Dec 21st Grow Native Missouri Webinar: Restoring Home: The Journey Back to Native. Register

9 am Dec 27th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Event: Winter Backyard Bird Watching. Register

4 pm Dec 31st Missouri Conservation Dept special event at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: New Year’s Eve Walk to the Confluence. 12 Tickets remaining. Register

4 pm Jan 3rd Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

6 pm Jan 12th Seed St. Louis Webinar Seed Starting. Register

6 pm Jan 26th Seed St. Louis Webinar: Tree Saps & Syrups. Register

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

Don’t Fall for the Full-Time Alder Scam

I previously wrote about legislation to increase salaries of St. Louis City Alders to $72,000 without requiring them to devote all their time to their public office.

Now there’s an effort to amend the City Charter to make Alders full-time City employees. The problem is Alder Joe Vaccaros’ Board Bill 126 is one of two things- completely meaningless or a nightmare for courts to sort out. In either case, Alders should start over.

Vaccaro’s proposed Charter amendment doesn’t define what full-time employee means, reference current City Personnel Department language, or link to State or Federal law. He leaves it up to each person to decide for themselves what full-time means and, apparently, then litigate it to death.

Is Vaccaro proposing an honor system where each Alder says they worked x-number of hours?

Is Vaccaro suggesting that after voters passed this terribly flawed amendment that Alders would figure out some kind of report your hours to Board Clerk system.? The Board Clerk is a Board patronage employee, so there are all sort of conflicts of interest to this self-regulating full-time employee charade.

Do many or even most Alders put in forty hours a week or more? Absolutely.

Would it be a good thing to properly compensate elected officials who devote themselves to public service? Absolutely.

But this bill does not do that. Vaccaro’s proposal treats Alders who devote all their time to being an Alder and Alders who are bank vice presidents, attorneys, public relations consultants, business owners, landlords, etc. the same. See list, a work in progress, below.

There is a better way, a charter amendment that makes Alders and Board President devote all their time to the elected job, same as Charter requires the Mayor:  “The mayor shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office.”

A huge bonus to requiring full devotion to the job is that it will remove conflicts of interests such as the ones posed by Jack Coatar being an Alder and working for Spencer Fane.

The proposed pay hike for Alders should be contingent on passage of a charter amendment requiring Alders to devote all their time to public service.

Make your voice heard to your Alder and the Committee hearing Vaccaro’s legislation.

New 1st Ward
Current 12th Ward Alder Bill Stephens: former librarian
Candidate and Current 13th Ward Alder Anne Schweitzer: campaign consultant at Public Eye
Candidate for 1st Ward Alder Matt E. Kotraba:
Candidate for 1st Ward Alder Tony Kirchner: deputy sheriff

New 2nd Ward
Current 14th Ward Alder Carol Howard- former school principal
Current 16th Ward Alder Tom Oldenburg: vice president for Community Development |at US Bancorp Community Development Corp
Candidate for 2nd Ward Alder Phill Menendez: ceo of JTEKE LLC- manufacturer of the U-Stripe It & Design Tool; owner of La Casa Developer’s; account exec at Blue Line Technology facial recognition; retired Detective Sergeant from St. Louis Police Dept

New 3rd Ward
Current 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe: current or former director of Data & Research at Missouri Jobs With Justice
Former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin: lobbyist
Current 25th Ward Alder Shane Cohn: owner of 4664 Tennessee LLC investment and redevelopment of real estate

New 4th Ward
Current 23rd Ward Alder Joe Vaccaro: former car wash owner
Current 24th Ward Alder Bret Narayan: attorney, private practice

New 5th Ward
Current 10th Ward Alder & Acting Board President Joseph Vollmer: owner of Milo’s Bocce Garden; co-owner TLJ Investments (funeral home); owner of TLSJ (commercial real estate); landlord
Candidate for 5th Ward Alder Helen Petty: owner of The Chop Shop, stylist

New 6th Ward
Current 8th Ward Alder Annie Rice: attorney at Khazaeli Wyrsch Stock until 2021
Current 15th Ward Alder Megan Ellyia Green: adjunct professor at Washington University
Candidate for 6th Ward Alder Daniela Velázquez:(vice president for Corporate Reputation at FleishmanHillard; owner of Mavend Media LLC; former Senior Public Relations Strategist at Elasticity; former communications director at Missouri ACLU

New 7th Ward
Current 6th Ward Alder Christine Ingrassia: paddle guide for Big Muddy Adventures
Candidate for 7th Ward Alder Alisha Sonnier: mental health advocate at Cigna
Candidate for 7th Ward Alder Jon-Pierre Mitchom: director of Equity and Inclusion at STL Priory School

New 8th Ward
Current 7th Ward Alder Jack Coatar: attorney at Spencer Fane’s Litigation, Governmental Affairs, and Real Estate Practice 
Current 9th Ward Alder Dan Guenther: former Monarch Community Liaison at Office of Sustainability
Current 20th Ward Alder Cara Spencer: senior vice president for Community and Economic Development at St. Louis Bank
Candidate for 8th Ward Alder Shedrick “Nato Caliph” Kelley: owner of Cipher Music Group; co-owner Kelley Dispatch & Logistics

New 9th Ward
Current 17th Ward Alder Tina Pihl: landlord
Current 28th Ward Alder Michael Gras: attorney at Davis & Gras
Candidate for 9th Ward Alder Michael Browning: senior grant specialist at Washington University School of Medicine; 

New 10th Ward
Current 26th Ward Alder Shameem Clark Hubbard: former salon owner

New 11th Ward
Current 19th Ward Alder Marlene Davis:
Current 21st Ward Alder Laura Keys: clinical data coordinator at Biomedical Systems; landlord

New 12th Ward
Current 1st Ward Alder Sharon Tyus: attorney; landlord
Current 4th Ward Alder Dwinderlin Evans: landlord; owner of Great Scott Enterprises
Current 18th Ward Alder Jesse Todd:
Candidate for 12th Waed Alder Darron M. Collins-Bey: work number on Board of Election filing list is Office of Veterans Affairs; owner of Elshaddai Consulting LLC; owner of Bey-El Industries Inc.
Candidate for 12th Ward Alder Tashara T Earl: owner of Shades of Color beauty supplies

New 13th Ward
Current 2nd Ward Alder Lisa Middlebrook: home healthcare
Current 22nd Ward Alder Norma Walker: owner of Belt Loop Trucking; landlord
Former 22nd Ward Alder Jeffrey Boyd: owner of The Best Place event space
Current 27th Ward Alder Pam Boyd: certified dietary manager at The Valley Stonebridge Community skilled nursing facility

New 14th Ward
Current 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley: owner of New Black Wall Street 314 LLC
Current 5th Ward Alder James Page: executive director for Downtown St. Louis Neighborhood Association; retired from U.S. Post Office

This Week In Gardening & Nature

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Dec 17th or Jan 21

Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Jan 15th Application Deadline for Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden
December Tips & Tasks
December Pests & Problems

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

1:30 pm Monday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

1 pm Wednesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Class: Holiday/Winter Swag From Your Own Backyard. Register

4 pm Wednesday Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar- Winter’s Feathered Friends: The Christmas Bird Count & Grassland Birds in Winter. Register

6 pm Thursday Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Enjoying Winter & Preparing for Spring. Register

6:30 pm Friday Missouri Conservation Dept Nature Board Game Night at Stupp Center, Tower Grove Park Ages 8 and up. Register

1:30 pm Dec 13th Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

10 am Dec 14th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Program: Attracting and ID Winter Birds. Register

Noon Dec 15th Deep Roots Kansas City virtual event: Native Plants at Noon on the Road with Missouri Conservation Dept. Register

4 pm Dec 16th Missouri Conservation Dept events at Tower Grove Park
Discovering Night Walk. Might see owls. 18 Tickets remaining. Register
Family Craft Night @ Stupp Center. 21 Tickets remaining. Register

9:30 am Dec 17th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Area, Kirkwood: Breakfast with the Birds. Only 3 Tickets remaining. Register

4 pm Dec 21st Grow Native Missouri Webinar: Restoring Home: The Journey Back to Native. Register

4 pm Jan 3rd Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

Aldergeddon: New 14th Ward

New 14th Ward Map, St. Louis City (2023)

The new St. Louis City 14th Ward includes parts of current 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 19th Wards, and other Wards, and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

Primary Election Candidate Forum:  Live Tweeting Thread by Jessica Payne of February 11, 2023 14th Ward Candidate Forum sponsored by League of Women Voters

2023 Alder Primary Results

18+ Population: 16,481
Registered Voters: 11,992 (72.75% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 1,583 (13.20% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,129 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,091 Votes
Alder Candidates
James Page: 376 Votes
Brandon Bosley: 530 Votes
Rasheen Aldridge: 590 Votes
Ebony Washington: 633 Votes

2023 Alder General Election

Current State Rep Rasheen Aldridge
Neighborhood: Old North
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of RA5 Organizing LLC; former employee of Recorder of Deeds; former employee of Missouri Democratic Party
Party Office: 5th Ward Committeeman; former member of Missouri Democratic Party State Committee
Genealogy: son of Tonya Finley-McCaw, former candidate for 22nd Ward Alder 2022, 2019 and 5th Ward Alder 2011
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 4 Candidates, 590 Votes of 2,129
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $18,381.50 raised ($4,700 Labor Unions, $2,600 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $1,000 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 Lawyers of TIF Husch Blackwell Strategies MO PAC, $500 former State Sen Jamilah Nasheed, $500 Katie Casas- school privatization lobbyist, $500 Nexus- lobbyists, $500 school privatization lobbyist Tricia Workman, $250 Garrett Webb- lobbyist for Strategic Capitol Consulting/Steve Tilley, $250 Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney, $250 realtor Brad Waldrop, $100 City Treasurer Adam Layne, $100 25th Ward Alder Shane Cohn); $20,660.19 spent ($6,638.14 LPS Campaigns, DC, for campaign management & digital ads); $41,575 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $3,990 raised ($2,600 21st Century PAC/Civic Progress, $1250 from 3 Labor Unions); $3,502.61 spent; $43,854.60 on hand; 0 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $15,830 raised ($2,600 UNITE HERE MO, $2,500 SEIU Healthcare, $1,500 SEIU Mo/KS, $1,000 Alder Oldenburg, $1,000 State Rep Butz, $250 Lawyers of TIF Sweeney; $14,918.03 spent ($8,500 LPS Campaigns, DC, for campaign management & digital ads, $3,500 Marquis Govan for campaign strategy): $43,367.21 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $10,526 raised ($500 Katie Casas- school privatization lobbyist, $200 former Mayor Francis Slay, $100 former State Rep. Bruce Franks,
January 2023 Report #1 Amended: $7,410 raised ($1,000 Jeff Rainford, $1,000 Maxine Clark), $1,567.19 spent ($600 to Communities First 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier’s nonprofit), $35,283.08 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $7,410 raised ($1,000 Jeff Rainford, $1,000 Maxine Clark), $1,194.19 spent ($600 to Communities First 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier’s nonprofit), $35,283.08 on hand, $0 debt
December 2022 Report: $0 raised, $2,003 spent ($2,000 to Communities First, 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier’s nonprofit), $29,067.27 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report: $3,750 raised, $2,660.42 spent, $31,070.27 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $5,958.88 raised, $0 spent, $29,980.69 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Rasheen Aldridge
** Terminated party committeeman committee 7/17/2017

Alder Candidate Ebony M. Washington
Neighborhood: Carr Square
Residence Tax Abated: No, but housing is owned by Carr Square Tenant Corp, a tax exempt nonprofit controlled by Hubbard Family since 1985
Occupation: leasing manager at Carr Square Tenant Management Corp (run by Hubbard Family); realtor at Wood Brothers Realty; owner of EMW Midwest Logistics (freight broker); owner of Washington Sisters Consultant Group; owner of Financial Powerhouse & Development Corp; former founder of Carr Square Neighborhood Association (administratively dissolved); PPP Loan recipient
Genealogy: granddaughter of Penny Hubbard, former State Rep. and current 5th Ward Democratic Committeewoman
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 4 candidates, 633 Votes of 2,129
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $10,235 raised ($2,600 Carpenters Mo-Ks PAC, $1,500 Anheuser-Busch’s theLouPAC, $1,000 Leadership Counts PAC- legal money laundry for Steve Stone + St. Louis Cardinals, + Kevin Short + LIUNA 42, $1000 Realtors PAC, $700 dad Steve Roberts); $2,620.88 spent ($141.29 Sam’s Club); $9,566.10 on hand; $7,500 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $325 raised; $156.07 spent; $1,916.07 on hand; $7,500 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $4,953 raised ($2,500 loan from candidate); $3,985.15 spent; $1,747.14 on hand, $7,500 debt
January 2023 Report: $7,300 raised ($2,500 loan from candidate, $2,500 loan from former State Rep. Penny Hubbard, $100 Sheriff Vernon Betts, $1,950 from less than $100 each donors), $6,520.71 spent (most to OR Pechman for signs and printing), $779.29 on hand, $5,000 debt
Treasurer: Errianna Washington (employed at Collector of Revenue; PPE Loan recipient; sister of candidate Ebony Washington; granddaughter of former State Rep. and current 5th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Penny Hubbard)

2023 Primary- Other Alder Candidates

Current 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of New Black Wall Street 314; hip hop/rap artist/producer at Bawsomemusic; Focused on Family Entertainment (create family engagement through innovative gaming and fun activities)
Other Political: treasurer for Citizens to Protect Saint Louis (Mayor Lyda Krewson recall)
Genealogy: son of former 3rd Ward Alder Freeman Bosley and 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier; brother of Freeman Bosley Jr (attorney, former Mayor, former Circuit Court Clerk, former chair of St. Louis Democratic City Central Committee); brother of State Rep. LaKeySha Bosley
2023 Alder Primary: 3rd place of 4 candidates, 530 Votes of 2,129
Campaign Finance
(also see 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization)
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last report with activity- April 2021 Report: $100 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lucinda Frazier (3rd Ward Committeewoman; mother of 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley)
Deputy Treasurer: Linda Primer (also Treasurer for 3rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization and Civil PAC; Deputy Treasurer for State Rep. LaKeysha Bosley)

Current 5th Ward Alder James Page
Neighborhood: Downtown West
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: executive director for Downtown St. Louis Neighborhood Association; retired from U.S. Post Office
2023 Alder Primary: 4th place of 4 candidates, 376 Votes of 2,129
Campaign Finance
February 2023 Report: $30,115 raised ($2,600 21st Century STL PAC/Civic Progress, $1,000 LIUNA Local 42, $1,000 LIUNA Local 110, $550 Sierra Club ), $20,743.50 spent ($14,500 People’s Strategies/John Cross campaign management), $11,961.27 on hand, $1,373.0
January Report #2: $5,675 raised ($1,000 Elkin Kistner, $250 Alder Oldenburg), $4,976.33 ($4,798.49 to MO Political Consulting), $2,589.77 on hand, $1,373 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $3,111 raised ($500 Brad Waldrop), $3,546.55 spent ($2,551.96 to MO Political Consulting), $1,891.10 on hand, $1,373 debt
October 2022 Report: $396.67 raised, $2,084.73 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $2,326.65 on hand, $1,000 debt
Treasurer: self/James Page

Other Public Officials Residing In Ward

Current State Rep. LaKeySha Bosley
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Residence Tax Abated: Yes, the building is owned by Hyde Park South Apartments and is tax abated until 2027  
Occupation: owner of Cold Rose (sell/rent hookah shisha/tobacco products); owner of La Rose Apparel Clothing (create clothing goods- design, printing, etc, own and purchase real estate); works or did work at State Party Chair/Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler’s bar; works or did work at Communities First nonprofit (organized by her mother and using same address as State Rep. Bosley)
Other Party Office: Serves on Missouri Democratic State Committee
Genealogy: sister of 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley; daughter of former 3rd Ward Alder Freeman Bosley; daughter of 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier
Campaign Finance
December 2022 Report: $0 raised, $2,850.03 spent (including $800 to Tim Person***, $11,376.87 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report: $1,688.00 raised, $2,207.45 spent, $14,226.90 on hand, $800 debt
Treasurer: Ashley Clemon (also Treasurer for 4th Ward Alder Dwinderlin Evans; former treasurer for former State Rep. Wiley Price; former treasurer for 26th Ward Alder candidate Leata Price-Land)
Deputy Treasurer: Linda Primer (also Treasurer for 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley, 3rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization, and Civil PAC

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization
(name change from 3rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization 3/6/2023)
Campaign Finance
February 2023 Report Late (filed wrong report, late; owes two other reports): $5,550 raised ($1,500 Civil PAC run by Tim Person, $250 political consultant and part-time HR director at Recorder of Deeds Tim Person); $4,433 (signs for Alder Bosley); $1,138 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Previous report with activity- April 2021 Report: $20.21 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Linda Primer (also treasurer for Civil PAC; deputy treasurer for 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley and State Rep. LaKeysha Bosley)
Also, New 14th Ward Democratic Organization filed at Secretary of State as nonprofit by 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier

New 14th Ward Republican organization: None

Current 3rd Ward Republican organization: None

Current The Mighty 5th Ward Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: None
Last Report showing activity- August Report #2 2018: $75 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Dorothy Finley (grandmother of State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge)
Deputy Treasurer: Rasheen Aldridge (State Rep. and 5th Ward Committeeman)

Current Fifth Ward Democratic Organization
(Hubbard Family 5th Ward political action committee, not related to School Board Member Emily Hubbard)
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: None filed
Last Report showing activity- October 2021 Report: $4,698.06 on hand, $210 on hand
Treasurer: Gary Parker

Current 5th Ward Citizens for Change
Campaign Finance
Filed with MEC in 2013 but never made any campaign finance reports

Current 5th Ward Republican organization: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 3rd Ward Democratic Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier
Neighborhood: Hyde Park
Resident Tax Abated: No
Occupation: chief deputy Recorder of Deeds; founder of Communities First non profit- Recorder Michael Butler, her boss, and lobbyist David Sweeney serve on the Board
Other Political: treasurer for Alder Brandon Bosley (her son)
Genealogy: wife of former 3rd Ward Alder Freeman Bosley; mother of Alder Brandon Bosley; mother of State Rep. LaKeysha Bosley
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC

Current 3rd Ward Democratic Committeeman Anthony Bell
Neighborhood: Fairground
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 3rd Ward Alder 2017; former candidate for State Rep. 2008; former candidate for 3rd Ward Alder 2005
Campaign Finance
* No party committeeman account filed with MEC

Current 3rd Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 3rd Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Current 5th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Penny Hubbard
Neighborhood: Carr Square
Residence Tax Abated: No, but housing is owned by Carr Square Tenant Corp, a tax exempt nonprofit controlled by Hubbard Family since 1985
Occupation: owner of Mikon Contracting LLC
Other Elected Office: former State Rep
Genealogy: mother of former 5th Ward Alder Tammika Hubbard, mother of former State Rep. now lobbyist Rodney R. Hubbard, mother-in-law of 26th Ward Alder Shameen Clark Hubbard
Campaign Finance
* No party committeeman account filed with MEC

Current 5th Ward Democratic Committeeman Rasheen Aldridge
See Alder candidate info above

Current 5th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 5th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Former Public Officials

Former State Senator Jamilah Nasheed
Neighborhood: Old North, same building as State Rep. Rasheen Aldridge
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Ignite Strategic Consulting (government and political consulting registered at home address); member of Missouri Board of Probation and Parole
Other Elected Office: former candidate for Board President 2019; former State Senator and former State Rep.
Party Office: former 21st Ward Democratic Committeewoman
Campaign Finance
Terminated 2022 citywide office committee 1/15/2021

Former 5th Ward Alder Tammika Hubbard
Neighborhood: Carr Square
Residence Tax Abated: No, but housing is owned by Carr Square Tenant Corp, a tax exempt nonprofit controlled by Hubbard Family since 1985
Occupation: 1542 Solutions LLC; developer/Minnis Realty
Genealogy: daughter of former State Rep and current 5th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Penny Hubbard; daughter of former State Rep. now lobbyist Rodney R. Hubbard)
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 7/14/2021

* Political Party County Central Committee ward and township committeepeople have the option to file their campaign finance reports with their county election authority- Board of Election Commissioners in the case of St. Louis City- or online with Missouri Ethics Commission. The St. Louis City Board of Election once posted pdfs of ward committeepeople campaign finance reports to the Board’s website. That is no longer the case. To inspect records, you must visit the Board in person.

** A committeeperson who is also an elected official is not required to have a separate campaign finance account for committeeperson contributions and expenses.

*** Tim Person runs a political consulting business while on City payroll as Human Resources Director at Recorder of Deeds. Missouri State Party Chair Michael Butler is the elected Recorder and also owns a bar.