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Another criminal law expert tells St. Louis Magazine County Executive Sam Page had legal authority to spend the $35,000 on the Prop B mailers. (Members of Congress spend millions every year on similar mailers).

If it was stealing when Page spent $35k on mailers, what was it when the County Council spent $500k in Rams money to put the question on the ballot? The whole saga is rooted in bitter power play politics where rivals connive to outmaneuver & oust each other. Just do the job.

This quote from Niehoff about AG got left on the cutting room floor, but I’ll put it here: “They should be spending their time doing more important things like removing the sheriff from the city.”

You've undoubtedly heard about the $5M in unaccounted for cars at the St. Louis city tow lot. The truth, Ryan Krull learned, is a whole lot messier than the sexy headlines. New at St. Louis Magazine stlmag.com/news/city-tow-…

Protesters disrupted Democrat Wesley Bell's first town hall as a congressman last night, pushing the focus to Gaza. Ryan Krull has the story for St. Louis Magazine stlmag.com/news/wesley-be…

Remember the alleged cult in Nelly’s old mansion? They’ve just been busted. stlmag.com/news/kingdom-o…

Some days you win. Some days you lose. Some days you do both. stlmag.com/news/sheriff-a…

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“Dude had plenty of money. Not sure why he’d steal from something that had that amount of oversight when he literally owns cobalt mines.” stlmag.com/news/house-spe…

Diehl did not respond to a reporter's questions as to what his current role is in the Cobalt industry or why, given his presumably lucrative work in it, he committed pandemic relief fraud. Said his lawyer: "We're done. That's good."

Not surprised it came to this, but happy to see push back against the worst kind of corruption. Via Ryan Krull

Could a doubled-up district mean trouble for Republicans' new 7-1 congressional map in Missouri? Ryan Krull explores the apparent error, and its consequences, for St. Louis Magazine stlmag.com/news/trouble-m…

“I’m not sure how they blew this.” stlmag.com/news/trouble-m…

Former Sheriff Vernon Betts is interested in getting his old job back.

Big thanks to Speaker of the House @JohnDiehlJr for joining us our featured guest! Stream the full episode at twmp.tv.