1/You're right that it's not corruption related and wasn't a great inclusion. Sometimes my thought process gets scattered, especially when thinking about MO politics. Here's a great article on that topic specifically - boltsmag.org/missouri-sta.... It makes me sad that STL has lost so much. - ThreadSky

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kyloson.com • 3 days ago

1/You're right that it's not corruption related and wasn't a great inclusion. Sometimes my thought process gets scattered, especially when thinking about MO politics. Here's a great article on that topic specifically - https://boltsmag.org/missouri-state-control-of-st-louis-police/. It makes me sad that STL has lost so much.

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kyloson.com•3 days ago

2/Maybe a better point, it feels like perceptions of St. Louis make it easier for the legislature to disregard MO voters (although they probably would anyway) on issues of local control. Growing up in rural MO, I can say definitively a farmer from Bernie has no idea what St. Louis needs.

kyloson.com•3 days ago

Nothing against farmers from Bernie. Some of my best friends are farmers. 😜

kyloson.com•3 days ago

3/My father-in-law retired as a mechanic from United/TWA as the city was bleeding out. I'm sure we're no different from a lot of Midwestern cities, but I sure would like to see STL city regain some of its former glory somehow.

imbgates.bsky.social•3 days ago

I would too. The region suffers from a lot of parochialist & short term thinking. Not sure how to break through that.

kyloson.com•3 days ago

Me neither. Most of our problems have long-term causes requiring long-term solutions - investment in the right places, plans for creating jobs/dealing with crime and poverty (I believe these are closely related) and making STL a destination again. We do have one of the COOLEST nat. monuments, imho.

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