Editorial
What a difference a year makes. A year ago we were lamenting the fact that the fate of the future of St. Louis government was in the hands of everyone else in Missouri except St. Louis.
Yes,...
Editorial
For decades, we’ve believed that local government boards have held closed sessions for discussions that could and should be held in public. But without being in the closed sessions ourselves,...
Editorial
The St. Louis County Charter Commission only had until Dec. 31 to come up with changes to the county Charter, the constitution-like document that governs the county, but it didn’t agree on...
Editorial
One of the longest-running traditions in the 30 years of The Call is local students writing letters to Santa, an annual chronicle of what toys are most popular and what hopes and dreams children...
Editorial
In the 30 years The Call has been covering St. Louis County government, it has historically been the Democrats on the County Council who have repressed free speech and public comment, while...
Editorial
If, like us, you spent significant time at St. Louis Lambert International Airport over Thanksgiving, you know you have a stake in how the airport is operated.
The city of St. Louis has been...
Editorial
How can you conduct the people’s business without the people?
That is the question we’re stunned that we now have to ask of St. Louis County government. But it’s one that must be asked...
Editorial
The Board of Freeholders is supposed to unite people across the region behind one vision and one way forward for St. Louis.
And the board is in fact already uniting people across the region,...
Editorial
We welcome the news last week that county Assessor Jake Zimmerman is jumping into the Democratic primary race for county executive.
So far, Zimmerman is the only candidate officially in the...
An Editorial from Call Newspapers
We were as hopeful as anyone about the Board of Freeholders, the once-in-a-generation city-county board that is convening to decide whether to change the way the region...
