A little skepticism is absolutely warranted and undoubtedly some money will be lost to waste/fraud/abuse of one form or another. This phenomena isn't unique to government programs either; plenty of insider circle jerking and other scumbaggery in the private sector, too.
Mayor Jones says the approved funding hasn't been disbursed because they're being careful about following public procurement guidelines and federal limitations, That's of course the "correct" way to do it, and I'm willing to take her word for it, for now.
A little skepticism is absolutely warranted and undoubtedly some money will be lost to waste/fraud/abuse of one form or another. This phenomena isn't unique to government programs either; plenty of insider circle jerking and other scumbaggery in the private sector, too.
Mayor Jones says the approved funding hasn't been disbursed because they're being careful about following public procurement guidelines and federal limitations, That's of course the "correct" way to do it, and I'm willing to take her word for it, for now.
Reminder that the forum does have a way to mute posters who you may prefer not to see or read their posts. If you click on their profile and scroll to the bottom you can select "add foe". This will auto collapse this persons posts in all threads so they're easier to skip over / ignore.
(Not sure why the button is labeled "add foe" as "mute this member" would probably be better but... alas. That's not my call to make. Maybe @walker can update that in the future?)
Checking... we don't run a custom theme on our own server anymore, though, it's all Tapatalk, so... not sure it can be done.
A little skepticism is absolutely warranted and undoubtedly some money will be lost to waste/fraud/abuse of one form or another. This phenomena isn't unique to government programs either; plenty of insider circle jerking and other scumbaggery in the private sector, too.
Mayor Jones says the approved funding hasn't been disbursed because they're being careful about following public procurement guidelines and federal limitations, That's of course the "correct" way to do it, and I'm willing to take her word for it, for now.
Translation: it’s taking longer to buy the Escalades and fund “research” trips to Orlando and Los Angeles.
A little skepticism is absolutely warranted and undoubtedly some money will be lost to waste/fraud/abuse of one form or another. This phenomena isn't unique to government programs either; plenty of insider circle jerking and other scumbaggery in the private sector, too.
Mayor Jones says the approved funding hasn't been disbursed because they're being careful about following public procurement guidelines and federal limitations, That's of course the "correct" way to do it, and I'm willing to take her word for it, for now.
Translation: it’s taking longer to buy the Escalades and fund “research” trips to Orlando and Los Angeles.
Translation: city procurement process is outdated, it’s leans too much on carefulness not to waste money, the city has never had to get this much money out and it’s already short staffed to begin with.
Elected officials traveling to conferences and learning about best practices should be encouraged. It’s this bizarre stupidness of “hey you slow at spending this money and hey you’re a corrupt pos for going to a conference where the topic is how to effectively spend this money”
The kruger dunning effect runs strong here
And the racial undertones of accusing a black mayor of buying Escalades. Pathetic
Mayor Jones releases some details as per biz journals article. Behind paywall so don't have much to share expect link itself and buzzwords. I assume Reed and herself have competing views that will go through the process.
The report — called an "Economic Justice Action Plan" — calls for focusing the investment across three broadly defined categories: economic empowerment; equitable and inclusive development; and neighborhood transformation.
After announcing last week that she wants to spend $150 million in federal money in north St. Louis, Mayor Tishaura Jones on Monday released a roadmap that lays out a strategy for distributing those funds.
The 12-page report from the city’s nonprofit economic development arm, St. Louis Development Corp., details strategies that include a range of initiatives, including new funds for small businesses and prospective homeowners, acquiring and marketing poorly maintained buildings for future development and infrastructure investments aimed at creating new commercial corridors in what is considered the poorest and most under-invested portion of St. Louis.
“St. Louis cannot succeed, together, if more than half of it is allowed to fail,” Jones said in a statement. “Lifting neighborhoods out of poverty will make our city stronger and safer across racial lines and zip codes.”
Jones announced her administration's intent to deploy $150 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act in north St. Louis during her first State of the City Address last week, but didn't initially provide any details of the strategy. On Monday, the SLDC report — called an "Economic Justice Action Plan" — calls for focusing the investment across three broadly defined categories: economic empowerment; equitable and inclusive development; and neighborhood transformation.
The plan includes:
Developing the Dr. Martin Luther King Drive corridor into an innovation, cultural arts, and business district that “promotes the advancement of Black residents and businesses.”
Investing in infrastructure improvements such as the Brickline Greenway and the proposed north-south Metrolink route to connect commercial corridors.
Eradicating the digital divide by placing fiber to expand "consistent, reliable, and affordable access" to high-speed broadband.
Building technical assistance programs to assist small, minority, and woman-owned businesses with certification, licensing, tax support, marketing, legal and other professional services; and a revolving loan fund to provide provide low-interest loans and long-term capital.
Designing a "community-based real estate program" to provide women- and minority-owned developers access to capital and other assistance.
I don’t think they hired more people as much as they used data analytics to figure out which routes are low volume and why are high and made a plan from there
^Sounds like a good use of analytics. Here's to hoping the tech toys solve the problem. The closest dumpsters to me have been having issues lately, be they trash, recycle, or yard waste. (I think some wonderful person tore down their back porch and threw it in a few dumpsters. Or . . . near them, anyway. Not always in.)
List of $26,000,000 in city park improvements for this fiscal year
Isn't this just the list of projects from the 2014 bond issue that were already completed several years ago? The bonds that took future parks money and spent it then, so we don't get any other improvements for like 2 decades, for better or worse.
