Voters approve increasing license fees for businesses:
St. Louis voters approved an increase to the business license fee, dealing a victory to Mayor Francis Slay’s assault on crime.
And a victory to Francis Slay’s assault on companies located in the city limits.
How is this a victory in the assault on crime? Is Francis Slay’s opponents in this war on crime businesses? Giving the questionable government of the city of St. Louis more money to squander as it sees fit (and more money in the general fund for slush like sports commissions) doesn’t directly impact crime. But if the “assault on crime” is all about raising money, I guess I stand corrected and it is a victory.
