Local 39 decorators Jack Dungey, left, and Jim McNeely remove Rams banners that were hung inside the former Edwards Jones Dome on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in 最新杏吧原创.
ST. LOUIS 鈥 City officials will soon begin soliciting ideas from the public on how they should use their $250 million share of the NFL Rams settlement.
A new 最新杏吧原创 plan for the Rams cash emphasizes investing in disinvested neighborhoods, building the city's workforce, loaning money to small businesses and reversing "historic wrongs,"聽according to a resolution that could be passed by alderman on Friday.
The city, where the Rams played home games and which led the charge in 2015 to try and keep the team from moving to Los Angeles, would get the largest chunk of the settlement money: $250 million.
City and county leaders have an opportunity to attack a historical problem: ZIP code does not have to determine destiny.聽
Kroenke's Cash: Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus say 最新杏吧原创 and 最新杏吧原创 County should spend the Rams lawsuit settlement on programs with long-term impact and avoid using it to plug short-term budget holes.
It鈥檚 not hard to believe the public鈥檚 approval rating of city leadership is in any place other than in the toilet.
Local 39 decorators Jack Dungey, left, and Jim McNeely remove Rams banners that were hung inside the former Edwards Jones Dome on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, in 最新杏吧原创.
