ST. LOUIS – In a step that essentially starts the clock on the decision whether or not to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport, the working group studying the move…
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St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus M. Pruitt II: On airport privatization, deal or no deal?
The notion of airport privatization has generated any number of conspiracy theories. They range from an outright sale of the airport to a money grab by consultants – but none…
Clock ticking on Missouri residents to get REAL ID
ST. LOUIS – Beginning in October 2020, about a year from now, if you’re traveling through St. Louis Lambert International Airport, or any other in the nation, without a “REAL…
The polarizing debate over privatizing Lambert Airport
DOWNTOWN – Why would the city want to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport? This is the first in a litany of questions and a crush of controversy surrounding the…
Krewson won't object to public vote on airport privatization
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson says she doesn’t object to putting any plan to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport to a vote of the people. “Right now, there…
The Jaco Report, Ep. 18: Comptroller Darlene Green on her feud with Krewson, Reed over airport privatization
St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is charging that Mayor Lyda Krewson and Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed are so deeply intertwined with mega-donor and libertarian billionaire Rex Sinquefield that…
The Jaco Report, Ep. 13: Airport privatization study is flawed, transportation infrastructure expert says
One of the nation’s leading experts in transportation infrastructure says the current St. Louis study on potentially privatizing Lambert International Airport is flawed. He thinks that whether Lambert is privatized…
Bill on public airport vote dies in committee
DOWNTOWN – A bill requiring a public vote on any plan to privatize the St. Louis Lambert International Airport failed to take off last week during a committee meeting of…