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[UPDATED] Joe's Cafe, an Underground Music Venue, Cited by the City

By Nicholas Phillips Fri., Dec. 14 2012 at 12:00 PM
Categories: Arts, See You in Court!
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Bill Christman, founder of Joe's Cafe
Updated at 2 pm with comment from Christman's publicist.

Joe's Cafe -- a private club and concert space in the Skinker-Debaliviere neighborhood -- was cited by the Excise Division during a show Thursday night on the charge that it lacked the proper permits.

Located at 6014 Kingsbury Avenue, the venue sits right next to an art gallery, both run by the well-respected local artist Bill Christman, who's known (among other things) for his collaboration with the late Bob Casilly and for creating the City Museum's Museum of Mirth, Mystery and Mayhem.

According to a copy of the citation obtained by Daily RFT, a liquor control officer came in at 10:20 pm and cited Christman for permitting consumption of liquor without a license.

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Don't Worry, Illinois Will Not Become A Gun-Crazed Dystopia

By Nicholas Phillips Wed., Dec. 12 2012 at 8:30 AM
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Guns guns guns! What will save Illinois?
Yesterday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the state of Illinois' ban against concealed-carry. (We've posted the decision online here.)

Illinois was the last state to have such a ban. If the Land of Lincoln doesn't appeal to keep it on the books, then lawmakers will have six months to craft a new gun law.

What will that new law look like? Will it turn Illinois from the last redoubt of gun-control into the wild west? No.

It's true that gun-rights advocates have won legal major victories (as they did yesterday) in establishing a citizen's Second Amendment right to own a gun for self-defense both at home and in public. But there are limits to that right imposed by states. Since 2007, the pro-gun camp has been attacking those limits. And for the most part, they've been losing.

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Eighth Circuit Lets Local Business Owner Violate Obamacare Pending Appeal

By Nicholas Phillips Fri., Nov. 30 2012 at 9:40 AM
Categories: Life, Health, and ... Death, Politics, See You in Court!
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Frank O'Brien does not want to pay for this.
As we reported last month, Frank O'Brien -- the devoutly Catholic owner of an industrial business in Forest Park Southeast -- believes Obamacare will make him betray his faith by providing his employees insurance that will cover contraception, so he sued the federal government.

Yesterday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granted his request to be allowed to disobey the requirements of Obamacare without penalty until his lawsuit is resolved.

This is a bit of a turnaround for O'Brien, whose case was wholly dismissed in September by US District Judge, Carol Jackson. 

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Some Firefighters Can Live Outside City Limits, State Supreme Court Rules

By Nicholas Phillips Wed., Nov. 14 2012 at 7:48 AM
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Will St. Louis City firefighters run for the counties?
Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court basically told St. Louis city firefighters: "If you have seven years of service under your belt, go ahead and move outside the city limits if you want."

So they can finally leave, at last. But will they?

"Some will, some wont," says Jeff Rainford, Mayor Francis Slay's chief of staff. " I don't think this will be a game-changer for our neighborhoods. It may even be a positive. But the bigger point is the principle. The mayor believes that the people of St. Louis pay the bills, and they should be making this decision, not politicians in Jefferson City."

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Smoking Bans

Sorry, Clayton Smokers. You Still Can't Smoke in the Park, Appeals Court Rules

By Nicholas Phillips Tue., Nov. 13 2012 at 11:58 AM
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Arthur Gallagher (not pictured) wants to do more of this in Clayton.
The federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Clayton resident Arthur Gallagher last Thursday in his quest to overturn that city's ban on smoking in public parks.

A retired vineyard owner, Gallagher enjoys lighting up stogies in Concordia Park across from Kaldi's Coffee on Demun Avenue -- "ecstatically" so, he even claimed in court.

But the Clayton smoking ban prohibited smoking in public parks. It did exempt sidewalks (and streets and alleys), but not park sidewalks.

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Teen Sues Jefferson County Sheriff Deputies for Roughing Him Up

By Nicholas Phillips Mon., Nov. 5 2012 at 6:50 AM
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Shane Bailey of Dittmer is taking on JeffCo sheriff deputies in federal court
It's pretty common for a man taken into custody to accuse cops of roughing him up, but this kid seems to have a compelling case -- and has chosen to pursue it in federal court. 

Last Monday, 19-year-old Shane Bailey of Dittmer filed suit in Missouri's Eastern District. He alleges that Jefferson County Sheriff deputies used "excessive force against" him last spring by slamming his head against a wall (which was so bad, it required stitches), and that the duty nurse denied him treatment for this wound.

This all went down on the afternoon March 13, 2012, when the teenager, even by his own account, was having a very bad day.

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Adrienne Martin's Family Settles With August Busch IV for $1.75M - Partial Money Grab?

By Nicholas Phillips Wed., Oct. 31 2012 at 7:40 AM
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Adrienne Martin was 27 when she OD'ed at the mansion of August Busch IV in December 2010
August Busch IV -- scion of the Anheuser Busch dynasty and former CEO of that company -- has agreed to pay $1.75 million to the family of Adrienne Martin, his girlfriend who OD'ed at his Huntleigh mansion back in December 2010.

Most of the money ($1.35 million of it) will go to directly to Martin's young son, Blake. In addition, Martin's father, George "Larry" Eby, will receive $200,000 that he'll reportedly put into an annuity for the kid.

Christine Trampler, Martin's mother, will receive $200,000. But with all due respect to a grieving mother, what good will that do?

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St. Louis Woman Accuses "Girls Gone Wild" Founder of Hiding Assets to Avoid Judgment

By Nicholas Phillips Fri., Oct. 19 2012 at 11:36 AM
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Tamara Favazza hiding her own assets
Several years ago, Tamara Favazza of St. Louis county sued smut mogul Joe Francis after she appeared topless in his Girls Gone Wild Sorority Orgy 2 video even though she claimed she never gave consent. 

She finally won her judgment last April for $5.8 million. 

But now she's having trouble collecting, according to court records, because Francis is hiding all his blingiddy-bling-bling. 




  
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Lawyer Who Sued "Girls Gone Wild" (And Won) Gets Indicted for Fraud

By Nicholas Phillips Fri., Oct. 19 2012 at 9:29 AM
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Attorney Stephen B. Evans has been indicted for mail fraud
Attorney Stephen B. Evans helped a young lady win a $5.77 million judgment this past April against the makers of Girls Gone Wild. 

Now Mr. Evans needs to get himself out of trouble.

The south St. Louis-based attorney was indicted yesterday on three felony counts of defrauding his own clients.
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Federal Appeals Court Sides Against "God Hates Fags" Church On Law Limiting Funeral Protests

By Nicholas Phillips Tue., Oct. 16 2012 at 1:34 PM
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Federal judges have approved restrictions on these people who picket funerals.
Federal appeals judges in St. Louis ruled today that yes, in fact, the City of Manchester does have the right under the Constitution to restrict where and when certain folks -- meaning the hate-spewing death-cult, Westboro Baptist Church -- can picket funerals. 

(Who would want to picket a funeral? Oh, only Pastor Fred Phelps and his followers at Westboro, who believe that God punishes America's tolerance of homosexuality by killing U.S. citizens, such as soldiers and tornado victims.)





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