We plan on using a portion of those proceeds, $1.6 million, to replace current city funding of the park, with the balance dedicated to enhanced maintenance in Forest Park. Basically, the $2.2 million is roughly half of what we estimate is needed to properly maintain the improved Forest Park.

This is a tough decision for you. It was a tough decision for me.

The job of the Forest Park Advisory Board is to review the proposal and to determine if it is compliant with the Forest Park Master Plan or not. If they determine the proposal is not compliant with the plan but they determine it's beneficial to the park, they can recommend that the plan be changed by the St. Louis Planning Commission .

Now about those ghosts. I'm sure they're here and I'm not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day.

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference