🌱 Lawsuit alleges campaign to discredit Ferguson over data center tax breaks

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• Lawsuit alleges campaign to discredit Ferguson over data center tax breaks

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Wednesday: A steady afternoon breeze, with a high of 66 and low of 42 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 49, low: 34.
• Friday: Chilly with clouds and sun, with a high of 46 and low of 29 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Lawsuit alleges Onder mocked Black people, targeted Ferguson (stlamerican.com) — A former employee alleges attorney Jim Onder planned a campaign to discredit Ferguson after its council rejected tax breaks for his proposed data center. The lawsuit says fabricated social media accounts would manufacture support and pressure officials to reconsider. Onder’s office did not immediately respond to the publication’s request for comment.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Florissant

• St. Louis County Hosting Free Tire Recycling Event for Residents Nov. 9 (fox2now.com)
• Haine announces 35-year sentence for woman convicted of murder in killing of associate (newsbreak.com)
• 2 charged after Flock cameras stolen, damaged on Halloween night in St. Louis County (firstalert4.com)

Hazelwood

• 9 vans to avoid before buying one (newsbreak.com)
• Leftover bottle leads to warehouse burglary arrest (fox2now.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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