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IF YOU THINK RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE BAD.. YOU’LL LOVE THIS… ST. LOUIS TURNS OUTLAW ELEPHANTS
INTO AWESOME TWEETS.. AND WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH A LOCAL TALK SHOW HOST?
THAT AND MORE .. TODAY IN THE SIFT. WELCOME TO THE SIFT.. I’M GABRIELLE BIONDO
WITH A LOOK AT HOW ST. LOUIS IS SOUNDING OFF .. ONLINE.
AFTER MUCH CONTROVERSY OVER THOSE PESKY RED LIGHT CAMERAS.. AND MISSOURI’S LEGISLATURE
NOW INVOLVED.. ILLINOIS IS GOING TO KICK IT UP A NOTCH.. BY MAILING OUT SPEEDING TICKETS.
KSDK REPORTS.. EAST ST. LOUIS IS LAUNCHING A NEW PROGRAM THIS WEEK ALLOWING COPS TO ISSUE
THE TICKETS BY MAIL AFTER CAPTURING VIOLATIONS WITH HANDHELD DEVICES AND TAKING A PHOTO.
THE TICKETS START AT 100 BUCKS… AND THIS IDEA IS NOT GOING OVER WELL ONLINE.
IT’S EVEN GENERATING SOME SARCASM..LIKE THIS COMMENT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME SUPPORTING THE PROGRAM.. SAYING THE MONEY MADE COULD BE USED TO HELP
IMPROVE THE CITY. SO BY NOW.. YOU’VE LIKELY HEARD ABOUT THE
ELEPHANTS ESCAPING FROM THE CIRCUS IN ST. CHARLES THIS WEEKEND AND TRAMPLING CARS.
EVEN NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS PICKED UP THE OUTRAGEOUS STORY.. INCLUDING CNN, NBC AND THE GUARDIAN.
AND PEOPLE HERE IN ST. LOUIS ARE STILL MAKING JOKES ONLINE ABOUT THE INCIDENT.. LIKE THIS.
AND THIS ONE .. POINTING OUT THE OBVIOUS… IS PRETTY AWESOME TOO!
Obama .. NATS UP FULL IF YOU MISSED IT.. PRESIDENT OBAMA GAVE ST.
LOUIS THAT SHOUTOUT IN HIS WEEKLY ADDRESS TO THE NATION WHERE HE RETURNED TO HIS THEME
OF RAISING MINIMUM WAGE. YOU MAY REMEMBER .. OBAMA ATE PI PIZZA ON
A CAMPAIGN VISIT TO THE STL.. AND THIS RECENT SHOUT OUT WAS MENTIONED BY A FEW ON TWITTER.
IT ALSO SPARKED A POLITICAL DEBATE… ABOUT THE COST OF THE PRESIDENT’S LOVE FOR PIZZA..
SO THERE YOU GO. MARK REARDON IS LEAVING KMOX.
THE NEWS IS CREATING A *LOT OF LOCAL HYPE.. FUELED BY THE MYSTERY BEHIND WHY REARDON IS
LEAVING AND WHERE HE ‘S GOING. KMOX HAS TURNED IT INTO A GAME ASKING THE
PUBLIC WHAT IT THINKS.. AND ST. LOUIS IS PLAYING ALONG..
THERE’S THIS TWEET.. SPECULATING HE’S RUNNING FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
AND THIS ONE FROM A FELLOW BROADCASTER.. JUST SPECULATING. MAYBE THERE’S A CONSPIRACY.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER TWEETS.. LIKE THIS.. JUST WISHING REARDON WELL.
NO WORD FROM REARDON.. SO FAR THE KMOX POLLS SHOWS HE’S MOST LIKELY GOING TO L-A TO WORK
AS A FILM CRITIC OR HE’LL BE FOLLOWING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ON TOUR.
HIS LAST DAY WITH KMOX IS MARCH 27. FIND MORE ON ALL OF THESE STORIES .. BELOW.
AND… WE’RE ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, GOOGLE PLUS AND YOUTUBE, SO BE SURE TO FOLLOW US
THERE. WE LEAVE YOU WITH OUR ST. LOUIS META MOMENT..
NORMALLY TENTH LIFE RESCUES CATS.. BUT NOT THIS TIME.
WHO KNEW HEDGEHOGS WERE SO CUTE???