The Mayor of Affton

A half-serious, half-satirical sounding board for residents of and other folks interested in Affton, Missouri
J. Patrick O'Brien, (un)Official Mayor
I don't need no stinking badge.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

It's On People, Here's Your Party

At the risk of creating a potential fire hazard at the 10 Mile House , I cordially invite you, my constituents and friends of Affton, to the...

Finally, Resolution on Gravois!

Well, my Afftonians, it appears that the Angry Villagers in Grantwood Village are no longer so angry. The Suburban Journal is reporting thi...

Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Open Letter to Residents of St. George

Dearest Neighbors: It is with great sadness that I read about your mayor (small "m") and his submission to drugs and kiddie porn. ...

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Bad to Worse?---Influx of Seniors Headed for Andy Busch's Land!!

The actual headline reads " Cor Jesu plans to double size of campus". The truth behind the headline is that the highly controver...

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Mayor's Adventures on Craig's List

Unless you've been living under a rock you've probably wandered onto Craig's List and poked around. I make it a regular habit a...

Talkin' Trash

In order to keep you, my Afftonians, in the know, I'm posting about this important forum. Clipped and edited from the Suburban Journal: ...

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mackenzie & Heege Update and Public Forum Tomorrow!

At last, your Mayor has found a moment to update the Mayor's Blog! For those of you interested, the Mayor has been understudy to a dev...

Monday, April 23, 2007

County Resident Survey

Citizens, your federal government has seen fit to endowing the county residents with $5.5 million in Community Development Block Grant fund...

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Long Lost Relatives Nearly Long Lost in Long Grass at Mayor's Mansion

The Mayor's sister-in-law is getting married in a little over a month and the wedding shower was at the Mayor's Mansion over the wee...

Friday, April 06, 2007

Representation Without Sanitation

Recently at issue in the local news, my Afftonians, was the emergency meeting called by Councilman Campisi regarding the proposed consolidat...

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Mayor Goes Green: Abandons Crappy Car

Friends, inspired the Mayor was at the sight of Al Gore and Melissa Ethridge accepting Oscars a few weeks ago. After much thought, I hav...

Monday, February 26, 2007

ACBA Quarterly Forum: Better Than Reality TV

Better than reality TV of course because IT IS REALITY. Why the hell would I want to watch " Men In Trees " on Thursday night w...

Thursday, February 22, 2007

ACBA Public Forum Tonight!

The ACBA is hosting a public forum tonight. This is the 2nd of promised quarterly meetings. Get there, get involved, and meet the Mayor! ...

Thursday, January 04, 2007

The Mayor's Holiday Economic Development Ball

The First Lady and I love to throw great parties. Halloween Costume Balls, Murder Mysteries and all that stuff. This year, we planned a big ...

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Patience!

Some of you may have noticed that my posts are less frequent. I have been trying to get my blog off of Blogger to move it to a new home wit...

More Powerful Than "A Streetlight Banner Campaign"

Your Mayor recently attended the Affton Community Betterment Association's Strategic Planning meeting. Pleased I was to see nearly 100 ...

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Holidays Begin

Well the holidays are upon us. It's earlier every year thanks to the commercialization of Christmas. Peeved I was to see the holiday lig...

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Time For Action!

Folks, this is why it all started...The Mayor's Office...I...er, well truth be told, it was started as a funny joke, then a mock campaig...

Elections Over...Phone Stops Ringing

The Mayor's Mansion has been full of "potty mouth" lately due to the incessant robo-calls from tape recorders looking to get ...

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Mayor Interviewed By CNN Radio!

I happened to be walking downtown today and I was approached by Ed McCarthy of CNN. He was here covering the World Series, but it seems th...

Monday, October 23, 2006

We have Much To Discuss

After finally returning to the ACBA meetings, I have some good news for you, my Afftonians! The jobs are in fact returning to the former Ne...

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Waking the Sleeping Dog

As if the Grant's View land deal was not wild enough for our community, I am beginning to hear qualified rumors that Andy Busch may be ...

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Jobs May Return to Affton

After much speculation, it appears that the County Econ. Development folks have courted a suitor for our beloved and very vacant candy plant...

Saturday, September 09, 2006

Grant's View Article

Here's the article from the PD about the development. While all of you pray for land, the First Family is praying for an end to the ro...

Thursday, September 07, 2006

Pray for Land or God Will Smite You!

This was circulating on the email yesterday among some alumni of Cor Jesu. By way of disclaimer, this was NOT sent out by the school: I a...

Fair and Biased Coverage

Yesterday the Journal landed on my lawn and in addition to the Mayor's favorite Town Talk, there was a story with high praise for the ne...

Saturday, September 02, 2006

The Deal

Upon further investigation, I have found out that the proposed Villages at Grant's View development plan appears to be scrapped. At the ...

Friday, September 01, 2006

BREAKING NEWS: Cor Jesu Land Deal Goes Sour

So much for the power of prayer! I have not got much information to share just yet, but I'm hearing reports that the 99 year land-lease ...

Monday, August 28, 2006

Metrolink Opens...Affton and City Both Under-represented!!

Well the new extension of the MetroLink opened Saturday with much fanfare and the First Family was all over it. In addition to free rides a...

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Sour Grapes, Grantwood Village People

Well, apparently the Grantwood Village People have decided that they can't have their cake, but they are going to eat better despite the...

Boundary Commission: Don't Test Me!

As promised, I am writing to inform you, fine Afftonians, that the hearing for annexation proposals with the Boundary Commission has been s...

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

O-O-O'Reilly's Nice Guys

Generally speaking, auto and auto parts dealerships are not good for neighborhoods. They tend to junk up the area and have a bunch of folk...

VOTE TODAY

Be sure to cast your ballot today and let me know what you think of the new voting machines with your emails or comments. The new system h...

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Kenrick's Feeds a Good Meal to Ameren Crews

The Mayor has a few guests at his day job in the form of 300 out-of-town Ameren restoration workers from all over the Midwest. (They're...

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Does Affton Have a Prostitution Problem or a Homeless Problem?

Word came to the Mayor last weekend that there is a blonde woman walking around the Affton/Concord Village area who may be either homeless o...

Monday, July 24, 2006

Reach Out and Touch the Electorate

People, another election day is upon us this August. No, I'm not campaigning this term, but I cannot tell you how important it is to ge...

"Powerful" Reason to Stay Unincorporated

Well, the Mayor has been out surveying damage and Affton was not spared the storm's wrath. Much of central and southern Affton was with...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

State of Emergency Declared!

It was on, it was off, it was on, it was off. That's how the lights and TV sets were at the Mayor's mansion last night during the s...

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Affton = Good Italian

Last night the First Lady and I tried out the new Trattoria Toscana restaurant on Gravois next to the Ten Mile House. Let me first say that...

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

NOW OPEN

I was working on the backyard project most of the weekend. While at the Ace Hardware at Gravois & Mackenzie this weekend, I looked long...

Fair-to-Middlin' at Best

The First Family of Affton was tuckered out from baseball games and other activities this weekend, but managed to go to the Twin Oaks firewo...

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Celebrate Your Independence By Blowing Up Some of Your Tax Dollars

The Mayor will be presiding over a few family events, the backyard construction and a few cold ones over the holiday. Join me and the First...

Sale of Grant’s Farm Imminent?

The Grantwood Villagers’ blog is reporting today that rumors abound that Grant’s Farm could be on the selling block. See the post here an...

The Grass Could be Greener

The Mayor attended a conference on Sustainable Development this morning hosted by the Urban Land Institute . Most of the discussion was ol...

Stone Walled!

For those of you who asked, the stone wall coming down east of McNary Drive is nether because of the proposed development NOR your friends a...

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Gravois Creek Bridge and Grant's View Development

Well, two days ago the Mayor had a huge post prepared for you and Firefox's browser decided to crash and lose everything. I will recap ...

Thursday, June 22, 2006

REMINDER: Gravois Creek Bridge Public Hearing Tonight

As the headline says, if you drive on Gravois near Grant's Farm, you need to charge up your Rascal or Lark Scooters now so you can atte...

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Where the Cool Kids Are

Your Mayor was once accused by an infamous St. Louis blogger of accepting cold beverages in exchange for my praise of the new QuikTrip on G...

Friday, June 16, 2006

Life, Death, and Road Construction

Well it's that time of year. (I already posted about parish carnivals, silly.) I'm of course talking about the record number of oran...

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

The Mayor Goes Postal for Affton Pride

I think like most folks, I have a real love/hate relationship with computers. The First Family's name has an apostrophe in it. Now since...

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Extreme Makover: Affton Edition

AFFTON MARKET RESEARCH FACT: Twenty and thirty somethings who grew up in the Affton area and have lived in other areas of St. Louis never w...

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

CMT and Shrewsbury Plan Metrolink Charrette

This just in to the Mayor's desk this morning: Citizens for Modern Transit is hosting a charrette on June 17 with the help of Shrewsbu...

I Thought It Was Your Turn to Do the Dishes

From the Affton Precinct of the Police blotter as reported in the South County Journal on June 7: "Burglars stole a dishwasher sometime...

Monday, June 05, 2006

A Reading from the Letter of St. George

St. George is having their parish carnival this coming weekend. Some things need no embellishment to be funny. Note the use of exclamation p...

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