[bluecoconuts]

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2015/08/31/ ... n-kroenke/

COLE CAMP, Mo. (KMOX) – The Ozarks town adjacent to where St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke grew up is asking the billionaire for help, but so far, he’s not getting back with them.

“He’s our local town boy who did good,” said Judy Silva with the Cole Camp Chamber of Commerce.

Silva explains that the town needs $60,000 to payoff the bank for roof repairs to the Cole Camp History Museum, a building that includes mention of the Kroenke family in the town of Mora, just three miles down the road.

“Stan’s father was postmaster in Mora,” Silva says. “We’ve been trying to get some money out of him. We need his help.”

But so far, Silva says there’s been no response to the letter the town sent to its most famous local resident.

Married to the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, Kroenke is the owner of Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which includes the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, and the St. Louis Rams of the NFL.

Kroenke has irked St. Louis area leaders for not returning their calls for months as they seek to build a $900 million new stadium on the riverfront to keep the Rams from moving to Los Angeles.

Kroenke is reported to own seven homes, including one in Columbia, Mo., valued at $2.5 million, one in Malibu, Calif., valued at $8.9 million, and one in Aspen, Colo., valued at $20.7 million.

Despite the lack of response from Kroenke, the town of Cole Camp is waiting patiently by the phone.

“We understand he’s a busy man,” Silva says. “It would help preserve the building and the old time treasurers. Tell him we would thank him in advance.”



I laughed pretty hard when I saw this, now Kroenke is a bad guy because he wont bail out a town that couldn't budget?

[OldSchool]

The super wealthy do these things out of the kindness of their own hearts. They don't do them because small towns try smear campaigns through the media. Well smear campaigns might get some towns help but they prevent future help.

[Elvis]

Yeah, i don't think this is one of those situations where the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

That's quite a city Cole Camp has going there:

"How are we gonna pay for this roof?"

"I don't know, we could try begging..."

[Hacksaw]

I hear the whistles of the Andy Griffith Show in the backround of her gripe. Quite the Mayberry approach. Sad the world doesn't completely work that way.

[TSFH Fan]

now Kroenke is a bad guy because he wont bail out a town that couldn't budget?

I think this is it. Why would a StD station carry a story about something in BFE on the other side of that state?
Make Stan look bad . . .

Also, I admit it, I'm a museum guy. I went to two museums this past weekend. They were manly museums so I have no problem admitting it. But who in the F is going to go out to BFE to check out this thing? I'm sure they like to kid that they're halfway between Warsaw and Versailles, but looking at the map, they're waaaaaay out there.

I'm pretty sure the locals would appreciate a McDonald's, a donut shop, or something in this spot.

[azramsfan93]

Yeah, i don't think this is one of those situations where the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

That's quite a city Cole Camp has going there:

"How are we gonna pay for this roof?"

"I don't know, we could try begging..."

I love this.... so USA in 2015!