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It was a $1,000,000+ in spending campaign between Reed, Jamilah Nasheed and Megan a Green in March 2019

Reed won with 35%, Nasheed 32%, Green 31% Jimmie Matthews 2%

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 09, 2021

pattimagee wrote: ↑

Apr 08, 2021

So, if there realistically is a coalition here, how does the BOA president election work? Do they re-up that every year? or at any time can the BOA vote in a new president? 

You must be new here.....BOA President is a citywide stand-alone elected position, Lewis Reed got elected to a 4 year term in 2019.   If Reed were to resign for some reason then Jeffrey Boyd would be the acting President until the next BOA election in 2023

for once...please don't let Reed retire

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 09, 2021

It was a $1,000,000+ in spending campaign between Reed, Jamilah Nasheed and Megan a Green in March 2019

Reed won with 35%, Nasheed  32%, Green 31% Jimmie Matthews 2%

Care to speculate on how runoff voting will change this dynamic? Not sure what Nasheed is up to these days, but I would wager Green will try again and Spencer has to be looking at this as a possible next step...

SB in BH wrote: ↑

Apr 09, 2021

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Apr 09, 2021

It was a $1,000,000+ in spending campaign between Reed, Jamilah Nasheed and Megan a Green in March 2019

Reed won with 35%, Nasheed  32%, Green 31% Jimmie Matthews 2%

Care to speculate on how runoff voting will change this dynamic? Not sure what Nasheed is up to these days, but I would wager Green will try again and Spencer has to be looking at this as a possible next step...

I think Nasheed would have won if there was approval voting in 2019 . Her and Green would have moved on and she would have beaten Green in the runoff.

Committee chairs from Shane Cohn 's tweet


J Boyd - HUDZ 
Vollmer - Legislation 
Davis - Ways & Means 
Cohn - Transportation and Commerce 
Vacarro- Public safety 
Howard - Nabe Dev 
Tyus - Streets 
Ingrassia - Health 
Green - Education 
Spencer - Intergovernmental Affairs
Coatar - Rules 
P Boyd - Parks 
Bosley - Public Employees 
Guenther - Convention 
Collins - public utilities

^Was going to say, interesting that there is one more committee (15) than wards after the reduction (14). Pretty close alignment there. Also, Reed chaired the Personnel & Administration Committee (so 16 total) - which I'm guessing he held onto. 

gone corporate wrote: ↑

Apr 13, 2021

^That could be a de facto list of which aldermen survive the BoA's imminent consolidation. 

2023 is a long way away

All 14 seats new seats will be up then in 2025 the odd seats will be up again, so you want to be redrawn in a even number ward so that once you win in 2023 you have until 2027 in that seat

Stltoday - No major changes endorsed by St. Louis aldermen at closed-door caucus

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 5a36d.html

StlToday - St. Louis alderman sued over campaign finance violations

For the second time, state election regulators are suing a St. Louis alderman for failing to pay fines levied for campaign finance violations.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... 53451.html

Predictably John Collins-Muhammad.

StlToday - St. Louis aldermanic panel hopes to release first draft of redrawn ward map on Monday

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... d6574.html

I'm not entirely sure why preserving the official "neighborhoods" is even a goal. The city map is every bit as arbitrary as any ward map and seemingly twice as capricious. My own "neighborhood" contains at least three entirely distinct areas largely kept separate by physical barriers like highways and parks. And it takes the name of a historic town largely outside the official boundaries of the neighborhood. I'm not opposed to the idea of keeping neighbors together to try to accurately reflect our diversity, but if you want to do that the official neighborhood map is a lousy place to start. Can we throw that out and redraw it while we're at it? Ward reduction is more critical and the neighborhood thing is more cosmetic, but given that so many of us use the blasted thing as a starting point for conversation it would be nice if it in some way reflected reality. Who even drew it? And when and why, for that matter? If we're going to use a thing as a tool for a real world political processes I'd like to know what that thing is and why it is that way.

I understand there may be exceptions, but my neighborhood (TGE) as well as most surrounding ones feel cohesive, with natural dividing lines (i.e. Gravois, Grand, etc.) and have "long-standing" neighborhood associations that follow unified and comprehensive policies for the whole neighborhood. Still, we are represented by 3 different aldermen who also represent very different constituencies with different needs and issues. My block, for example, belongs to Ward 06, which also includes a big chunk of Downtown West, this never made any sense to me. 

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Nov 01, 2021

I'm not entirely sure why preserving the official "neighborhoods" is even a goal. 

Because of gerrymandering.  Fox Park has a 1 block sliver cut through it in order to keep Brian Whaby in as 7th ward committeeman.  It causes great confusion when neighbors are trying to reach out for services.

symphonicpoet wrote: ↑

Nov 01, 2021

I'm not entirely sure why preserving the official "neighborhoods" is even a goal. 

I see some value in maintaining proximity to neighborhood lines as a means of "keeping neighbors together". Not that it should necessarily be the primary determining factor, but some neighborhoods have active and involved neighborhood associations, which can be an effective means of organizing and vocalizing neighborhood priorities. Having a neighborhood represented by just one or two aldermen can help facilitate a close relationship between the association and aldermen and better representation.

gregl wrote: ↑

Nov 01, 2021

Does anyone have a copy of the proposed map?

Not yet - I believe it was supposed to come out sometime this week (today even?) But nothing's been made publicly available just yet.