Section 30(a). The people of the city of St. Louis and the people of the county of St. Louis shall have power (1) to consolidate the territories and governments of the city and county into one political subdivision under the municipal government of the city of St. Louis; or, (2) to extend the territorial boundaries of the county so as to embrace the territory within the city and to reorganize and consolidate the county governments of the city and county, and adjust their relations as thus united, and thereafter the city may extend its limits in the manner provided by law for other cities; or, (3) to enlarge the present or future limits of the city by annexing thereto part of the territory of the county, and to confer upon the city exclusive jurisdiction of the territory so annexed to the city; or, (4) to establish a metropolitan district or districts for the functional administration of services common to the area included therein; or, (5) to formulate and adopt any other plan for the partial or complete government of all or any part of the city and the county.
http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_n ... 3ce6c.htmlMany residents who regularly attend board meetings say they are afraid to speak out in favor of the resolution because Dellwood police officers have visited their homes to talk with them about the board decision. About 250 residents and outsiders have spoken irately against contracting with the county police in the past month.
I assume you are addressing this to Alex. I never suggested St. Louis would stop being a county -- just a city, like St. George.tbspqr wrote:Could Warren County just decide to "stop being a county" one day, then choose the next day to be part of St. Charles County? Why do you assume the city would become another municipality in the County? How do you know St. Louis County would (or would be allowed to) take them? It is unprecedented to say the least. My hunch is that local political wrangling / maneuvering alone can't fix this. Only solution, in reality would be the body politic of the state dissolving/changing/etc the 1876 law(s).
If the city tried to do a rope-a-dope and sneak out of the "independent city" designation, the rural republican establishment (or those from Chesterfield and Wildwood) would throw legislative road blocks up prior said "dis-incorporation", or the State Supreme court would issue a cease-and-desist order. I just can't imagine a "quick and easy" way out of this.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/299495 ... ment-auditDellwood, MO (KSDK) - Rapes, assaults, and drugs cases were never prosecuted in Dellwood, Missouri.
Mayor Loretta Johnson says there are 120 cases where potential suspects ran free because Dellwood police failed to forward the cases to the county prosecutor.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/299495 ... n-DellwoodDellwood, MO (KSDK) - Charges of racial discrimination are surfacing in Dellwood. White officers say a black mayor is on a witch hunt following a recent police audit, and they've filed suit.
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metr ... 81375.htmlLast spring, the city hired current City Administrator Frank Myers. He said in his nearly 30 years working in city governments he had never worked for one that was run like Dellwood.
"Everything was informal," he said of city practices. "It was like an honor system around here."
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/304048 ... n-DellwoodFrank Myers says unless an agreement is reached, this situation could last until the next aldermanic elections in April.
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/312674 ... urns-nastyThere are four seats up for election next Tuesday. Three of those seats belong to aldermen who have been boycotting Dellwood City Council meetings since November.
