Frankly surprised it took this long for Larry to be revealed as a crook.
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He is under federal indictment but Bruce Franks wasn’t for doing essentially the same thing? LOL
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Franks never sent a $5000 campaign check to pay his mortgage and another 15,000 for vacations and other things. The MEC found Franks made more than two dozen transactions, totaling nearly $2,400, “which appeared to be for personal use.”downtown2007 wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020He is under federal indictment but Bruce Franks wasn’t for doing essentially the same thing? LOL
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You just proved my point. They both did the same thing.
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Yes they did, in a sense that I got a speeding ticket for driving 35mph in a 30 and you got some for 55 in a 30. see we did the same thing but the law says your fine is $200 and mine is $50.downtown2007 wrote: ↑Mar 06, 2020You just proved my point. They both did the same thing.
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Listening to the current BoA meeting live, and there is still talk about trying to put ward reduction back in front of voters to reverse it. It's been brought up multiple times during the discussion on the residency requirement. Some aldermen/alderwomen really want to see the ward reduction killed.
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Yeah, they don't want to lose their fiefdoms. Too bad.chaifetz10 wrote: ↑Jun 19, 2020Listening to the current BoA meeting live, and there is still talk about trying to put ward reduction back in front of voters to reverse it. It's been brought up multiple times during the discussion on the residency requirement. Some aldermen/alderwomen really want to see the ward reduction killed.
They'd rather talk about reversing it and play victim than prepare for reduction. Bonus if being ill-prepared results in poor outcomes when reduction is implemented, then they've bolstered the case to undo it then.
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who?chaifetz10 wrote: ↑Jun 19, 2020Listening to the current BoA meeting live, and there is still talk about trying to put ward reduction back in front of voters to reverse it. It's been brought up multiple times during the discussion on the residency requirement. Some aldermen/alderwomen really want to see the ward reduction killed.
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The meeting isn't on YouTube yet for me to try to go back through and confirm, but Vacarro brought up the fact that he's co-sponsoring a BB (I think with Muhammad, Jr.), Hubbard made a statement at one point about people trying to getting it back in front of voters, and Todd started to go into ward reduction before he was stopped on a point of order. There may have been more that I'm not immediately recalling.
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If I'm to remain an optimist, I cannot watch those YouTube videos. Not all of the BOA members, but many are so erratic and strange; it has actually gotten better in the past 5-10 years, but there is so much negativity and reason to give up if you listen to many of these people ramble on...so much need for change. Everywhere. The Mayor, the Treasurer, the city departments, many alderpeeps. So much change is due.
Reversing a vote of the people is so anti-democratic, it has to be squelched.
Reversing a vote of the people is so anti-democratic, it has to be squelched.
I figured instead of posting the same link in a bunch of different threads, I'd just post it once here. Quite a bit of action at the BoA today:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... the-latest
The primary focus of this article was a change in the city's tax law so high-speed internet providers would pay the same 7.5% gross receipt tax that telephone companies do. Currently broadband operators pay a right-of-way fee of $2.20 per linear foot, one of the highest in the country. Will likely go on the November 3rd ballot.
Tentative approval was also given to a new CID that will overlap the MLS stadium, in addition to that, tomorrow, an aldermanic committee will examine an eminent domain bill for a parking lot near 20th and Pine in the stadium footprint. Negotiations with the owner have so far been unsuccessful.
Two other CIDs were given tentative approval, Expo at Forest Park and Iron Hill.
And finally allowing the to-go sale of alcoholic beverages through the end of the year, mirroring a state law.
They'll begin floor debate for the city budget on Friday.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... the-latest
The primary focus of this article was a change in the city's tax law so high-speed internet providers would pay the same 7.5% gross receipt tax that telephone companies do. Currently broadband operators pay a right-of-way fee of $2.20 per linear foot, one of the highest in the country. Will likely go on the November 3rd ballot.
Tentative approval was also given to a new CID that will overlap the MLS stadium, in addition to that, tomorrow, an aldermanic committee will examine an eminent domain bill for a parking lot near 20th and Pine in the stadium footprint. Negotiations with the owner have so far been unsuccessful.
Two other CIDs were given tentative approval, Expo at Forest Park and Iron Hill.
And finally allowing the to-go sale of alcoholic beverages through the end of the year, mirroring a state law.
They'll begin floor debate for the city budget on Friday.
Any word on the St. Louis City Small Business Grant Fund Program? The STL Development Corporation is trying to get $5000 grants for city businesses impacted by COVID.
Dwinderlin Evans (4th Ward) and Vicky Grass (12th Ward) are the two newest Aldermen. Evans ran unopposed. Grass had a Republican challenger, Craig Westbrook. The final results were 58%-41%.
^ Going off of that...the Board of Aldermen is now the Board of Alderwomen as women now hold a majority of the city's legislative seats:
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... s_headline
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/new ... s_headline
Some Board of Aldermen action today:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... the-latest
City employee residency requirement will be on the November 3rd ballot. Sponsor Vaccaro said he wanted City residents to speak on the matter before MoLeg passed it for them. Includes police officers too.
A use-of-force bill, sponsored by Reed, would make some existing police restrictions law.
Also put on the November 3rd ballot was the aforementioned revamp of the tax code to allow more companies easily expand high-speed internet around the city.
CIDs for MLS, Expo at Forest Park, and Iron Hill were authorized.
Edit: Nonpartisan election measure moves to St. Louis’ November ballot
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... c7cb1.html
In my opinion, I think this is the way to go...would actually make the general mean something. Plus, there's a bit of a twist:
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... the-latest
City employee residency requirement will be on the November 3rd ballot. Sponsor Vaccaro said he wanted City residents to speak on the matter before MoLeg passed it for them. Includes police officers too.
A use-of-force bill, sponsored by Reed, would make some existing police restrictions law.
Coronavirus relief bill was also passed, largely according to the mayor's spending plan.Chokeholds are banned, officers must intervene when force is inappropriately used by fellow cops and de-escalation tactics are mandated. The bill also adds some new policies, such as requiring police officers to file a report when a gun is pointed at someone regardless of whether it’s fired.
Also put on the November 3rd ballot was the aforementioned revamp of the tax code to allow more companies easily expand high-speed internet around the city.
And finally in development news:The measure would require fiber network providers to pay the 7.5% gross receipts tax now levied on telephone service. That would replace a right-of-way fee for companies laying fiber networks, which sponsors say is among the highest in the nation.
CIDs for MLS, Expo at Forest Park, and Iron Hill were authorized.
Edit: Nonpartisan election measure moves to St. Louis’ November ballot
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... c7cb1.html
In my opinion, I think this is the way to go...would actually make the general mean something. Plus, there's a bit of a twist:
At the same time, Rusch said, another feature in the proposition called approval voting gives St. Louisans “the opportunity to be on the cutting edge” by adding a process that’s relatively unusual. Under that process, residents cast a vote for as many candidates for an office as they want in the city primary of odd-numbered years. The top two vote-getters then would advance to a runoff in the April general election.
The new system would replace the city’s traditional partisan setup in which voters pick party nominees in March who then run in an April general election.
Stltoday- Measure to reduce the number of wards in St. Louis is headed back to Board of Aldermen
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... c8082.html
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/gov ... c8082.html
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Well, the good news is that it would still have to get through a full Board vote and then still get passed by voters. It's annoying to see this continuously come up, but I have confidence that it would fail to be repealed by voters.
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I would imagine yes, and if they were being strategic politically, she'd want to wait till the very last of the 20 day window to do so. This would force the BoA supporters to have to quickly come up with enough votes for a 2/3 overturn. If I'm the mayor, I run down the clock, veto at the last possible moment, not release any statement on it one way or another, and then put the pressure back on the BoA to try to maneuver it through some how.
Fun fact, if an equal number of voters vote yes to stop ward reduction as who voted against ward reduction in 2012 (not likely given 2012 was a presidential election), then the votes against stopping ward reduction would have to be 46,783 fewer than the yes vote for ward reduction in 2012 in order to pass the proposed ward reduction undo. What a waste of time.
