By Antonio D. French
Filed Monday, December 5 at 8:31 PM
Percy Green, the legendary activist and Arch climber, has let it be known that new school board member Jim Buford will not be getting his vote next year. In a statement sent by e-mail, Green says that Buford "supports the same failed programs and decisions as that of former school board member Vince Schoemehl." Green also says that in order for St. Louis Public Schools to reverse course, it must break free from the control of Mayor Francis Slay and his "bandits."The attempt to recall Ald. Jeffrey Boyd (D-22nd Ward) has stalled but not stopped. Boyd's foes, led by former Ald. Kenny Jones, fell a couple hundred signatures short of the magic number and have been given until Christmas week to turn them in. If Alderman Boyd was hoping for an X-Box 360 for Christmas, the folks at election board will likely have a very disappointing substitute.Speaking of recalls, voters in the 24th Ward will be electing a new alderman next Tuesday and their old one has done everything he could do to confuse them. Ex-Alderman Tom Bauer, who was just recalled in September by more than 60% of those who voted, is running again -- this time as an independent after city Democrats selected William Waterhouse as their candidate. But that didn't stop ol' Tom from calling himself a "Independent Democrat" candidate.
That's not a new trick. Alderman Bennice Jones King (21st Ward) did the same thing in her last election. But this time, the city Democrats decided to sue and they won. So now Bauer has to change all his campaign literature and signage with just days left in the campaign.With recall fever sweeping the city and temperatures rising on elected officials, members of the Board of Aldermen are looking to change the rules. Alderman Jennifer Florida's bill to make it harder to recall aldermen got its second reading last week. Some believe that Board Bill #310 would effectively limit recall efforts to just one per 4-year term.
Board Bill #310 does not limit aldermen from immediately running again after they have been recalled., although some observers believe that such added language would offer an attractive trade-off for city voters.
Even if it does pass the Board of Aldermen and is signed by the Mayor, it still requires approval by 60% of the voters to change the city's charter and become law.
2 Comments:
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8:52 AM, December 06, 2005
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They make great Christmas gifts. I ran into Richard Callow this weekend at City Museum's Log Cabin. My guess is he wears a large.
9:19 AM, December 06, 2005
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