By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, February 24 at 10:12 AM
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen today passed Resolution #255, voicing their "regret and displeasure with the decision to move the Annie Malone Parade out of the Ville Neighborhood."
The resolution, sponsored by Ald. Bennice Jones King, also asks the board of directors of the Annie Malone Center to "reconsider their decision to change the parade route and return it to the citizens who have supported this outstanding community resource for so many years."
Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. told representatives from Annie Malone who were attending today's meeting, "You didn't own that thing all by yourselves," referring to the nearly 100 year-old parade. "It belonged to the community."
Ald. Charles Q. Troupe, a former Annie Malone board member, said this "fiasco" would have never occured when Jean Neal was CEO of the organization. "The leadership of Annie Malone should back up and look at what they are doing," he said.
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