By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, February 24 at 4:00 AM
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
Aldermen Bennice Jones King (21st Ward) and Freeman Bosley, Sr. (3rd Ward) led the questioning Thursday of the board president and chief executive officer of the Annie Malone Center on their plan to move the annual May Day Parade from north St. Louis.
King questioned board president Aaron Phillips about how the decision was made and why no community input was requested. "I don't think there was any consideration and I don't think you care one way or the other," King told Phillips.
It was not long before Phillips lost his temper. "I'm here to answer questions. I'm not here to be beat up," he said. Frustrated with the King's questions, Phillips told the committee at 11:58 a.m., "I'd be happy to answer any other questions, but at noon we're out of here."
He later told King, "I'm not going to sit here and be your whipping boy."
The Streets Committee approved the resolution introduced by King that would officially express the Board's disapproval of the parade's move from north St. Louis. The full board will vote on it today.
1 Comments:
Thanks for posting this. Very, very, enlightening. I agree with Jones-King.
Instead of uprooting the parade, where it's been for a century, they should have sought community input first even if the ultimate result would have been relocation. The community deserved better and it should not be indicted because of the actions of a few.
And do they really believe violence can't follow them down to Market Street? There are just some stupid people in the world hellbent on disruption.
Masking the parade as being more inclusive is a lie straight out of hell. It ain't been "inclusive" in 100 years.
Let's get the Fair St. Louis parade, Mardi Gras celebrations, or the Fat Tuesday Parade over in North St. Louis since we are playing inclusion musical chairs.
11:05 AM, March 02, 2006
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