By Antonio D. French
Filed Saturday, March 11 at 3:27 PM
Jake Wagman, of the Post-Dispatch, is reporting that Mayor Francis Slay may not sign Board Bill 69, which was passed by the Board of Aldermen yesterday.
"Slay said Friday that he would not sign the plan because it contains 'inflammatory anti-police' language," wrote Wagman. It was that same language that Ald. Stephen Gregali refered to in an on-camera interview with PUB DEF yesterday.
Slay has the option of vetoing the bill, which would further damage his already-strained relationship with the City's black population, or he can sit on the bill and allow it to become law without his signature. If that was to happen, the bill would still face the even larger hurdle of adoption by the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners.
This sets up a political stand-off between the city's black aldermen and the state-controlled police board.
Ald. Terry Kennedy, the primary sponsor of the bill, spoke of this potential situation a couple of days ago in an exclusive interview with PUB DEF. Click here to see that exclusive video.
2 Comments:
This black white shit needs to end. We need to do what is right for all citizens regardless of race.
3:28 PM, March 12, 2006
Since DOA at the Police Board, it would be a waste of time to either veto or sign the CRB bill. I expect the bill to pass into law quietly, with hizzoner doing nothing, allowing the Police Board to do their thing.
7:29 AM, March 13, 2006
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