By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, March 16 at 1:04 PM
A photo accompanying a recent post on MayorSlay.com seems to suggests that Police Chief Joe Mokwa and SLPS Superintendent Creg Williams have endorsed the Mayor's picks for two open seats on the school board. Something that, to the best of our knowledge, is untrue.
The post, with the headline "Metro Clergy Back School Reform," quotes Rev. Sammie Jones, of the Metropolitan St. Louis Clergy Coalition. "Darnetta (Clinkscale) and Jim (Buford) are the only candidates in this race who enthusiastically support our new superintendent Creg Williams’ plans to reform our schools," said Jones. But there is no picture of Jones, or Clinkscale and Buford. Instead Dr. Williams is pictured flanked by Mokwa and Mayor Francis Slay. The bottom of the post reads, "That’s Dr. Creg Williams at a different event."
Board member Veronica O'Brien was one of those confused by the photo. "Never knew a [superintendent] could get involved in an election. Wow!!!!" she wrote in an email.
The post does not mention that the St. Louis Teachers Union snubbed the Mayor's candidates and endorsed the two SLPS parents who are running, Peter Downs and Donna Jones. The St. Louis Labor Council also went with Downs and Jones.
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