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Spencer, Jones go head-to-head Mayoral debate televised live
By Dana Rieck Of The St. Louis American
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Jones outraises Spencer in last month of campaign St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones outraised Alderwoman Cara Spencer in the last month of campaign fundraising — reinforcing Spencer’s message of being the underdog in this unprecedented mayoral election and positioning Jones as the frontrunner. In addition to those reports filed Monday, Spencer filed a separate report with 13 donations she failed to publicly disclose prior to the March 2 primary. Because they exceeded $250, her campaign was supposed to file supplemental reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission within 24 hours of receiving them. n Between Those 13 Jones’ contributions include campaign $2,600 from committee both Christine and PAC, Taylor, CEO the treasur- of Enterprise Holdings Inc., er raised developer Pete around Rothschild, and $407,000 Natalie Hilfiker in just over Roberts. In the Nine a month. PBC debate Tuesday night, Jones brought up this reporting violation and questioned Spencer’s transparency. “It’s funny the alderwoman would bring up no big contracts and no transparency when she failed to report $13,000 in contributions to her own campaign,” Jones said during the debate. “So, if she can’t report that, then how do we trust her to spend $500 million?” Spencer responded to that, saying she reported everything she received. “There was not a single contribution to my campaign that wasn’t reported,” Spencer said. “While there was a small hiccup in
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By Dana Rieck Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Alderwoman Cara Spencer
St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Tuesday evening took the stage at Nine PBS for the second and last televised debate between the two candidates prior to next week’s unprecedented election. The debate, unlike last week, took a turn about halfway through when the candidates began a backand-forth regarding various criticisms of their campaigns and career track records. Jones questioned Spencer’s transparency after her campaign committee failed to report around $13,000 in campaign contributions within 24 hours of receiving them prior to the March 2 primary election. The 13 donations in question were received by the Spencer campaign after the cutoff date for the last pre-primary campaign finance report deadline, but the campaign was supposed to file them as supplemental reports within 24 See DEBATE, A7
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St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones
City’s earning tax back on ballot By Dana Rieck Of The St. Louis American While most eyes are on the mayoral and aldermanic races April 6, voters will also be asked whether they support Proposition E — which would retain the city’s 1% earning tax. The 1% tax is paid on compensation and profits
earned in the city of St. Louis. The revenue from the tax, about $180 million annually, accounts for approximately 36% of the city’s overall funds. If the proposition passes, the tax will remain in effect for another five years. If it does not, the tax would be phased out at one-tenth of one percent per year and cannot be reinstated. The city’s mayor, Lyda Krewson, and Collector
of Revenue, Gregory F.X. Daly, came together at the start of March in support of passing Proposition E. They say without the tax the city would have to decrease services or increase property and sales taxes. “Not retaining the earnings tax would be fiscally See TAX, A7
One officer not guilty, mistrials for two others
Jury’s decision involving case of undercover officer beaten during 2017 protest By Christine Byers, Sam Clancy St. Louis Public Radio | 5 On Your Side The jury in the case of three officers accused of beating a colleague working undercover as a protester in 2017 returned a partial verdict Monday, ruling two mistrials and declaring one of the officers not guilty of all charges. The jury found current St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer Steven Korte not guilty of all charges against him. Meyers was acquitted of
From left, former St. Louis police officers Christopher Myers and Dustin Boone and current officer Steven Korte.
one count of deprivation of rights — the most serious charge — but a case of destruction of property was ruled a mistrial due to a hung jury. The jury could not come to a unanimous decision on either count against Dustin Boone, who was charged with depriving officer Luther Hall of his civil rights under the color of law and aiding and abetting in the commission of a crime. See TRIAL, A6
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