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Wesley Bell for county prosecutor, Mark Mantovani for county executive.
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Vol. 90 No. 19 COMPLIMENTARY
Gas Mart fires workers Why Hazel Erby supports who kicked woman Mantovani opinion
Owners will support Kelli Adams’ recovery By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Tafany Jabbar, operations manager for Gas Mart, said in a press conference on Tuesday, July 31 that the company will support Kelli Adams “through behavioral, emotional, and physical health services” after firing the two employees who kicked her last week.
The two Gas Mart employees who assaulted a black woman have been terminated, one of the gas station owners said in a press conference on Tuesday, July 31, and the store, located at Goodfellow and Delmar, will be closed indefinitely. “We are closed for the community to heal right now,” said Tafany Jabbar, operations manager for Gas Mart. “This previous week was the worst operational week in Gas Mart history. We are horrified by the actions two of our former employees, who took it upon themselves to act out
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for county executive By Councilwoman Hazel Erby For The St. Louis American Someone asked me if I think Mark Mantovani will really support the issues that are important and critical to our community if elected St. Louis County executive. My response: The majority of n “I say give African-American elected someone else officials, many community the opportunity leaders in North County and I have met with Mark to do what’s Mantovani many times right for the over the last 18 months. citizens of St. We believe he shares our Louis County.” concerns. He has made a – Councilwoman commitment to work with Hazel Erby us to address issues that are important to us and the people we represent. I didn’t support Steve Stenger when he ran for county executive because I had a working relationship with him on the St. Louis County Council and I knew better. However, there are people who supported him because he gave them his word that he would work with them. He did not! Many of those people are now supporting Mantovani.
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Queen Fowler passes at 84 First African-American woman superintendent of schools in Missouri By Gloria S. Ross For St. Louis Public Radio Photo by Wiley Price
have run again for state representative. “I think I can be more effective in City Hall,” Butler said. “I have been fairly effective in Jefferson City. I’ve gotten a couple pieces of legislation passed, but I feel like I can use my education and my experience better improving processes of City Hall and improving online services at City Hall.”
Queen Dunlop Fowler, a renowned educator who became the first black woman to serve as a superintendent of schools in Missouri, died on Friday, July 20 of Alzheimer’s disease at her home in University City. She was 84. Services will be Friday, August 3 at St. Alphonsus “Rock” Liguori Church. Fowler had distinguished herself as a teacher and education administrator when she accepted the daunting Queen challenge of becoming Dunlop superintendent for the Wellston Fowler School District. It was 1979 and the school system, like the once-thriving city, was in severe decline. To effect change, she tapped a multitude of resources she had developed throughout the state and beyond: other school districts, businesses, financial institutions, consultants and many of the
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Wesley Bell challenging McCulloch Wesley Bell canvassed in Ferguson on Tuesday, July 31. He is the only challenger to incumbent St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, August 7. Absentee voting is underway. Polls are open on Election Day from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Michael Butler challenges Sharon Carpenter Race for recorder of deeds goes to the ballot August 7 By Ashley Jones For The St. Louis American “I believe in 2018 you shouldn’t have to go to City Hall to access your city government,” said Michael Butler, a candidate for recorder of deeds on the August 7 ballot in the city. “You should be able to go
online and apply for your birth, marriage, and death certificates, and then get that mailed to you in 30 to 90 days.” Butler is the sitting District 79 state representative Minority Caucus chair in the Missouri House of Representatives with six years of experience in politics in the state Legislature. He is not term-limited and could