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‘Shaw brawl’ cools down at 8th Ward debate Special aldermanic election is Tuesday, February 13 By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Paul Fehler listened to Annie Rice speak at the 8th Ward aldermanic candidate forum organized by the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association’s forum on February 5 at Rehabilitation Services for the Blind. The special election is Tuesday, February 13.
After weeks of enduring what some have called the “Shaw Brawl” on social media between Annie Rice and Paul Fehler supporters, residents said the 8th Ward aldermanic candidate forum on February 5 was surprisingly friendly, tame, and even a bit boring. No brawling occurred as about 200 to 250 people packed the Shaw Neighborhood Improvement Association’s forum, which was held at Rehabilitation Services for the Blind. “When this all began, I kept hearing that Shaw was lucky to have such highly respected, dedicated, competent, committed people to represent our
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EPA proposes West Lake Landfill clean-up Expected to cost $236M and take five years to implement By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s long-awaited announcement on how it plans to clean up the illegally dumped radioactive waste in the West Lake Landfill has some touting a victory and others vowing to fight harder than ever. On February 1, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a proposed remedy to excavate and remove “all the radioactive material that poses a risk to public health” from the landfill, a Superfund site in Bridgeton. Pruitt also proposed “a permanent cap” to go over the radioactive waste that will remain at the site. The remedy,
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St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones testified to the Board of Aldermen’s Streets, Traffic and Refuse Committee on Tuesday, February 6 about their ongoing Parking Commission dispute as her attorney, Matthew Hans, observed. Photo by Wiley Price
Kicking off Black History Month African-American members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen prepare to raise the Pan-African flag at City Hall for the start of Black History Month on February 1.
Judges, prosecutors speak up for Bostic Ask U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in case of 16-year-old sentenced to die in prison By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Twenty-six former judges and prosecutors on January 25 asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in the case of an AfricanAmerican St. Louis man who was sentenced to die in prison when he was 16. Bobby Bostic and a friend committed a pair of armed robberies in St. Louis just before Christmas in 1995. Two people were shot at, but not harmed. Though only 16, Bostic was tried as an adult and sentenced to
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241 years in prison. He is up for parole in 2091, when he would be 112 years old. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Missouri has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the Missouri Supreme Court, which upheld Bostic’s sentence. The group submitted
Jones, Boyd clash again Treasurer: ‘This is harassment, alderman’ By Jessica Karins For The St. Louis American
an amicus curiae in support of Bostic and includes two former U.S. solicitors general, a former chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court and two state attorneys general. The judge who issued Bostic’s sentence made it clear that he would “die in the department of corrections” because “nobody in this room is going to be alive” when he becomes eligible for parole. In the amicus brief, the judges and
Alderman Jeffrey Boyd and St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones clashed Tuesday, February 6 in a meeting of the Board of Aldermen’s Streets, Traffic and Refuse Committee over their ongoing Parking Commission dispute. The committee was set to discuss Resolution 188, which “approves that the Streets, Traffic and Refuse Committee is hereby delegated the authority to compel via subpoena the members of the Parking Commission.” The resolution was introduced by Boyd and seems targeted at Jones,
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