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CAC Audited JANUARY 19 – 25, 2017
Vol. 88 No. 41 COMPLIMENTARY
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The truth about the travel budget
n “I expect the media to be fair and tell the entire story, which has not happened thus far.” – Tishaura O. Jones during a January 17 press conference.
Tishaura Jones gets less taxpayer money for expenses than other citywide officials By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
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Tishaura O. Jones has been attacked in the local news media for submitting travel expenses to the city as St. Louis treasurer, but this reporting overlooks the fact that other city offices are given larger budgets for discretionary expenses than the sums for which Jones was reimbursed.
KMOV reporter Lauren Trager did a story on January 12 (since followed by other local media) about Jones billing taxpayers for a total of $22,000 in travel expenses in her first four-year term as treasurer. In fact, Jones self-reported that the sum is closer to $27,000 over the four years. However, the mayor is allowed an annual expense
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Shahid planning Tauheed Youth Group reunion ‘I am excited about the challenge he is going to put on black men’ By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
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Marching for MLK Dyon Midgett, 9, a student at Ford Elementary School, waved his Pan-African flags proudly while marching in the 49th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day Celebration Parade in downtown St. Louis on Monday, January 16, a national holiday in Dr. King’s honor.
When community organizer James Clark was 23, he came across a man whose “fervor” for the African-American community, he said, was “unmatched.” That man was youth advocate and community activist, Anthony Shahid. In the 1980s, Shahid started the Tauheed Youth Group, a mentoring group for high-risk, African-American young men and women. Clark participated in Shahid’s street patrol, where they engaged young people who were caught up in drugs and gun violence and offered them alternatives. “While not everyone was happy we were there, we were able to change the trajectory of many men and women’s lives,” Clark said.
Obamas leave images that will never fade We’ve never seen an AfricanAmerican family in these roles By Eugene Robinson Washington Post Hold on to one image from President Obama’s farewell address: The president using his handkerchief to wipe a tear from his eye as he thanked Michelle Obama for her grace and forbearance. The first lady was holding back tears, too, as was her daughter Malia. Politics aside, it was a touching moment in the life of a family we have come to know
BUSINESS
Ken Griffey Sr. speaks up about prostate cancer Early detection saved the All Star’s life – now he wants to save others
n In their time in the White House, the Obama family expanded this nation’s idea of what it can achieve. They gave us vivid images that will never fade.
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By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American The name Griffey is known to baseball fans, with an All Star father and a Hall of Fame son, but people may not know how prostate cancer has impacted the Griffey family. “Black men don’t talk about prostate cancer,” Ken Griffey Sr. told the St. Louis Prostate Cancer Coalition at a public event at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel on Thursday, January 12. Griffey had four uncles who died from prostate cancer. His late mother, Ruth Griffey, The Obama Family
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SPORTS
NEWS
From cop to legal advocate
A look around the NBA
Pink House closes its doors
As an attorney with ArchCity Defenders Sam Henderson has represented hundreds of cases.
The injury bug has already bitten the Los Angeles Clippers and Lebron James and the Cavs flopped on MLK Day.
The studio brought in local artists to hold sessions from photography to painting.
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