Greitens protested for cutting minimum wage
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Cops balk at mayor’s tax hike Police union to rally against funding for afterschool programs and crime prevention By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Leaders of St. Louis city police’s bargaining union announced that they plan to rally against the half-cent
sales tax increase for public safety proposed by Mayor Lyda Krewson because some revenue will go towards “social programs and other pet projects,” according to a letter sent from the St. Louis
Police Officers Association’s executive board to its members on July 7. “We are also planning rallies and an aggressive media campaign to drive our message home,” the letter stated. “We
need to show the mayor and other elected officials that they woke a sleeping giant.” The half-cent sales tax increase will appear on the ballot in November, now that the Board of Aldermen passed
a board bill (BB60) on July 7 that outlined how the tax revenue would be spent. If city voters approve the sales tax increase in November, then Krewson estimates that it would
generate about $19.5 million every year – which would go mainly towards police and firefighter salary raises. An increase in sales tax would See TAX, A6
‘New beginning’ in 28th Ward Heather Navarro wins special election for alderwoman in landslide By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
Greitens shouted down over minimum wage Governor Eric Greitens was shouted down by protestors at his press conference at Riverview Plaza in North St. Louis on Monday, July 10. Greitens announced new state support for crime fighting in St. Louis, but protestors told Greitens that cutting the minimum wage in St. Louis – as new state legislation undoing a local wage hike will do next month – will contribute to local poverty and increase crime.
Heather Navarro, executive director of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment, will become the 28th Ward’s new alderwoman, after she won by a landslide in the July 11 special election. n “We have Navarro won with 68.85 percent of the vote, beating Independent a grassroots Democratic candidates Celeste campaign that’s Vossmeyer’s 15.7 percent and Steve going to keep on Roberts Sr.’s 14.35 percent. going.” “What we have accomplished over last eight weeks has been incredible,” – Heather Navarro Navarro said to her supporters Tuesday night at Dressel’s Public House in the Central West End. “We have a grassroots campaign that’s going to keep on going.” Navarro will fill the seat that was left open when Lyda Krewson was elected mayor in April. Krewson, who was the 28th Ward’s alderwoman for 20 years, was the first to give Navarro a big hug when they learned of her win. “You have yourself a wonderful new alderwoman,” Krewson See NAVARRO, A7
‘Our conference is a conference for St. Louis’
North STL rallies around black cop shot by friendly fire
President Marc Morial discusses National Urban League Conference coming to St. Louis By Chris King Of The St. Louis American The 2017 National Urban League Conference will come to St. Louis July 26-29, with Centene Corporation – led by CEO Michael Neidorff, who chairs the National Urban League’s Board of Directors – and World Wide Technology, led by founder and chairman David Steward, the title sponsors. The American talked to Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League, about what to expect when the conference comes to town and how the Urban League is responding to the disruptions of the Trump presidency.
St. Louis Police Officer Milton Green hailed by community as ‘role model’
n “The national Urban League is not just there when protests take place – we stay, and we build, and we work, and we try to empower the community.”
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American
– Marc Morial, Urban League president Photo by Wiley Price
St. Louis American: What will people in St. Louis experience when the Urban League national conference See MORIAL, A6
National Urban League President and CEO Marc Morial connected with Michael McMillan, president and CEO of the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, when he visited St. Louis on March 3 to announce the organization’s annual conference will be held in St. Louis July 26 to 29.
St. Louis Police Officer Milton Green
North St. Louis resident Prince Carter met St. Louis Police Officer Milton Green years ago when Carter ran a barbeque stand. “He used to come and engage with people and interact with the young people,” Carter said. “I see him as a role model. We as a community are tired of all the crime, and this guy has been doing everything he can to fight it.” On June 21, Green was shot in the arm by a white St. Louis police officer after he came See COP, A7