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Bill stumps for Hillary in Bridgeton
SLPS tax increase on April 5 ballot Initiative would fund early education and staff salary increases By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
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Just hours before polls closed in the Michigan presidential primary, former U.S. President Bill Clinton campaigned for Hillary Clinton, his wife, at District 9 Machinists Hall in Bridgeton on Tuesday, March 8.
Clinton reclaims economic populism at union hall By Chris King Of The St. Louis American In a more than 40 minute speech at a machinists’ hall in North County on Tuesday, March 8, Bill Clinton seemed to forget that
his presidential candidate of choice has not been seen as the economic populist seeking the Democratic nomination. He described Hillary Clinton as a pragmatic fighter for workers’ rights who, if elected, will work to make corporations pay their fair share of taxes and to invest in their communities, rather than shareholders. He described the anxiety of voters in 2016 in terms of the economy that was ruined by
financial speculators in the mortgage-backed security bubble that resulted in the crash of 2007, which he described in downhome terms. Before the crash, Clinton said, “All the growth was in home building, consumer spending and finance. And if you let all that money and finance percolate to the top with
Mayor, comptroller, aldermanic president, aldermen all agree on offer U.S. Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay, Mayor Francis G. Slay, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, Gov. Jay Nixon and Comptroller Darlene Green listened to Otis Williams, executive director of the St. Louis Development Corporation, discuss the city’s offer to the NGA for its North St. Louis site at City Hall on Monday, March 7.
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STL offers free land to entice NGA The City St. Louis will give the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency free land if agency officials agree to build its new $1.7 billion NGA West facility in North St. Louis, according to an announcement from city and state leaders Monday, March 7 at St. Louis City Hall. Comptroller Darlene Green said the process of fighting for the NGA West site has been a united effort across the city and the state. “I’m right with the mayor, the president of the Board of Aldermen and all of the aldermen
Saint Louis Public School officials and campaign staff laid out their plan to push passage of Proposition 1 on the April 5 ballot at a campaign kickoff at the district’s administrative offices in downtown St. Louis on Monday, March 7. A simple majority is needed to pass the initiative. If passed, Proposition 1 would increase the operating tax levy for the Saint Louis Public School District by $0.75 – the first such increase Tishaura O. in 25 years. That equates to an Jones additional $71.25 per year for the owner of a $50,000 home or $107.25 per year for the owner of a $75,000 home. This increase would generate an estimated $27.8 million in new revenue each year for the district and charter schools in the city. If approved by voters, Proposition 1 funds would be used to continue offering early childhood education, expand character and alternative education options, improve safety and security equipment and personnel, and offer more
Clinton campaign volunteers knock doors for March 15 presidential primary By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American South St. Louis resident Trisha Boyle has perfected the art of knocking doors across the region for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. “You’ve got to have a good knock,” said Boyle, a 24-year-old African-American mother who is about to finish up her master’s degree in international relations at Webster University. Boyle has never considered voting for Clinton’s strongest competitor for the Democratic nomination, U.S.. Senator Bernie Sanders, she said, and having a woman leading our country “can help a lot of women abroad and nationally.” On Sunday, March 6, Boyle volunteered to knock on doors for Clinton in the neighborhood near Goodfellow and Delmar boulevards in North
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