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CAC Audited MARCH 7 – 13, 2019
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‘The status quo won again’
Vol. 90 No. 50 COMPLIMENTARY
JuLy 13, 1927 – mArch 1, 2019
Mary Attyberry Polk passes at 91 Services on Sunday, March 10 for educator, community leader, social scene columnist By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
Incumbent Lewis Reed beat Jamilah Nasheed and Megan Ellyia Green in the Democratic primary for St. Louis aldermanic president on Tuesday, March 5 with 36 percent of the vote.
Trailblazer, lifelong St. Louis citizen, educator, and community leader Mary Attyberry Polk passed away peacefully on Friday, March 1 at her apartment in the Brentmoor Retirement Community with her only child, Mary Olivia Polk, M.D. at her side. She was 91. For more than seven decades, Attyberry Polk devoted herself to educational, social, civic, artistic, and cultural pursuits in her beloved St. Louis. She was known for her Mary Attyberry leadership, positive attitude, Polk precise language, meticulous and stylish appearance, determination, and her cultural, civic and family pride. Professionally, Attyberry Polk was an educator who held numerous positions in the Saint Louis Public Schools, starting as a classroom teacher and progressing to leadership and supervisory positions, including principal. “She was a retired educator, very passionate about education,” said family friend Dana
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Incumbent Lewis Reed narrowly beats two progressive candidates for aldermanic president By Rebecca Rivas and Chris King Of The St. Louis American “The status quo won again,” St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones said about incumbent Lewis Reed’s narrow victory over Jamilah Nasheed and Megan Ellyia Green in the Democratic primary for St. Louis aldermanic president on March 5. The percentile vote split was Reed 36, Nasheed 32 and Green 31, according to unofficial election results. Nasheed trailed Reed n “They about 1,400 votes, and Green was are going to by only 144 votes behind Nasheed. have to deal Voter turnout on a bitingly cold Tuesday with a peak temperature of 26 with us.” degrees was under 18 percent. Reed, who has served as board – Jamilah president for 12 years, ran as a Nasheed moderate against two more progressive candidates. He was endorsed by Mayor Lyda Krewson – who became the target of a recall effort by two aldermen who endorsed Reed just a week before the election. “We should have a leader that cares about everyone, no matter their zip code,” Nasheed told her election watch crowd after conceding defeat. “Unfortunately, we didn’t make it. However, at the end of the day, they are still going to have to deal with Jamilah Nasheed.”
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Federal court orders Missouri to reform parole policies State conceded failure to provide minimal due process safeguards By Dan Margolies Of KCUR
Photo by Rebecca Rivas
In conceding defeat to incumbent Lewis Reed in the March 5 Democratic primary for St. Louis aldermanic president, Jamilah Nasheed noted that a majority of voters rejected Reed. “They are going to have to deal with us,” she said.
Missouri will have to reform its parole policies after a federal judge ruled in favor of thousands of current and former parolees who sued the state, claiming those policies are unconstitutional. Many parolees have been sent back to prison for technical violations of their parole such as crossing a state line, missing a parole appointment or losing a job because their employer found out about their criminal record. The state has “created a procedural vortex from which people on parole cannot escape and are at continual risk of being rearrested and reentered into the prison system,” the lawsuit stated.
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