St. Louis Board of Aldermen

Tyus has defended the remarks as an analogy about trust in wartime and has refused to apologize.

She has received a formal verbal reprimand from the Board of Aldermen.

Voters in the City of St. Louis will decide next month whether to change how to fill vacancies on the Board of Aldermen.

STLPR's Rachel Lippmann explains Proposition 1.

Six years ago, voters adopted nonpartisan approval voting for mayor, comptroller, board president, and alderman.

A plan to let St. Louis voters move transit tax money from an abandoned Metro Link expansion to a bus rapid transit line wound up stalling at City Hall over ballot wording that some aldermen consider too loose.

Even supporters on the Board of Aldermen's Budget Committee acknowledge the shift from trains to buses could be a tough sell.

Alderman Michael Browning, who ran the hearing, says he'd vote yes.

I'm, I'm hearing a little bit of a, a lack of trust right now, and I, I can understand that lack of trust, uh, because it does feel, and I'm not saying it is, but it does feel like a little bit of a bait and switch.

Eleventh Ward resident Melinda Long during public comment.

Our lack of trust is not in Metro.

Our lack of trust, in all sincerity, is with you, the Board of Aldermen.

The committee did not take a vote.

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I am taking you to St. Louis, Missouri, greatest city in the world, we're number one, where there is controversy amidst the St. Louis Board of Aldermen because-

And Alderwomen

Let me, let me just put it this way.

Last week, the Philadelphia City Council voted to endorse the boycott and not use any city funds at the coffee chain.

The St. Louis City Council also passed a resolution supporting the boycott.

Last month, Starbucks announced it would close 250 stores in North America.

Its CEO, Brian Niccol, used a similar tactic to shut down union organizing at Chipotle back when he worked at the burrito-making chain.

It's Monday, October 5th.

Today, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen reprimanded one of their own.

The Metro East held its Pride Festival over the weekend.

And for St. Louis County Police Chief Juan Cox, building a premier department starts with continuing education.

I don't think you ever get to stop learning.

We'll hear more from Cox coming up on The Gateway.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has officially reprimanded a member for remarks about violence she directed to a colleague.

The board voted 8-3 with one present on Friday to give verbal censure to 12th Ward Alderwoman Sharon Tyus.

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We start Monday with former St. Louis City Council member Dr. John Ashbaugh.

Let's talk about his essay in New Times and this, uh, strange new voting system we have for City Council members.

Susan Hoffman recommends books that she has been reading lately.

Have fun at the BBBBB and stay cool.

Nice to hear from our friends up in North County.

On Monday, Dr. John Ashbaugh wrote an interesting essay in, uh, New Times, and at the end of the essay, he was talking about the, uh, St. Louis City Council race.

And he's talking about Michelle Shoresman and Emily Francis, both of who were on the show earlier this week.

That's a fact.

But at the same time, how does the money that is raised get divvied out, Wendy? You with that? The Board of Aldermen? City Hall?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Not against the backdrop of the tornado and all the questions that we have about the future.

It's going to transform the daycare, the early childhood, those who work for daycare centers, those who run the daycare operators.

It's going to be transformative for the families.

So when they start going down that road where this is everything to everybody, I say absolutely do not put it in the hands of the Board of Aldermen.

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