Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The former State Senator defeated former State Rep. Cole McNary in a race for the West St. Louis County area fire district board.
A matchup of two high profile political names who have spent the past few months duking it out for a seat on the Monarch Fire Protection District Board of Directors came to a conclusion Tuesday as voters elected chose Jane Cunningham over Cole McNary for a seat on the three-person panel. In unofficial final results: Cunningham 5,679 60.02 percent McNary 3,742 39.55 percent Write-In 4 1 .43 percent "This is one of the sweetest wins I've ever had because it was a win of something so direct for the people. This was a fundamental war if you will," for control of the Monarch Fire Protection District board, Cunningham said as a victory party at Mike Duffy's in Town and Country wrapped up late Tuesday. Cunnigham, who …
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
It had to pass in both St. Louis City and St. Louis County in order to impose the sales tax increase to fund improvements around the Gateway Arch, local parks and regional trails.
Voters in St. Louis County and St. Louis City said yes to a 3/16ths of one-cent sales tax increase designed to fund about $31 million a year in improvements to the Gateway Arch grounds, the regional Great Rivers Greenway trails and greenways, and for city and county parks. The measure had to pass in both the county and the city in order to be implemented. In the city, with 100 percent of the vote counted, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the proposition won with 67 percent of the vote. With 100 percent of the votes counted in the county, the proposition passed easily with a 53 percent to 47 percent margin. The money would go toward: Correction: An earlier version of this article used the incorrect proposition name in the headline…
Greenwood, Hurt and DeGroot capture city council seats in Chesterfield.
Chesterfield Councilman Bob Nation will become the city’s next mayor, defeating fellow councilman Matt Segal in a race that was left wide open after current Mayor Bruce Geiger opted not to seek a second term. Nation's victory comes despite the fact that Segal heavily outspent his opponent. The campaign between the two men heated up as Election Day approached, with Nation going on the offensive. Nation targeted Segal’s ties to the commercial development community and criticized his support of a Community Improvement District (CID) for the future St. Louis Premium Outlet Mall. Segal called the first set of allegations a “smear campaign” and said financial contributions he received from business associated with commercial development did not …
VIDEOS: Rockwood voters on Tuesday decided the fate of Proposition S, a $38.4 million no-tax rate increase bond issue, after several months of many public debates about its timing, focus and amount.
A four-sevenths, or 57.14 percent, majority was necessary for passage of Proposition S on April 2 among voters in the Rockwood School District. Prop S was offered as a $38.4 million no-tax rate increase bond initiative that focused on safety, technology and school improvements. The proposition was not passed by voters in Tuesday's election, by a 52.98 percent (9,256 votes) against or NO versus 47.02 percent (8,214 votes) for or YES. That's a difference of 1,042 votes. Rhonda Costa, chair of the "Yes on Prop S" committee, said committee members were most surprised at the degree of negativity that kept boomeranging back. "Every time we tried to move forward, the conversations and focus seemed to drag us back. How can we focus on what our …
Incumbents Sam Sciortino and Tom Appelbaum kept their Parkway School Board seats in the April 2 election.
UPDATED 12:50 p.m., Wed., April 3- Voters decided Tuesday that incumbent Parkway School Board members Sam Sciortino and Tom Appelbaum should keep their positions. Voters selected two of the eight candidates running for the open seats in the Parkway School Board election. Board members serve three-year terms. Sciortino received the most votes, with 5,049 votes, or 21.26 percent. Appelbaum garnered 3,596 votes, or 15.14 percent. School board candidate Jenifer Clifton wasn't far behind with 3,338 votes, or 14.05 percent, but there were only two open seats. Patch reached out to both re-elected school board members Tuesday night, but it was after 10 p.m. when election results came in. Patch was able to reach Appelbaum who was watching the …
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Updated: Nation wins mayoral seat; Greenwood, Hurt and DeGroot capture city council seats in Chesterfield. It's election day in Chesterfield Tuesday and voters headed to the polls to elect a new mayor, four city council members, and a pair of school board members in Parkway and Rockwood schools. There was a Monarch Fire Protection District Board seat to fill, and a decision to make on a countywide parks funding proposal. Updated: Cunningham Declares Victory In 'War" Against Unions in Monarch Fire Board Race Voter turnout was reportedly light throughout the city; at about 10:15 this morning, only about 60 voters had showed up at one of the polling places, Chesterfield Community Church, at Ladue Road and Olive Boulevard. Poll workers …
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Monday, April 1, 2013
The two candidates have each spent the bulk of their funds on sending out campaign mailings.
As the two men councilman vying to be the next Chesterfield Mayor head into a final day of campaigning, records show Matt Segal has outspent opponent Bob Nation by a margin of nearly 4-to-1. Segal, a Ward 1 councilman since 2009 and vice president at Berkadia, and Nation, a Ward 4 councilman since 2007 and retired airline captain and Army Reserves officer, launched their campaigns after current Mayor Bruce Geiger announced he would not seek a second term. According to campaign finance data filed March 25, Segal’s campaign committee spent $19,329, the bulk of which went toward $10,846 for mailings from Gralich Printing. The rest of the funds went toward PTO sponsorships, campaign signs, doorknockers and graphic design fees. Nation’s …
Friday, March 29, 2013
Some Monarch Fire Protection District residents say Jane Cunningham's supporters are putting campaign yard signs on private property without prior approval. Anyone have this happening to you or someone you know?
One day Marcella Bakker, a Chesterfield resident, said she came home and found an "Elect Jane Cunningham" campaign sign in her front yard. Former State Senator Jane Cunningham and former State Representative Cole McNary are competing for votes for the one position to be filled on the Monarch Fire Protection Board on April 2. "But I don't understand why it (the Cunningham sign) was put there, because I didn't authorize it," said Bakker. She said it was the first time a candidate had placed a sign in her yard. "I don't like signs anyway, so I had it taken down." A week ago, Patch was told issues with Monarch Fire Protection District-related campaign signs were occurring, but an immediate call to the Chesterfield Police Department only …
Patch brings you everything you need to know about the April 2 election, from candidates and ballot questions to where to vote.
On Tuesday April 2, voters in Chesterfield together head to the polls to elect a Mayor and City Council members, school board members for Parkway and Rockwood, a Rockwood ballot proposition as well as one director of the Monarch Fire Protection District. You can read about each candidate by following the links below Ward 1: Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Jane Cunningham Cole McNary Sam Sciortino Jenifer Clifton Tom Appelbaum Daniel P. Brodsky Brad Williams Debbie Hopper Ken Eigenberg Diane Finnestead Janet Strate Loralee Mondl Stephen (Steve) Banton Jeffrey R. Morrell Closing Remarks At Candidate Forum Rockwood School District Proposition S County Parks Ballot Question: St. Louis Beacon on Proposition P Where Do I Vote: Look up your address …
Travis Bickle
4:04 pm on Monday, April 8, 2013
I kinda got a whiff of that "lower class" stuff in Tom's posting kinda like public employees such as teachers, firefighters and police are not "taxpayers" in Creve Coeur. Do you let them live there or do they have to live in Ballwin and Ellisville? more ›