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South St. Louis County News

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South St. Louis County News

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Resident Penny Kelley questions St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman on how she is supposed to afford an increase in taxes as a result of increased property values after that years reassessment during a town hall at The Pavilion at Lemay in 2019. Kelley said that she lives on a fixed income.

Trakas, Clancy to hold second town hall on property reassessment

June 26, 2019

Resident Penny Kelly questions St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman on how she is supposed to afford an increase in taxes as a result of increased property values after this year's reassessment during...

Angry about assessment: Property hike sees residents protesting higher values

Angry about assessment: Property hike sees residents protesting higher values

June 25, 2019

Jake Zimmerman, left, takes questions about this year’s property value reassessments from  residents during a town hall at The Pavilion at Lemay June 20. Residents unhappy with the jump in values include...

St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman speaks at the Oakville Democrats ODO Fest in October 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Zimmerman will appear at series of town halls on rising property values, starting today

June 20, 2019

Starting today, St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman is going to appear at a series of town halls with County Council members to address rising property assessments in the county. The first town hall...

St. Louis County Assessor Jake Zimmerman speaks at the Oakville Democrats ODO Fest in October 2018. Photo by Erin Achenbach.

Zimmerman will address rising property values at town hall with Trakas, Clancy

June 11, 2019

St. Louis County Council Presiding Officer Ernie Trakas, 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy and county Assessor Jake Zimmerman will host a joint town hall to address rising property assessments in the...

6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas cracks a smile after County Executive Sam Page gives him the pen used to sign an anti-vaping bill championed by Trakas at Hancock High School May 16, 2019.

Vaping bill is the first bill a county executive ever signed in South County

May 29, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  New County Executive Sam Page may have been the first county executive to ever sign a bill into law in South County this month, as he signed...

Alex Butler watches as his friend, Jordan Watt, puts the ball into the practice course. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Tower Tee is coming back: Affton native buys it from McBride, says he’ll reopen it in 2020

May 20, 2019

Pictured above: Alex Butler watches as his friend, Jordan Watt, drives the ball into the practice course at Tower Tee in May 2018. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Tower...

After the emergency County Council meeting to select County Executive Sam Page, then the council chair, 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, talked to reporters about problems she saw in the selection process.

Contentious emergency meeting ends with Page as county executive

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter May 3, 2019

Even as new St. Louis County Executive Sam Page pledged to unify county government after the swift downfall of former County Executive Steve Stenger this week, the contentious emergency meeting and process...

Former County Executive Steve Stenger, left, talks to then council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, at the Aug. 1 council meeting. Page became county executive April 19, after Stenger resigned from the position and pled guilty to federal corruption charges. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

County Council selects Sam Page as county executive after Stenger resigns

April 29, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com In a whirlwind turn of events Monday in St. Louis County, County Council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, is the county's new leader after...

It was standing room only at 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy’s first in a series of town halls on the fate of the Tower Tee Golf Course. Nearly 100 people packed into a room at the Affton-White Rodgers Community Center on March 20 to voice their concerns and provide feedback on what should or shouldn’t become of the golf course. Audience members included Rep. Doug Beck and 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas.

Clancy announces second town hall on the fate of Tower Tee

April 9, 2019

Fifth District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy will hold her second town hall about the potential development of the former Tower Tee site at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at the Affton Community Center, 9801...

It was standing room only at 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy’s first in a series of town halls on the fate of the Tower Tee Golf Course. Nearly 100 people packed into a room at the Affton-White Rodgers Community Center on March 20 to voice their concerns and provide feedback on what should or shouldn’t become of the golf course. Audience members included Rep. Doug Beck and 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas.

Packed house weighs in on Tower Tee’s future

By Erin Achenbach, Staff Reporter March 28, 2019

It was a packed house last week at the Affton-White Rodgers Community Center as residents came out to the first of 5th District Councilwoman Lisa Clancy’s series of town halls on the fate of the Tower...

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