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South St. Louis County News

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6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas laughs after Stinson attorney Andrew Scavotto repeatedly refuses to answer questions posed by the Council pertaining to Stinsons clients during the Ethics Committee meeting July 24. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

Trakas’ bill on Prop P provokes debate on what voters meant

March 18, 2019

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com  Legislation that would spend money from St. Louis County’s Proposition P sales tax on park rangers and snow plowing was meant to provoke...

Pictured above: Tim Fitch speaks at a Republicans club meeting during his run for the St. Louis County Council.

Police: Cuts to police endanger safety; council says they need to be made

December 27, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Much of the debate around the County Council’s budget cuts has centered around the council’s subtraction of $4.8 million from the budget...

The Sappington Garden Shop advertises its store closing sale on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. The store closed in November and the property will be used for the new Affton Southwest Precinct. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Affton precinct set to open despite delays

November 14, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Sappington Garden Shop closes this week after 50 years, and the new Affton Southwest Precinct proposed for the site is moving forward even...

County Executive Steve Stenger, second from left, listens to Rep. Bob Burns, D-Affton, address the council last year, left to right: 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby and 4th District Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray, D-Black Jack. Photo by Gloria Lloyd.

Police Association alleges council voted to ‘misappropriate’ Prop P tax on jail’s nurses

June 6, 2018

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The St. Louis County Police Association promised to call out any elected officials that the police union saw misspending money from Proposition...

Crestwood officials say Prop P funds will go to police, fire salary increases

Crestwood officials say Prop P funds will go to police, fire salary increases

October 26, 2017

By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com After long delaying a public discussion of how to spend money from Proposition P, Crestwood officials last week committed to hiking the pay...

Letters to the editor

Money generated by Proposition P needs constraints, reader says

September 18, 2017

Letter to the Editor To the editor: Let me qualify this response to Proposition P by saying that I have a personal interest in providing our first responders with sufficient resources to enable their...

Letters to the editor

Reader agrees with Stenger on how Prop P funds should be spent

September 12, 2017

Letter to the Editor To the editor: Regarding St. Louis County’s Proposition P, we all wanted this for the right reasons. And at least our community felt it was long overdue. As with most things,...

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