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wide prescription-drug registry. The council’s task force could strive for statewide reach once the group comes up with its solutions, Harder said. The council doesn’t have to spend the $1 million, but it was a way to show the task force that if they come up with comprehensive ways to address the crisis, money will be available. Council members didn’t directly talk to Stenger about their ideas, Harder said. But they gave him four appointments to the task force, compared to each council member’s single appointment. Harder envisioned the task force including doctors, nurses and experts on drug addiction. One of the best ways to fight opioid addiction is to recognize that it is a “terminal illness” that can be prevented and treated, the physician in charge of Missouri’s federal grants combating opioid addiction, Rachel Winograd, noted at Stenger’s event. An emphasis on treatment medications, which have been shown to reduce the odds of overdose, and getting people into treatment is key to stemming the tide against opioid addiction, she said. “We have too long viewed addiction as something people can conquer if they just go through enough therapy or prayer or grit their teeth hard enough,” Winograd said. “But when it comes to heroin addiction, the old strategies just won’t cut it. As we wait for people to want it bad enough, they’re dying in front of us.” Stenger acknowledged in a June 25 talk at the Tesson Ferry Democratic Township meeting at Frailey’s Southtown Grill that of the 222 times that Narcan has been used by county police officers to revive someone from an overdose, many are repeat cases. That leads some people to say that Narcan shouldn’t be provided to those who don’t want to help themselves despite being given chance after chance. But Winograd said that opioid addiction is so gripping that sometimes it takes giving someone 10 chances before they can recover. “We do realize that being alive is about more than not being dead, but staying alive is absolutely a requirement for achieving full recovery, so we must remain vigilant about keeping that as our primary goal,” she said. Fifth District Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, said that he didn’t mind that the council came up with a possible competing plan the same week as Stenger unveiled his because of the urgency. “The crisis needs to be addressed,” Dolan said. “If we attack it from one way, two ways, 100 ways, I don’t care. We need to do something.” But it did seem to him that while months of planning went into Stenger’s plan, Harder came forward with his ideas with “no planning whatsoever — I think it was trying to beat the Thursday press conference, so they did it on Tuesday,” Dolan said. “That was very political. It was just so there can be a press conference in my opinion, but as long as they’re willing to do something to help the situation, then I’m on board.”

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County officials need to work together for a change

We applaud St. Louis County officials for jumping in to tackle the problem of opioid addiction with whatever money and resources they can channel toward a disease that has devastated communities, including south county. We’re glad that they found such a worthy cause to agree on for once, and we hope that it’s a sign of future cooperation. Like anything in life, county officials can get more done if they work together than if they work separately on the same issue. That’s why it was so disheartening to see the County Council only come in to declare an emergency on the issue when it seemed that County Executive Steve Stenger was going to notch a win just before he is up for re-election in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 7. The council announced its own task force on opioid addiction June 26, days before Stenger released an action report with dozens of health-care officials June 28 on how to keep St. Louis County citizens from dying from overdoses. The problem is clearly an emergency, but as readers of this or any newspaper know, it’s not a new one. Which is why we’re scratching our heads over why the council had to declare the problem an emergency and add $1 million in funding for it in a resolution that was so last minute that it didn’t even appear on the council’s agenda published the Friday before the Tuesday meeting. Instead, the resolution came through the add-on agenda that comes out the day before — and sometimes the day of — the meeting. We believe that is contrary to the spirit of the Sunshine Law and that residents should know what’s going to be discussed at a meeting before they show up. Of course, Stenger isn’t blameless. He should have included County Council members more directly in his plan, which he classified as an allencompassing regional effort. He also beat the council to the punch in his own way a few weeks earlier, when he signed an executive order to “ban the box” and not include a checkbox for criminal history in the first screening of applicants for county jobs. The move came the very morning of the day that 4th District Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray, D-Black Jack, was set to hold a committee hearing on a council initiative to ban the box. Coincidence? We think not. But on these rare issues that our elected county officials agree, they need to learn to work together.

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Reader urges, ‘Thank God for Donald Trump ... Get on Trump train’ To the editor: This letter is in response to a letter posted in the Call June 28 from Jim Kaznica. I am surprised the Call would actually post the letter considering the leftist ranting and slanderous remarks it directed at the president of the United States. Mr. Kaznica states, “We have given President Donald Trump many opportunities to be a different kind of president.” I question who is “we”? Certainly not me or the other millions of deplorables, or as some in the corrupt FBI like to refer to us as, poor, uneducated POS. We think Donald Trump may just turn out to be the best president in modern history. Considering he is well on his way to “making America great again,” he has my

loyalty, and I am not blind. Considering he has given us the greatest tax cut in history, he has caused the creation of millions of new jobs, he has cleaned up the Department of Veterans Affairs and given it a new direction. He has strengthened the military, he has eliminated thousands of unnecessary federal regulations, he is standing up to tyranny all around the world. He is restoring our pride and respect with regards to other countries who have long taken us for fools, and we think he does not need to be a “different kind of president.” He is a different kind of president. And this is my favorite: He stands up to the loony left as no president has in my lifetime.

America may be saved from the “New World Order” by this great man. Thank you God for Donald Trump, president of the United States of America. So rather than accusing him of lying, deceiving the American people, being a racist, misogynistic, narcissistic person, a petulant man-child, et cetera, get on the Trump train and work to bring America together. And yes, we are divided, but not because of Trump, but because of the extreme radical, and yes, communist (fascist) left. So get over it. As Obama said, “Elections have consequences.” Howard Sloan south county

If anyone should be removed from an office, it’s Stenger, McCulloch To the editor: It doesn’t get much sleazier than the effort by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch to remove 6th District County Councilman Ernie Trakas from office. McCulloch claims that legal work done by Trakas for some school districts constitutes a second government job, which the St. Louis County Charter prohibits. It’s an absurd claim and just another effort by County Executive Steve Stenger to remove Trakas from office. The councilman is part of the four-member council majority that does not support

Stenger. McCulloch and Stenger are allies. The matter was transferred to St. Charles County, where McCulloch’s buddy, St. Charles Prosecuting Attorney Tim Lohmar, decided Trakas had violated the county Charter — surprise, surprise — and should give up his office. Before the matter even went to court, Lohmar sent Trakas a letter in January that virtually demanded he resign. A St. Charles County judge recently held a hearing on the matter and will be ruling in a month or two. While McCulloch focuses on Trakas, Stenger continues to corrupt county gov-

ernment worse than it has ever been — but McCulloch does nothing. Stenger has taken pay-to-play to levels never seen before. He took in $365,000 of campaign contributions just from the developers of the old Northwest Plaza. In return they received no-bid leases from county government that may cost taxpayers $20 million to $30 million more than what they should have. If anyone in St. Louis County government is to be removed from office it should be Steve Stenger — with Bob McCulloch right behind him. Tom Sullivan

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He turns the question around to allege a lot of people in government have never that Stenger is conspiring with Republican made a business deal in their life until they mega-donor Rex Sinquefield to try to get got in government,” Mantovani said of a “UniGov” government completely comfailed state tax credits for redevelopment. bining St. Louis County and city. “They don’t know what a good deal is or Stenger has denied that he favors a citya bad deal is.” county merger, but said he is interested in Many people go into public service for what cost savings can be found by a Better the right reasons, he said. But then there Together task force studying that issue are “crooks, there’s all different kinds — right now. which brings us to the county executive,” “Rex Sinquefield and, I believe, Steve Mantovani said to laughter from the group. Stenger want to create a UniGov over the “You don’t have to go all the way to Jeff whole thing, they want to have one govCity to find that.” ernment for the city and county controlling In remarks Stenger made to his own the whole thing,” Mantovani said. group of supporters days earlier at the “That’s crazy and can’t happen, but Rex Tesson Ferry Democrats, Stenger didn’t Sinquefield wants to eliminate the city mention Mantovani’s name. earnings tax and that’s a way to make At Mantovani’s own meeting, he repeatthat happen. 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With that plan, the county won’t same day as the meeting, he hits on Stenger be on the hook for any of the city’s debts, for that alleged “pay to play,” showcasing he said. a vending machine with Stenger’s likeness Only two large cities in the United States and buttons to push for political appointaren’t part of a larger county, St. Louis and ments, a “sweet land deal” and no-bid Baltimore, he noted. contracts. “I would like to see the city go back to One of Mantovani’s key campaign platthe way it was and become a city in the forms is that he hopes to spur greater county,” Mantovani said. “We would still regional cooperation on issues like ecohave mayors and Board of Aldermen, it nomic development, which he sees as the would still have its own bond rating, it key reason that St. Louis is lagging behind would still have its own debts.... 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Steve Stenger Stenger said. “One of the things we’ve suffered from over the last decades is a population stagnation and in order to get more population, one of the things you really have to have is jobs.” Days before Stenger unveiled a farreaching opioid initiative (see article on Page 1A), he kept mum on those latest plans to the Tesson Ferry group but said his accomplishments up to that point on preventing opioid abuse were some of his proudest moments in office. He added the life-saving opioid reversal drug Narcan into every county police car and started Missouri’s first prescriptiondrug registry, which now covers 80 percent of the counties in the state and 92 percent of prescribing doctors, preventing patients from getting multiple prescriptions from different prescribers. Much of the cost is paid by federal funds so the registry doesn’t cost much compared to the benefit it provides, he said. “The state wouldn’t act, so we acted,” Stenger said. As for Proposition P, which was supported by nearly two-thirds of voters countywide and an even higher percentage in south county, Stenger said it’s already making the county safer with more officers in the St. Louis County Police Department and two-officer cars. The department opened a new unit last month that focuses on community policing, and the council moved forward with plans for new precincts in south county and north county. With higher starting pay and one-time raises averaging 30 percent, the department is seeing fewer officers leave, he added. “We made a bunch of promises with Proposition P — two officers to a vehicle, roughly 100 more officers to St. Louis County, better training, dash cams and body cameras. Two new precincts, one north and one south,” Stenger said. “And I’m proud to say that we’ve delivered on every single one of our promises that we made with Proposition P... “Proposition P has been really great for our community, and it’s going to continue to be good for our community because this revenue stream, it goes on forever. “So we’re able to enhance our Police Department for decades and generations to come, which was really transformational for St. Louis County. “So that was one piece to bring jobs and economic development and just have safety in our community.”

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Stenger, Mantovani face off in Democratic executive primary By JESSICA BELLE KRAMER For the Call Incumbent County Executive Steve Stenger is running for re-election in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 7, and he is being challenged by Mark Mantovani, who has never held public office in the past. Mantovani, 64, 19 Dromara Road, Ladue, was CEO of Ansira, a marketing agency.

He and his wife, Patricia, have three grown children: Claire, 29, Joe, 34, and Gina, 35. “I believe we lack genuine leadership in St. Louis County and it’s hurting our progress. I’m running for St. Louis County executive to lead the way for a better St. Louis County and restore our region as a place of hope and opportunity for all. Through ethical, effective, collaborative,

By JESSICA BELLE KRAMER For the Call Two Oakville residents are running in the Republican primary Tuesday, Aug. 7, to replace Rep. Marsha Haefner, R-Oakville, in the 95th District of the Missouri House. Michael O’Donnell and Joe Patterson are vying to take the place of Haefner, who is term-limited out at the end of 2018 after four terms in office.

O’Donnell, 50, 7043 Chalkstone Road, Oakville, is a municipal finance officer and a U.S. Navy Reserve officer. He and his wife, Lisa, have two children: Emma, who attends Missouri State University, and David, who attends Oakville Senior High School. When asked why he is seeking public office, O’Donnell said, “Having spent more than 27 years engaged in the finances of ci-

(See EXECUTIVE, Page 6A)

Two Oakville residents vying to take over seat from term-limited Haefner Lindbergh graduate teaches coding at camp

Nick Groninger, left, a 2016 Lindbergh High School graduate, and Dressel Elementary School first-grade teacher Tarren Fritz, middle, help fourth-grader Lucy Thomas bring her character to life in the digital coding game ‘Bloxels’ last week at Lindbergh’s STEM camp, Camp Ignite. Fritz taught Groninger in first grade at Sappington Elementary. The two reconnected after running into each other at a technology fair. Groninger has presented to Fritz’s classes ever since. For more photos, see Page 3A. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

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Murphy and Rammaha face off for GOP nod to oppose Pretto for 94th District By JESSICA BELLE KRAMER For the Call Two business owners from Oakville and Concord are running for the Missouri House to succeed the late Rep. Cloria Brown, R-Lemay, whose seat is vacant after she

died in office in March. Jim Murphy of Oakville and Ron Rammaha of Concord are running in the Republican primary for the 94th District set to be held Tuesday, Aug. 7. The winner will face off in November against Mehlville Board of Education member

By JESSICA BELLE KRAMER For the Call Incumbent 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, has two challengers for the seat he currently holds on the County Council in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 7. Affton resident Michael Burton and Maplewood resident Lisa Clancy, both of whom have never held public

office, are looking to unseat Dolan. He is seeking his third term on the council representing the district, which comprises of areas of south county including parts of Affton, Crestwood and Sappington. Burton, 36, 8032 Pembroke Drive, Affton, is a manager at Balloonville Productions, as well as a yoga instructor. When asked why he is seeking public office, he said, “I want to represent the people of the 5th District, not special

Jean Pretto, who is unopposed in the Democratic primary. Murphy, 67, 4938 Karington Place Drive, Oakville, is the owner of Shoppers Rule Inc., an online shopping mall. He and his wife, Maryellen, have three grown children: (See FACEOFF, Page 15A)

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This week the Call starts to roll out its candidate questionnaires for the primary election Tuesday, April 7. As longtime readers know well, the Call’s candidate questionnaires are the most comprehensive of any newspaper around. We try to ask a variety of questions that give you a real sense of a candidate’s positions. And although we can’t print every answer in our print edition, we publish every answer verbatim online at www.callnewspapers.com. Sometimes candidates say that the questionnaire is too difficult, or the questions are too hard. And sometimes they thank us because filling out the questionnaire really helped them become more informed of the various issues surrounding their race. Knocking on doors gives candidates immediate feedback on what residents care about at this moment, but to know what might be an issue next year it helps to look at what happened in the past and get a sense of the history of the office and what to avoid. As one example, since 2001 the Call’s questionnaire for County Council races has always included the question, “Do you support the council’s 2001 decision to move meetings from afternoons to evenings?” To the layman that may seem like an oudated question. We’ve had more than one candidate ask why we ask it. We’ve had candidates actually tell us they don’t care about the past and decline to respond to any questions that would require a little research on their part. We ask that question because at one time, the majority of the County Council fought to keep meetings during the day rather than at night when residents could more easily attend them. It’s a decision that particularly impacted the unincorporated areas in south county whose only local government is county government. Although anyone new to county government wouldn’t know that, they would know it if they’ve read the Call or looked through the Call’s archives at www.callnewspapers.com. Indeed, every question on the Call’s candidate survey is asked for a reason. If you’re curious, the issue once arose in the council district, the county or, for our candidates for Missouri House, on the state level. We encourage everyone to vote Aug. 7. But voters in south county also have the unique opportunity to inform themselves of all the issues in every race by reading this newspaper’s questionnaires. We encourage you to exercise that form of democracy too.

Reader happy that his vote will cancel out Broughton’s vote at polls To the editor: I am writing in response to Michael Broughton’s letter of July 5. To the editor and Mike: God bless our great country that we all have the right to our

opinions. We also each have one vote, and again, thank God mine will cancel yours. Mark Manley Concord

Everyone benefits from public-school education, letter writer argues To the editor: Once in a while, we ought to let reality intervene in half-baked rants to newspaper editors. On June 7, the Call published a letter from Peter Russo, a guy who hates to support public schools. Let’s review. We pay property and other taxes. They pay for police, fire, schools and other public services. So our writer doesn’t consider public education to be a public service. He may not know that the police department will not hire an applicant who cannot write, or a firefighter that can’t do math. Perhaps he thinks these applicants should all be private-school graduates. His concept: “pay for your education or live life stupid.” Perhaps he would not mind it if cashiers, bank tellers and carpenters that he encounters couldn’t make change or calculate a roof’s slope. Maybe he doesn’t know that

the great boom in American productivity after World War II was greatly supported by the “GI Bill.” Perhaps our writer thinks that private schools are not filled with higher-achieving kids with serious parental support. If private-school populations resembled a public school’s, the discipline challenges, the speech therapists, the accommodations for the handicapped and the free lunch programs would push that $5,000 for private elementary school much higher. And I note that he did not quote the cost of private high school. It is a bit higher. Our writer doesn’t like paying for teachers’ retirements. Guess what? He only pays a part. Teachers pay around 14 percent out of their gross paycheck for their own retirement. The school board generally matches. By the way, the teacher pension in Missouri is final average salary, times 2.5 percent, times years of service.

And teachers don’t get Social Security, but you and I do. I pay into Social Security 6.2 percent, and my employer matches. I assume the writer will not mind cashing his Social Security check. By the way, first-year Missouri teachers make about $35,000. The writer doesn’t like paying for postretirement annual cost-of-living contracts for teachers. It’s his lucky day. He doesn’t. The writer claims that “We already have alternate schools to educate our children at less cost than public schools.” Really? Is he talking about prisons, where the average 2015 cost was $21,500 per inmate? Great point. Donovan Larson Concord

Editor’s note: Mr. Larson is a former member of the Lindbergh Board of Education.

Palamand: The Aug. 7 primary will be the most important in decade To the editor: “Choose wisely.” That was the advice given to Harrison Ford’s character by an 800-year-old knight in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” Turns out that is also great advice for St. Louis County voters. The Aug. 7 primary election — now less than three weeks away — may turn out to be the most meaningful August election in more than a decade. There are multiple issues impacting St. Louis County, the state of Missouri and representation at the federal level. Voters across the state will have an opportunity to express their views on “right to work.” A “no” vote overturns a state law signed by former Gov. Eric Greitens that seeks to minimize the effectiveness of collective bargaining. There are five proposed amendments to the St. Louis County Charter. The most important, in my opinion, will be to limit campaign contributions to those seeking elected office in St. Louis County —

County Council members, assessor and county executive. The current law — no limits — feeds the perception that elected officials are more interested in collecting $20,000 checks than listening to regular voters. The proposed change to a $2,600 limit would be consistent with other state elected offices in Missouri. With St. Louis County trending toward Democrats over the last 20 years and without a well-known Republican candidate, the winner of the Democratic primary between incumbent Steve Stenger and challenger Mark Mantovani will be the next county executive. In essence, the August Democratic primary is the general election. The opposite is somewhat true in the race for U.S. representative, 2nd Congressional District, which also covers parts of St Charles and Jefferson counties. Five Democrats are working for the opportunity to challenge incumbent Ann Wagner

in November. In a gerrymandered district drawn to favor Republicans, the winner of the Democratic primary will have an uphill task in November. However, in what is expected to be a “blue wave” this year, the Dems have their best chance in many years to win the district. Recent August elections have only seen about one in four voters show up. Of course, that means that some 75 percent of the residents are letting the other 25 percent make decisions for them. That’s unfortunate. I would therefore encourage all St. Louis County residents to take the time to research the candidates and issues, make informed decisions and vote on Aug. 7. The future of St. Louis County and the state will be determined by those who show up. Choose wisely. Venki Palamand Oakville

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Election 2018

Three candidates are vying for GOP nod for the 97th District House of Representatives seat held by Revis Republican 97th District state representative candidates Phil Amato, left, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, middle, and David Linton, right, address the Tesson Ferry Republican Club crowd during their June 14 meeting. The winner of the Aug. 7 Republican primary will face off against the unopposed Democratic candidate and incumbent Rep. Mike Revis. Look for the GOP candidates’ questionnaires in an upcoming issue of the Call. Photos by Jessica Belle Kramer.

• District Burton and Clancy vying to challenge 5th District Councilman Dolan Aug. 7 (Continued from Page 1A)

band, Jeremy Farrar, have a 21-month-old son, James. When asked why she is seeking public office, Clancy said, “I’m running for County Council because now, more than ever, it’s time for District 5 to be represented by someone who will stand up against the cronyism and corruption that plagues St. Louis County government and will work boldly, courageously and collaboratively to create a region that lifts us all.” Pat Dolan, 63, 1259 Boland Place, Richmond Heights, is an apprentice coordinator for the Missouri AFL-CIO. He and his wife, Jean, have two grown children: Patrick, 31, and Christopher, 30. Before being elected to the County Council in 2010, Dolan served on the Richmond Heights City Council for Michael Burton eight years. “It will be my privilege and honor to continue to serve the 5th District residents,” Dolan said on why he is seeking re-election. The candidates gave the following responses to a Call questionnaire: What issue do you consider the single most important? Burton did not respond. Clancy said, “Under our County Executive (Steve Stenger), county government is dysfunctional and is characterized by insider deals and special interests getting special treatment, aka ‘pay-to-play.’ This has caused a toxic relationship between the county executive and the County Council and diminished public trust...” Dolan said, “Experience. I served eight years on the Richmond Heights council and am in my eighth year with the county. I have been able to establish many business, community and resident relationships that help me bring jobs and development to the district.” Other issues you perceive in your race and your position on each: Burton said, “How we are going to handle not just the opioid epidemic, but the mental health of many abusing drugs? We do not have enough resources. I am committing to hold 16 town-hall meetings a year, one in every municipality of the 5th District to listen to the constituents. I want to write legislation to make texting and driving illegal in St. Louis County. Work with the council to get every police officer a body camera....” Clancy said, “.... City/county reunification — I think leaders in our region need to be more intentional about collaborating across municipal, city and county boundaries because our fragmentation hurts our region’s growth. I’m open to ideas about new ways to do that, but I believe strongly that any change in governance structure needs

to be transparent, equitable and include all voices at the table. I do not think enough details are yet known about what a ‘merger’ would look like, so I’m not in favor at this time.” Dolan said, “Some main issues are public safety and stopping the opioid epidemic. I supported Proposition P and the Proposition P Accountability Act to ensure that the county and municipal police are well-paid, trained and provided with the equipment to keep us and them safe. “I sponsored the (prescription-drug monitoring) bill to help lead our county and state in an effort to address the opioid crisis. I’m involved in agencies that help people in addiction.” Do you believe the St. Louis County Planning Commission is responsive to county residents? Burton said, “... Not from my experience. I also found out that three to four members of the commission were appointed by Stenger with no oversight from the council, and that gives me Pat Dolan great pause knowing Stenger’s history. I asked (county land-use manager) Gail Choate if she could give me any number or percent of how many proposals they receive that their commission gives a disapproval to multiple times and all I kept getting was, ‘It doesn’t happen.’ No clear answer was given. No transparency. I believe the constituents should know that percentage.” Clancy said, “I have heard concerns that the commission is not responsive to residents and could be more diverse and inclusive. For example, there is only one woman on the commission and two people of color. Appointees should rotate off and on regularly and serve no more than three-year terms. Zoning processes should be transparent and ensure community voice (residents, businesses owners) of those most impacted by the process and decision making.” Dolan said, “The Planning Commission is responsive to the county residents. The three-year terms are sufficient for the board.” What is your position on incorporation? Burton said, “I’m sorry, I do not completely understand the question. If it has to do with unincorporated areas of St. Louis County, I think we need to listen to those residents....” Clancy said, “I do not think that our region needs more municipalities, but I do think that residents should have the right to petition for incorporation if they feel that it would better meet their needs....” Dolan said, “Incorporation is decided on by the residents. We are there to assist them if they decide to move forward.” Are you satisfied with the direction the county is heading under County Executive Steve Stenger? Burton said, “Of course not. He has sold us all out to the top bidder time and time again. That’s why I am a part of

a lawsuit aligned with all of the other council members to get these amendments on the ballot because Stenger won’t sign them into law. He won’t lead, and my main opponent in this race is the only council member left holding Stenger’s water, and it’s hurting the county. The council has seen me speak dozens of times, and I think because they have allowed me to be a part of this, they see me as a potential colleague. They know I will fight like hell for what’s right.” Clancy said, “No. Stenger has broken trust in county government and has prioritized his circle of insiders and campaign contributors at the expense of everyday people.” Dolan said, “The county executive has maintained AAA bond ratings, a balanced budget, supported the PDMP and led the county through an economic boom over the last four years. They have added numerous programs to help the socioeconomic-challenged residents and enhanced the lives of countless families.” Lisa Clancy Are you satisfied with the spending of Prop P funds so far? Burton said, “Mostly I am, and I’m definitely glad it passed, but I would feel a lot better about it if the nurses got the raises they were promised and fought for. Especially if the secretaries in (county Prosecuting Attorney Robert) McCulloch’s office got theirs.” Clancy said, “No. I am concerned that Prop P was vaguely defined and that money is not being spent transparently or equitably to all who deserve to benefit.” Dolan said, “Prop P fund money is managed under the Prop P Accountability Act, which I supported. All funding is transparent and the public has full access to all money collected and spent through the portal on the website.” How would you encourage economic development in south county? Burton said, “There are many retail locations that are in trouble and far too many empty retail businesses. We need to find ways to encourage more businesses to head to south county while making sure there is accountability.” Clancy said, “I’d like to better understand the specific economic development needs that exist in south county and plan to prioritize building relationships with south county residents so that we can partner in meeting their needs.” Dolan said, “Continuing to work with the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Partnership.” Should the County Council have its own attorney besides the county counselor? Burton said, “Yes, without question.” Clancy said, “Yes, this is a best practice.” Dolan said, “The County Council has a full staff of experienced, competent and available attorneys in the counselor’s office. We don’t need to add to the budget with private lawyers.”

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• Executive Stenger, Mantovani to face off Aug. 7 for Democratic county executive nod (Continued from Page 1A)

visionary and inclusive leadership, I will guide the region to reach its potential by ending pay-to-play corruption and focusing on growing our economy, creating more good-paying jobs, protecting the rights of workers and enhancing our safety,” Mantovani said when asked why he is seeking office. Stenger, 46, 336 N. Forsyth Blvd., Clayton, is a certified public accountant, or CPA, and an attorney. He and his wife, Allison, have two young children. “My vision is a safe, prosperous county where families can work, live and play. That has always been my vision and remains so today,” Stenger said when asked why he is seeking re-election. The candidates gave the following responses to a Call questionnaire: What issue do you consider the single most important issue in this race and why? Mantovani said, “The region is failing to achieve its potential, and the county government is failing to serve the best interests of the community. It’s time for new, visionary and ethical leadership to reinvigorate the region. The current system is broken, mired in corruption, political infighting and negligence and we’re losing ground to other communities in the Midwest. We deserve better.” Stenger said, “Opioid crisis. When the state of Missouri refused to act, I created a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program for St. Louis County which was the first jurisdiction in the state to adopt a comprehensive database for monitoring the sale of prescription drugs, including opioids that can cause addiction and lead to heroin abuse when overprescribed. We also put Narcan is every police car and saved over 150 lives. I’m proud to say that as of today, over 80 percent of the state of Missouri’s population now participate in the county program.” What other issues do you perceive in your race? Mantovani said, “Integrity in office: I’ve proposed a bold county ethics policy to ban campaign contributions from those who do business with the county, ending ‘pay to play.’ I’ve proposed a regional approach to our fragmented local government. Safeguarding our schools and children, proposing more engagement on environmental matters and using technology, as I did with my business, to streamline county government and reduce costs.” Stenger said, “Public safety and crime: I also spearheaded the passage of Proposition P, which is adding 100 police officers to county streets, two officers to a police car, increases diversity in police ranks, improves training and adds more equipment like body cameras and dash cameras to increase accountability of officers on the streets. I understand that in order to have real public safety, communities and law enforcement must trust each other and work together. “Economic development: Under my leadership, St. Louis County has brought in over $5 billion in economic development and created/retained over 30,000 jobs.” Do you believe the St. Louis County Planning Commission is responsive to county residents? Mantovani said, “... The planning and zoning commission is particularly difficult for people in south county. ... “Something like 70 percent of the proposals deal with south county. Hearings could be conducted more conveniently. The interests of south county residents are often overruled by people who don’t live in the community. “I would like to investigate a south county planning district comprised of south county residents who would decide south county zoning issues.” Stenger said, “I think the Planning Commission is responsive to county residents, and I think it should strive to be even more responsive. I think that rotation of those serving on all of our boards is important. At the

close of my first term, we will be looking at all of our boards to determine if it is timely for some individuals to be rotated from some boards.” Should the county executive attend County Council meetings? Mantovani said, “Yes, and the county executive and/or his/ her office should report to the county about county matters.” Mark Mantovani Stenger said, “Council Council meetings are important for the county executive to attend, and it should be noted that at times, other pressing county business can take precedence. The county executive is not part of the council and does not vote at the meetings, so at times his presence is required elsewhere.” Do you support a city-county merger? Mantovani said, “I do not support a merger, or any plan to have a statewide vote. I do support the city of St. Louis re-entering the county, assuming there is no assumption of city liabilities and upon approval by voters.” Stenger said, “The group Better Together created a task force and is currently performing a study to look at the duplication of services in our local governments. Currently we are overspending by $750 million a year on services. They are going to release their findings later this year and provide options on how to streamline government. “While Mr. Mantovani favors a merger (although he is afraid to call his plan a merger), I think we need to see what the data shows and gather community input before we make any decision in this matter. Our residents should have an opportunity to vote on this matter.” Should the County Council continue pursuing its lawsuit against the county executive? Mantovani said, “The council has been forced to confront the county executive because of his dictatorial and dishonest approach and his unwillingness to collaborate. He is often missing in action. I am proud of the council members on both sides of the aisle for doing their jobs and working to stop the corruption.” Stenger said, “The County Council is currently completely dysfunctional and should reconsider its mission to serve the people of St. Louis County. As of late the council has been completely consumed with politics and has turned its attention away from the needs of its residents. The lawsuit is a perfect example of the dysfunction. While the executive branch led by me looks for ways to bring better public safety, economic development and reduce expenditures, the council seeks to hire additional attorneys and staff and give itself and its members unlimited spending authority.” What do you see as the status of county finances? Mantovani said, “The current county executive has an unbalanced budget and has talked of a tax increase. I oppose that. The county budget is in terrible shape, and the County Council agrees. The council has been working to avoid new taxes. By working with the council, instead of against it, we will get the budget under control.” Stenger said, “St. Louis County has a AAA bond rating and over $100 million in our reserve fund. I made millions of dollars of cuts from our expenditures to eliminate wasteful spending. I also reformed our pension, saving $300 million. St. Louis County finances are in good shape.” Should the County Council have its own attorney besides the county counselor? Mantovani said, “Yes.”

Stenger said, “The county Charter prohibits the County Council from having an attorney outside of the 25 attorneys our county has on staff for utilization of every department. The county executive appoints the chief county attorney and the council approves the appointment, as they did with the current attorney.” What is your opinion of Steve Stenger the performance of county Auditor Mark Tucker? Mantovani said, “I’m in no position to evaluate his performance. According to reports, there has not been a lot of activity, but I don’t have enough information to place blame. It is not in the scope of my knowledge to assess whether the auditor’s efforts are being hampered by a lack of cooperation from the administration, as some suggest.” Stenger said, “I think he should be fired ASAP. Further, I was opposed to his hiring in the first place. He has no accounting experience and has not performed an audit in the 16 months he has been employed by county government.” What will you do to address the problems exposed by the unrest in Ferguson? Mantovani said, “I will work with the Forward through Ferguson Commission and will actively engage with the community and the commission, which has convened. I will focus my attention on the four key elements of that report: Child Well-Being and Education Equity, Economic Inequity and Opportunity, Health Equity and Transportation.” Stenger said, “St. Louis County has implemented more recommendations from the Ferguson report than any other government.” Should the city of St. Louis enter the county as a municipality? Mantovani said, “Yes, but not merge governments. This is a very important distinction. The county need not accept any cost of debt or other issues that county voters fear. Further, there must be a vote of county residents to approve anything. I oppose any statewide vote as favored by my opponent.” Stenger said, “No.” Has the county violated the Sunshine Law? Mantovani said, “Yes, the current county administration has violated this regularly.” Stenger said, “No.” What are your thoughts on the county’s lease for a new North County Government Center in the former Northwest Plaza mall? Mantovani said, “I agree with the County Council’s ethics commission that the multimillion-dollar real-estate deal with County Executive Steve Stenger’s biggest campaign donors should be investigated by law enforcement. (1) The lease is very expensive for the county — $18 per square foot plus expenses.... (2) The 20-year lease term is ridiculously long. (3) Other property was available for no additional cost. There is nearly 300,000 square feet of vacant space that the county is either paying rent for or owns. (4) Few ‘new’ jobs were created as many were moved around from other areas...” Stenger said, “This is a good deal for taxpayers and was the right thing to do. Additionally, the County Council approved this lease with a 5-1 vote. The lease is a market-rate lease at $18 per square foot for exceptional space and has resulted in over 2,500 jobs and $300 million of economic development for our region.”

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• Faceoff

• Oakville

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Kathleen, Maureen and James, more commonly known as “Jamey.” Kathleen and Jamey both served on the Mehlville Board of Education. Murphy is running for the seat “to continue the good work of Cloria Brown.” He has never held public office before. Rammaha, 54, 4239 Von Talge Road, Concord, is the CEO of One World USA, a real-estate development company. He and his wife, Norma, have two grown children and two children attending Lindbergh Schools. “I want the voice of the people to be heard, and I can help achieve that,” Rammaha said is the reason he is running for the seat. The candidates gave the following responses to a Call questionnaire: What issue do you consider the single most important issue in this race and why? Murphy said, “Economic development and revitalization of our retail sector.” Rammaha said, “Job creation is the most important issue. We must do more to attract and retain family-supporting jobs.” What other issues do you perceive in your race and your position on each: Murphy said, “City-county merger — covered in my answers to your questions below.” Rammaha said, “Standing up for our constitutional rights is of the utmost importance, and I will work hard to defend our freedom of speech, religious liberty, our right to keep and bear arms and the other fundamental freedoms protected by the Constitution.” What is your position on abortion? Murphy said, “I am a strong supporter of ‘right to life’ and protecting the rights of the unborn. This is a controversial subject, and I understand there are differing views, but this is not a hard stance for me to take. An unborn child is a living being, and I simply cannot with good conscience justify killing a child under any circumstance. I do understand that protecting the life of the mother is of equal concern.” Rammaha said, “I am 100-percent prolife and believe abortion should only be permissible in situations where the life of the mother is threatened.” What is your position on the death penalty? Murphy said, “I am not in favor of the death penalty even though certain crimes are so heinous it would be a just sentence. I cannot in good conscience be a supporter of ‘right to life’ and support the death penalty.” Rammaha said, “I support the use of the death penalty to punish offenders for committing heinous crimes and believe that this serves as a deterrent to others.” Are changes needed to the state’s foundation formula for funding education? Murphy said, “The basic problem with the foundation formula is the formula itself. It is so complex that very few legislators and fewer citizens understand how it is calculated. The state has fully funded the formula the last two years, and that is

ties, towns, school districts and states, I’ve seen states, like Illinois, drive themselves to the brink of insolvency with unchecked spending. I understand the need to make the difficult spending decisions for Missouri that avoid that sort of outcome. “I’m pro-life, pro-Second Amendment and a constitutional conservative who would like to continue my service to the community; first via my service in the Navy and now by serving the Oakville community in Jefferson City.” Joe Patterson, 32, is a detective for the St. Louis County Police Department, and he and his wife, Kate, live at 6723 Black Water Drive, Oakville. When asked why he is seeking public office, Patterson said, “I am seeking office so that I can use the skills and tools I have developed over the last decade serving as a police officer to work with both parties and find common ground on some of the most difficult issues that face our state and to provide Oakville with a strong voice in the Legislature that will always put the people first.” The candidates gave the following responses to a Call questionnaire: What issue do you consider the single most important issue in this race and why? O’Donnell said, “Oakville residents expect the Missouri Legislature to deal with the things that have the largest impact on their lives, for most that is their ability to provide for their families and themselves. The state needs to continue to cut regulation and red tape so that companies in Missouri will continue to provide jobs and additional companies will come to the state to improve everyone’s quality of life.” Patterson said, “The single most important issue in this race is public safety. This includes combating the opioid epidemic and stopping the spread of violent crime across our region. We must keep our communities safe by combating violent crime and supporting our first responders. We must change the image of our region by lowering crime.” Other issues you perceive in your race and your position on each: O’Donnell said, “Government waste and out-of-control spending is a huge issue right now. We need to cut the fat, shrink the bureaucracy and prioritize how we are using state resources. We need to ensure that no taxpayer money is being used to provide services to illegal immigrants. “We have to continue to fight the opioid crisis in Missouri. When I was deployed to Afghanistan, I was part of a group focused on counter-narcotics efforts, so I’ve worked on the front lines of this crisis by stopping heroin from making its way here. There is so much the state can do to help reduce the lives lost and the lives ruined by these illegal drugs....” Patterson said, “I believe the city/county merger will be a key issue in this race. I work with St. Louis city government employees and officials on a regular basis, and I see the dysfunction and mismanage-

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a good thing. Any changes made to the formula must be done with care to prevent unintended consequences.” Rammaha said, “No.” Are changes needed to the law allowing Missouri citizens to carry concealed weapons? If so, why? If not, why not? Murphy said, “CCW laws in Missouri have been effective and do not need to be changed. We do need to strengthen the laws for use of illegal guns.” Rammaha said, “I believe we need to make it easier for law-abiding Missourians to carry concealed weapons.” Are changes needed to the state’s current Open Meetings and Records Law? Murphy said, “In light of recent events I believe that apps, like Confide, that allow text messages to vanish without a trace after being read and prevent saving, forwarding, printing or taking a screenshot of the text message should be prohibited. The use of these apps for government business is a blatant attempt to usurp record laws and any government employee use should be punishable by law.” Rammaha said, “Yes, the government should operate transparently, and I believe that the people of our state need more tools to hold the government accountable for violations of the Sunshine Law.” What will you do to improve Missouri’s economy? Murphy said, “I am more concerned about development and economics of the 94th District. We need to address the decline of our brick-and-mortar retailers. Retail is reinventing itself to conform to new shopping patterns. Government must plow the road to make the transition to web-based shopping, drive-up pickup and multi-use shopping centers as seamless as possible. We need to preserve retail jobs and preserve our commercial tax base. Protecting our trades and local companies from an influx of transient workers who are undercutting prices, offer poor quality work, while paying little or no taxes is a priority. This is a growing problem and must be addressed.” Rammaha said, “I will work to lower taxes, cut regulations and reduce bureaucracy. Smaller government will allow our economy to grow faster.” Would you support legislation to facilitate a merger of St. Louis County and St. Louis city? Murphy said, “There is plenty of room for city and county cooperation, but I have not seen any plans that would not place a financial burden on county residents. I will oppose any attempt to put this issue on a statewide ballot as this issue is a ‘St. Louis issue’ and should be decided by the St. Louis area residents.” Rammaha said, “No.” To read more of the candidates’ responses, visit www.callnewspapers.com.

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ment firsthand. I want the best for the city of St. Louis, but I do not believe taking on their problems is the solution. I want to see fewer municipalities in St. Louis County, not more. I am against a city/county merger in its current form. “Additionally, I believe responsible development in Oakville is important. That development must be done in a way that is very public and transparent, with residents having input on their wants and needs. No more sneaking three-story buildings in on us. Even if it is under county control, I would use my office as state representative to ensure no other elected officials try to pull any more fast ones on us.” What is your position on abortion? O’Donnell said, “I am pro-life and proud to be endorsed by Missouri Right to Life.” Patterson said, “I am 100-percent prolife.” What is your position on the death penalty? O’Donnell said, “I support the death penalty for the most extreme cases.” Patterson said, “I am for the death penalty.” Would you support legislation to facilitate a merger of St. Louis County and St. Louis city? O’Donnell said, “Absolutely not. I have met so many Oakville residents who are so upset by the thought that their tax dollars could wind up going to help bail out the financially strapped city. I will do everything I can in the Legislature to protect south county residents from this attempted land and money grab by the city.” Patterson said, “I do not and would not support legislation that would facilitate a city/county merger. The city of St. Louis needs to shrink its out-of-control government size and spending. I want the city to do well for our region, but I do not believe in bailing them out of problems they created. I would support consolidation of certain specific services that would save our tax dollars. I have seen the city and county police consolidate our air support and bomb/arson units to the benefit of the taxpayer. Those would need to be looked at carefully on a case-by-case basis.” If elected, what bill would you sponsor as your first legislation? O’Donnell said, “I’m not going to Jefferson City to make government bigger by passing more rules and regulations for Missourians. I believe in limited government and seek to end regulations, kill bad legislation and root out waste, fraud and abuse in government.” Patterson said, “... I would increase the punishment for those who choose to peddle deadly drugs on our streets by imposing mandatory minimum sentences for drug dealers....” To read more of the candidates’ responses, visit www.callnewspapers.com.

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Stenger says he gets more done with a hostile council By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor With the rollercoaster relationship between County Executive Stenger and the County Council intensifying in the weeks leading up to Stenger’s re-election bid Aug. 7, he says that he has been able to get more done with a hostile council than with one favorable to him.

For more than a year, Stenger and the council have repeatedly clashed on the separation of powers allowed by the county Charter, whether county Auditor Mark Tucker is qualified — and now, whether Stenger should be re-elected. Stenger has been masterful at forging bipartisan alliances in the past, but he is now down to a single consistent ally, 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan,

D-Richmond Heights. And even Dolan voted last week to override one of Stenger’s vetoes. In an echo of Stenger’s own battles against then-County Executive Charlie Dooley, a four-member council majority has graduated to 6-1 votes on most contentious issues this summer, with only Dolan opposed. (See RELATIONSHIP, Page 8A)

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Port Authority comes under scrutiny from council for precinct’s purchase By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor The County Council has focused its attention on the Port Authority since police Chief Jon Belmar announced in May that the Port Authority was purchasing land at Sappington and Gravois roads to use for the St. Louis County Police Department’s new Affton Southwest Precinct promised under Proposition P. The council was set to hear from the Port

Authority’s current or former board members, depending on who you talk to, at a hearing of 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas’ Ethics Committee Tuesday — after the Call went to press. The council voted 6-1 last week to remove board members serving on expired terms, which is every member of the Port Authority, with 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, opposed. (See AUTHORITY, Page 8A)

Raises for Justice Center guards and nurses on hold due to Prop P dispute Gaines takes office as national president

Mehlville Board of Education member Tori Behlke, left, shows off the bow tie she sported in honor of Superintendent Chris Gaines at the July 19 meeting. The entire board surprised Gaines by tying bow ties around their neck at the beginning of the board meeting to congratulate him on his recent installment as the president of The School Superintendents Association (AASA), the largest national organization for superintendents. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer.

By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Both the County Council and County Executive Stenger say they want to give raises to Justice Center guards and nurses, but the raises are on hold over where the money will come from. The issue has come up at nearly every council meeting this year, and again last

week a Justice Center employee asked the council why she and her co-workers have not yet seen raises in their paychecks that the council approved in May. Stenger attributed the dispute to “electionyear politics” since he is up for re-election in the Democratic primary Aug. 7 against Ladue businessman Mark Mantovani. (See NURSES, Page 7A)

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private attorney, fire all the members of the board of the county Port Authority and take more power over who Stenger can appoint to certain boards and commissions. All three bills are illegal under the Charter, (See OVERRIDES, Page 10A)

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GOP candidates run for county executive By EMILY KLEIN Staff Reporter A Republican candidate for St. Louis County executive will be waiting to challenge whoever wins the battle between Democrats Steve Stenger and Mark Mantovani in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 7. Republicans Paul Berry III and Daniel Sampson are running in the Aug. 7 Republican primary. Both candidates have never held public office. Berry did not return the Call’s questionnaire. Sampson, 35, 4636 Bridlewood Terrace, Concord, is a solution architect at Byrne Software Technologies and a former county employee. He and his wife, Dawn, have three young children. Sampson has never held public office but has unsuccessfully run for the Lindbergh Board of Education three times. He earned a doctorate in computer science from Arizona State University. When asked why he is seeking public office, Sampson said, “When I was an employee, I witnessed firsthand the issues that plague the county from top down. I spent five-and-a-half years trying to be a positive change and told others that when I left, if I ever came back, it would be to do so in a position to make an effective change. “Watching the past four years go by with the bickering and continued misguided leadership or lack of effective leadership from the current executive made me angry. This is continuing to hurt the county. I want to see a positive change now, so I am running to be that change.” What issue do you consider the single most important in this race? Sampson said, “Our budget; we do not have the means to continue the careless spending that has been ongoing for more than a decade. We have departments that

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treat the taxes of the residents as a glorified ‘piggy bank,’ and the checks and balances in place are not working. We need to get this under control; our pension system is and has been depleting our reserves....” Should the county executive attend County Council meetings? Sampson said, “Yes, it’s part of the executive’s job. Unless they have a scheduled vacation or illness, this should be a priority and not a secondary scheduled event.” Do you believe the County Council should approve legislation prohibiting council members from accepting campaign contributions from developers? Sampson said, “Absolutely, how has this not happened already? You are essentially allowing corruption to walk right through the front door of the county. County executive should be above reproach when it comes to leases and dealing with campaign contributors. How many times now have we seen those contributors end up in the county positions that they are unqualified for? This insanity needs to stop.” Do you support a merger of St. Louis County and St. Louis City? Sampson said, “No, this relationship between the two has had bad blood for decades. The city may need the county, but the county does not need and currently does not want the city’s problems and debt...” To read more of Sampson’s responses, visit www.callnewspapers.com.

Two from south county among victims of duck boat’s sinking on Table Rock Lake A south county couple was among the 17 people who died when a duck boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson last week. Affton residents William Asher, 69, and Rosemarie “Rose” Hamann, 68, died when a boat from the popular Ride the Ducks attraction in Branson capsized. The amphibious boat, which can also drive on land, couldn’t stand up to heavy winds and waves on the lake and capsized with 31 people on board. Victims range in age from one to 76, including nine mem-

bers of one family from Indiana. Hamann just celebrated her birthday days before, according to the last post on her Facebook page. She frequently posted photos of herself and Asher together. “Bill wishing me a happy birthday,” she wrote in her last public post.

Oakville man charged with manslaughter An Oakville man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter for his alleged role in a fatal car crash linked to street racing on Reavis Barracks Road. Adam Michaud, 20, of the 6400 block of Brookfield Court in Oakville, was charged by St. Louis County prosecutors last week with one count of first-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault. He is being held on $150,000 bond. Police say that Michaud — who was 19 at the time — was racing other cars and weaving in and out of traffic when he hit a

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We find ourselves in the curious position this week of urging how to vote on three St. Louis County Charter amendments that may not appear on the ballot Aug. 7. By the time this appears in your mailbox, a judge might have already ruled whether Propositions 2, 3 and 4 will be thrown off the ballot or not. If they make it, we urge voters to vote “no” on Propositions 2 and 3 and “yes” on Proposition 4. The County Council took extraordinary measures to place the amendments on the same ballot in which County Executive Steve Stenger is running for re-election. Stenger opposes them all, and the council said it needs them to counter his power. Proposition 2 would allow the council to appoint its own staff attorney and enter into contracts with private attorneys with no spending limit. We’ve seen local cities billed hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on legal services, so the cost for this amendment could easily run into the millions for county taxpayers. We’re more favorable about the idea of a staff attorney, but to us, the potential price tag far outweighs any benefit the council could gain from a staff attorney. We also urge voters to vote no on Proposition 3, which redefines employment so that council members can work as independent contractors for other government entities. To prevent conflicts, Charter writers banned outside public employment. Councilman Ernie Trakas could be thrown out of office under the clause. But at the same time the council solves that problem, it’s creating another. The amendment contains no limit on how much a council member can make at an outside job, paving the way for extreme conflicts of interest. Under the change, council members could make more than $100,000 as a city attorney in the county. That’s good for them, but not anyone else. We urge a “yes” vote on Proposition 4, although we wish it separated out its three financial-related questions. Campaign-contribution limits are widely supported by voters, and public information posted on the website should also be enshrined in the Charter. The benefits to taxpayers outweigh the potential costs of other aspects of the measure, including budget changes that Budget Director Paul Kreidler called an “operational nightmare.” That phrasing gives us pause. But if it’s truly that bad, voters of the future can always change the Charter back.

Writer supporting Rammaha in 94th District for Cloria Brown’s seat To the editor: The difference between two different politicians running for the same office in St. Louis County for the job of state representative: Ron Rammaha supports the military physically as well as financially. Jim Murphy couldn’t care less about the military. He talks the talk, but cannot even walk the walk when it comes

to believing in the military. Ron has appeared at all the meetings, while his opponent is nowhere to be found. Now military veterans, whom would you really trust in Jefferson City? Richard Bauer Lemay

Tesson Ferry committeewoman endorses Murphy in GOP’s primary To the editor: You can tell a man by the company he keeps; so goes the saying. By that standard, Jim Murphy is preeminently qualified to be the Republican state representative candidate for District 94. State Rep. Cloria Brown endorsed Jim for this seat before she passed away in March. She knew Jim would continue her legacy of hard work, integrity and being the voice of the people in her district. In addition, Jim has been endorsed by numerous conservative Republicans such as former Sen. Jim Lembke, State Treasurer Eric Schmitt, former state Reps. Walt Bivins and Carl Hendrickson and state Sen. Will Kraus.

Missouri Right to Life has endorsed Jim as a strong protector of life at all stages. The carpenters’ union endorsed Jim as an advocate for the interests of working people. The Tesson Ferry Township Republican Club endorsed Jim because he clearly lives by conservative Christian values and has been an active member of the club for years. On primary day Tuesday, Aug. 7, the clear choice for District 94 Republicans is Jim Murphy. Christy Hessel Concord

Editor’s note: Ms. Hessel is the Republican committeewoman for Tesson Ferry Township.

Reader: Vote for Mark Osmack to face Ann Wagner this November To the editor: As a resident of Oakville, I have been unhappy with the current administration and our congresswoman, U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin. Because of this, it became my goal to get to know the candidates running to unseat Wagner in the Missouri 2nd District. It has been my great pleasure to meet and become friends with Mark Osmack, who is one of those hopefuls. Mark is a south county and St. Louis native and graduated from Lindbergh High School before going to college at Mizzou. He entered the Army and served two deployments in Afghanistan, serving 10 years before joining the Army Reserves. He has experience working in D.C. under U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth. He is a union supporter and was a member of the UFCW 655. Mark is straightforward and happy to tell anyone who asks what

he stands for. Medicare for all is one of those priorities. Mark also plans to work to lower the cost of higher education and increase access to child care for parents attending universities and trade schools. In my opinion, Mark Osmack is a person who was born to serve, and he has been walking the streets of this city telling St Louisans who he is and what he is about. He learned in Afghanistan that officers don’t expect anything of their soldiers they would not do themselves. He believes Congress should set the same example by serving us — not themselves. In Mark’s words, “Together, we can bring courage, dignity and trust to Congress.” On Aug. 7, go to the polls and vote for Mark Osmack for Missouri District 2. Sally Denton Oakville

Stenger defends the Charter, but he ignores it in Trakas’ court case To the editor: In the July 12 article on St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger’s appearance before the Tesson Ferry Democratic Club, Mr. Stenger is quoted as claiming that his administration is trying to do good things for the community, yet is met with obstruction. His observation that one of the most important parts of public service is to “figure out how to get around that obstruction” is telling. It is no secret that one of his greatest obstructions is the County Council itself, and his solution for “getting around” the council includes ignoring the privileges granted to the council in the county Charter, a document he referred to in a previous interview as the county’s constitution. Because he is an attorney, Mr. Stenger

should be held to a higher standard in matters concerning the provisions of the St. Louis County Charter. One of those provisions, Section 2.070, stipulates that the County Council shall be the judge of qualifications of its members. When St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch took the allegation that 6th District County Councilman Ernie Trakas violated Section 2.170 of the county Charter directly to a special prosecutor, neither Mr. Stenger nor County Counselor Peter Krane defended the council’s right and duty, as provided in Section 2.070 of the county Charter, to sit in judgment of Mr. Trakas and determine whether the facts behind the allegation rose to the level of a charter violation. Instead, the issue was taken out of the council’s hands and placed in a St. Charles County court. Mr. McCulloch circum-

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GOP candidates run for 97th House seat By EMILY KLEIN Staff Reporter Three candidates are looking to win the Republican primary for the 97th District Missouri House seat currently held by Rep. Mike Revis, D-Fenton. Former Arnold Councilman Phil Amato, former Arnold Councilwoman Mary Elizabeth Coleman and attorney David Linton are hoping to win the GOP nod in the Tuesday, Aug. 7 primary to oppose Revis in the November general election. Newcomer Revis defeated Linton for the seat in a special election in February that gained national attention because the district, which covers Jefferson County and a sliver of south county, voted heavily

Amato said, “In Arnold I passed legislation called ‘fast tracking’ that was used many times in the industrial court for attracting new factories and the expansion of others. The city ordinance recognized that time was money and guaranteed the cumbersome building permit process be accomplished in 30 days or less... The legislation produced hundreds of millions in construction jobs and permanent jobs. I would like to introduce a similar piece of legislation on the state level that might be a start in allowing communities to expand without hurting education.” Linton said, “I am opposed to TIF. Tax-increment financing is a mechanism whereby government uses the tax system

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to subsidize and benefit special interests. The best approach to economic development is to reduce the government burden on all and allow the free market to pick winners and losers rather than the government.... It needs to be abolished.” Are changes needed to the Sunshine Law? Amato said, “In theory open meeting laws are good, but in practicality they are sometimes difficult on a local level in order to do the people’s business... I think it would be nice for an informal work session, open to the public, once a month, without motions or votes allowing discussion for clarity on topics... with a respectful press in attendance not (quoting) for public consumption any elected official until the subject matter is brought forth in a regular meeting...” Linton said, “I would prefer to reduce or eliminate government regulations which necessitate it to hold meetings or records and thereby reduce the need for such meetings and records.” What will you do to improve Missouri’s economy? Amato said, “Our state is unique in that the Kansas City and St. Louis metropolitan areas are close to Kansas and Illinois. Neighboring states’ business incentives need to be studied to make sure our state can compete, and doesn’t put Missouri at a disadvantage for economic growth. “Sometimes the free-market system needs a kick in the fanny to work. That being said however, if my ‘fast-tracking bill’ on the local level in Arnold could produce hundreds of millions in construction and permanent jobs, I would like to have a crack at the state’s economy. If I was fortunate enough to be placed on the state committee that handles economic growth, my first order of business would be to look to other states for successful ideas.” Linton said, “Support and vote for legislation that will reduce the burden of taxes and government regulation on the free market.” To read more of the candidates’ responses, visit www.callnewspapers.com.

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Expired terms become campaign issue County Executive Steve Stenger is running for re-election in the Democratic primary Aug. 7 against Ladue businessman Mark Mantovani, who accuses Stenger of corruption and lording over county business. One of the ways Stenger has done that, Mantovani alleges, is by keeping appointees serving on expired terms so that if they do something Stenger doesn’t agree with, he can easily cast them aside. “You want them on expired terms — if they disagree with you, you can fire them,” Mantovani said. “People want to help — on urban issues, land use, construction, planning — and for us not to be putting up the best people is madness.” Of the 588 county board positions, 271 seats are expired, 109 are up to date and 102 are vacant, according to data compiled by Mantovani’s campaign. That’s probably “as small an amount as it’s ever been,” Stenger contends, and he’s not aware of any boards without a quorum. “The county’s business is all being done, and it’s being done in fine fashion,” Stenger said. “So to suggest otherwise is just nonsense.”

He suggests the opposite is happening: He wants to fill those positions, but the council has “repeatedly — repeatedly — sat on appointments.” The chairman traditionally accepts documents on appointees and shares with the council, but Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, “rejected them outright” without presenting them to other council members, Stenger said. At least one appointment, that of south county attorney Edward Fitzhenry to the Public Transportation Commission, sat on the council’s agenda for a year before the council finally dropped it. Rather than move to approve or reject the appointment, the council held it every single week. “We actually received a communication from the chairman of the St. Louis County Council, one that I’ve never seen in all my years, that said, ‘Don’t send any more appointments down because we’re not going to move them for you,’” Stenger said. “So if Mr. Mantovani wants to see appointments, then he would need to talk to his allies on the council about moving those appointments forward. I’d appreciate it, that’d be great.”

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The council accuses Stenger of not enforcing their bill to pay the guards and nurses. But he said that bill violates the Charter and accuses council members of intentionally stalling the raises by not taking up his own bills that would grant the raises from an alternate fund instead of Proposition P, the countywide sales tax voters overwhelmingly approved last year. “I won’t write a check where we break the promise of Prop P to voters, I’m just not going to do it,” Stenger said. “We made a promise to voters that we would spend the funds on police and public safety, and unfortunately they’re asking for funds for employees who don’t fall into those categories.” The council appropriated $600,000 in raises out of Proposition P, a move that the St. Louis County Police Association called the first Prop P “misappropriation.” That’s because some of the raises go to nurses who work with inmates in the Justice Center but are technically employees of the county Department of Public Health. “They were trying to pay non-Prop P employees with Prop P funds, and that violates the Charter and it violates our Prop P ordinance,” Stenger said. “In order for a health-care worker to be paid, the health-care worker has to be paid from the health fund.” He has refused to enact the council’s bills but has offered two alternate bills with the same raises, one for jail guards using Prop P and one for nurses using the health fund. Council members have said they don’t believe the health fund has enough money in it to support recurring salary hikes. But Stenger said future money-saving maneuvers make the raises feasible. “The health fund does not have adequate funding to backfill money that’s owed

Doors open 10:15 a.m., speaker begins 10:30 a.m. through Prop P,” said council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur. Justice Center employee Erin Gonzalez told the council last week, “Why has there been no action on this since May 29? It just seems like this is a no-brainer.” “I agree with you, I don’t understand how this council passes a bill and the county executive chooses not to acknowledge it,” said 1st District Councilwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City. “If it were me, I’d file a lawsuit. And I’d certainly vote Aug. 7.” Prop P has infused cash forSIZE raises OF into the Police Department, the Department AD(S) of Justice Services and the office of county Prosecuting Attorney Robert 1/4 McCulloch, but it has also created a two-tiered system of employees in the county, with publicsafety employees able to receive raises while non-public-safety employees don’t. When Stenger spoke to the Tesson Ferry Democrats June 25, a health employee questioned why nurses weren’t getting much-needed raises while McCulloch’s secretaries did. “Why not (the jail nurses) when people who have absolutely nothing to do with safety got them?” she asked Stenger. But Stenger said he had his alternate bill for the nurses ready to go, waiting action from the council. The raises would take effect immediately if the council passed it. A man in the crowd said, “Here you are wanting to help the nurses, and they’re not passing the bill because it’s your idea?” “There is a real sentiment to that, I think you’re right,” Stenger said. “It’s there, and that money is available. And it could be passed tomorrow and it could become law, and the nurses would have their raise.” But council members are insisting that the money come from Prop P. “I want to be sure that the money for these raises is and will continue to come from the Prop P sales tax,” said 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville.

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Stenger said in separate veto messages, quoting Charter language. But council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, said they are legal. The only unanimous override was a bill from 3rd District Councilwoman Colleen Wasinger, R-Huntleigh. It grants the council approval power over who is appointed to certain county boards and commissions, requires all boards and commissions to publish their meeting minutes on the county website and “will allow the public much better access,” Wasinger said. “I spent quite a bit of time with the legal department to prepare that bill. I do not believe it violates the Charter in any way, shape or form.” But Stenger disagreed: “This is just the plain black and white letters of the Charter,” Stenger said. “It’s just basic, plain English, so you can’t argue with it.” Port Authority eyed in probe The council asked every board member of the county Port Authority to testify about the organization’s operations at a hearing of Trakas’ Ethics Committee Tuesday — after the Call went to press. It will be the committee’s second investigation after it concluded a monthlong probe into the county lease to create a new North County Government Center at the former Northwest Plaza mall. That investigation ended with Trakas and most of the council calling for state and federal investigations into the deal at the mall, which is owned by Stenger’s largest campaign contributors, brothers Robert and David Glarner. Funded by money from River City Casino, the Port Authority has been used to buy land for a new Affton Southwest Precinct on Gravois Road and redevelop another shuttered mall, Jamestown Mall in north county. It works closely with the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership and even shares a CEO with that organization, Stenger ally Sheila Sweeney. “There’s a storm brewing, let’s put it that way,” Trakas said. “A majority of the council believes that it should have more influence, oversight and, frankly, management of the Port Authority.” A bill that removes all the Port Authority board members who are serving on expired terms — which is every one of them — is either legal or illegal, depending on if you’re asking Page or Stenger. Page said all board members are now former board members. But Stenger said the action had no effect because it was illegal, and the board will continue to meet as usual. “Sam Page is acting completely illegally,” Stenger said. “Their action is null and void.” Private attorney hired The council is suing Stenger and placed a Charter amendment on the Aug. 7 ballot to try to hire its own permanent attorney on staff to counter the legal advice they get from County Counselor Peter Krane, a Stenger appointee. The amendment, one of three, is the subject of a lawsuit from a Kirkwood resident that claims the ballot language on

the amendments is illegal and the amendments should be thrown off the ballot. A judge could decide the issue as soon as this week. The council also wants to use county funds to pay a private attorney representing it in that court case. Stenger vetoed a bill for a contract to hire the council’s preferred private law firm, Bick & Kistner, to represent it in the court battle. The council overrode the veto 6-1, with 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan opposed. The contract, which has no cap or spending limit, allows the council to use public dollars to pay for Bick & Kistner to represent council members in the Charter lawsuit, in which a judge allowed them to intervene as private citizens. “As I’ve explained in the past — whether it’s reported or not — I don’t believe the taxpayers should be burdened with paying for outside counsel,” Dolan said. Trakas said he’s never seen a bill from Bick & Kistner for its services in the lawsuit. Stenger said he’s never authorized any payments to the law firm. But the latest council move appears to allow the law firm to start charging the county for its service in the council’s various court battles. “They want to spend unlimited amounts of money on an attorney,” Stenger said. “They actually are having the audacity to have county taxpayers pay for that. I can tell you two things — the judge isn’t going to allow it, and I will never write a check for that. It’s just not going to happen. It’s just a complete waste of taxpayer money. “I have never seen a member of St. Louis County government ask taxpayers to pay their lawyer bills for manufactured cases that they’re putting together. It is the — I’ll just say it in common parlance — it’s the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve never seen anything like it.” Now seemingly armed with the ability to pay lawyers, Page also noted last week that the council was returning to court in August for its lawsuit against Stenger on separation of powers and Stenger’s cuts to the council budget. “They’re a very litigious group,” Stenger said. “I’m not going to write checks for needless, wasteful and, frankly, abusive things, and they’re abusing tax dollars by wanting to hire and expend unlimited amounts on unlimited attorneys. And for some reason it’s one law firm. And this same law firm has given Sam Page money, so it’s even more reason to not write a check for this law firm.” Report turns into ‘shenanigans’ As Page called for Stenger to make the county executive’s report at the July 17 meeting and tell the council about his meeting with the governor last month, Stenger said, “Sam, I’m not going to engage you this evening with political shenanigans, so you can stop now.” “Is following up on your promise to us a shenanigan?” Page asked. “In your case, yes,” Stenger said. Stenger later said that he would not provide a written report to Page at all, and that he gave several media interviews at the time about what was discussed. “I’m under no obligation to answer Sam Page’s interrogation,” he said.

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Voters to decide fate of Missouri ‘right-to-work’ By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Voters in St. Louis County could be the tipping point in a statewide vote next week to decide once and for all whether Missouri will be a “right-to-work” state or not. Voters will decide on the matter Tuesday, Aug. 7, when they will consider Proposition A, a referendum to either ratify or strike down the right-to-work law passed by the Missouri Legislature last year, which has not yet gone into effect pending the referendum. A “yes” vote enacts the law. A “no” vote rejects right-to-work and keeps unions’ ability to charge workers mandatory fees. Right-to-work legislation bans labor unions from making membership fees mandatory for all workers in a “closed shop,” or unionized business. Supporters of the legislation say that striking the mandatory fees would lead to job growth and make Missouri more attractive to businesses. But organized labor groups say the fees are

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By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Voters will weigh in next week on what they want to see in the St. Louis County executive’s office, with County Executive Steve Stenger and challenger Mark Mantovani offering contrasting visions for what county government could look like in the next four years. Incumbent Stenger, 46, said he is a master at getting things done for residents, while Ladue businessman Mantovani, 64, asks voters to “imagine the possibilities” of harmonious regional cooperation with him at the helm — including St. Louis city re-entering the county. Stenger says he’s accomplished in a single term what other county executives might have been able to do in two. Among the accomplishments he lists: Maintaining the county’s AAA bond rating; saving $300 million on future pension costs; fortifying the St. Louis County Police Department with Proposition P; making budget cuts that he says will save $30 million over 10 years; and creating $5.7 billion of economic development and 30,000 jobs created or retained, while addressing enough aspects of the Ferguson unrest to

By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Members of the board of the St. Louis County Port Authority could be subpoenaed to provide testimony to the County Council for its latest ethics investigation after they failed to show up to testify last week. The failure to show enraged 6th District Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-Oakville, who received a letter from Port Authority attorney Charles Hatfield of the law firm Stinson, Leonard & Street the day before noting that the board members would not show up unless Trakas met

privately with Hatfield to let him know the scope of his investigation. The board consists of Oakville resident Greg Hayden, Frank McHugh of Florissant, Dan Thies of Frontenac, Edward James of north county and Nancy Napoli. They were all appointed by former County Executives Buzz Westfall or Charlie Dooley. The Port Authority was created decades ago, but gets $5 million a year in lease payments from 80 acres it leases to River City Casino. Those millions primarily went to causes in Lemay for years, but (See PORT, Page 6A)

Race for prosecutor offers voters experience versus new ideas By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Although several county races on the Aug. 7 ballot offer a choice between experienced veterans and political newcomers, the starkest

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contrast can be seen in the contest for prosecuting attorney between longtime incumbent Robert McCulloch and Wesley Bell. McCulloch, who has been county prosecutor since 1991, has been

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By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Two-term incumbent 5th District County Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, faces two challengers in next week’s election that say it’s time for a changing of the guard. Dolan’s district covers an area from the St. Louis city limits in Affton up Sappington Road to Sunset Hills, Crestwood and Webster Groves to Richmond Heights, Brentwood, University City and other areas in Central St. Louis County. Balloonist and yoga instructor Michael Burton of Affton and social worker Lisa Clancy of Maplewood are challenging Dolan in the election Tuesday, Aug. 7. Burton has focused his campaign around his effort to “Save Tower Tee,” the muchloved Affton golf course that closed July 9 and could become a 150-home subdivision if developer McBride Berra resubmits plans it first proposed last fall. Clancy, who grew up in Webster Groves, has positioned herself as a more progressive challenger to Dolan and said she would be the first millennial elected to the County Council, bringing a younger perspective and a more progressive, fresh set of ideas like paid family medical leave for county employees. She also takes issue with Dolan’s longtime alliance with County Executive Steve Stenger. Her brother Jon works for Stenger’s challenger in the Democratic pri-

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mary, Mark Mantovani, and she is friendly with most of the council members who have formed a 6-1 alliance against Stenger. “I see a bipartisan coalition, alliance, whatever word you want to use, of council members standing up against cronyism and corruption in St. Louis County,” she said. “I know that that’s what the people of District 5 want too, and I will be a part of that.” In the past, Dolan was always firmly entrenched in a solid council majority. But lately he’s often been Stenger’s sole ally, the lone vote against the council’s proposed Charter amendments or calls for a federal investigation into the county’s Northwest Plaza lease. But he said his votes have nothing to do with who serves as county executive and everything to do with representing the wishes of his district. “We take care of the concerns of the 5th District,” Dolan said. “My assistant and I, we just take care of what we’re supposed to do. “Whoever’s the county executive or whoever the other council members are, I just do what I’m supposed to do. That’s not going to change on my end.” Clancy said she became more interested in county politics post-Ferguson. Before that, she agreed with the idea that education was the key to solving everything. But Michael Brown was on his way to getting

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they are necessary to counter Stenger’s power. Ballots will not have to be reprinted since all sides to the lawsuit agreed that if any amendments were thrown out, a note could be posted in election precincts to warn voters that their votes on the amendments would not count. Instead, election officials will post signs that any votes on Proposition 4 will be thrown out. The lawsuit was brought by Kirkwood resident Jordan Grommet, who was represented by Jefferson City attorney John Watson. Court arguments in a June 26 hearing revolved around language on Proposition 4, the campaign-contribution amendment, that evolved as the council considered the bill from “intradepartmental” to the final bill language of “interdepartmental.” Watson also made other claims about the amendment, including that it illegally “logrolled” multiple changes into one amendment, but Wood said he would not rule on those claims since the “interdepartmental” language was enough to take the amendment off the ballot. The council called an emergency meeting with barely 24 hours’ notice last week to introduce three bills that would place three separate Charter amendments on the November ballot — one for each of the finance planks of the original Proposition 4. To read more about each of the Charter amendments, visit www.callnewspapers. com.

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(Continued from Page 2A) an education, and that still didn’t save him, she said. “I’m not going to necessarily say that I was a Ferguson protester, but that made me think about systems change,” Clancy said. She grew even more frustrated during the Jason Stockley protests last year in which the St. Louis County Police Department “acted inappropriately” to protests at The Galleria mall. She didn’t hear a word of protest from Dolan, she noted. “I thought, where is Pat Dolan on this?” Clancy said. “This is his district.” It’s time for Dolan to retire, she said. “There’s no passion, conviction,” she said. “I don’t know why he wants to do this anymore. We need someone who’s going to step up and lead. “Pat has proven through his voting record that that’s not him.” Burton said the same thought struck him as he listened to a radio interview with Dolan that he found so “wishy washy” that he Googled when the next election was so that he could run against him. It was this

Michael Burton year, and that fateful Google search came 10 days before the filing deadline. “In my head I was like, ‘I can do better than that guy.’ I’m not a career politician, I am beholden to no one,” Burton said. “These guys are all Republicans and Democrats all getting along, and we have this one person and the county executive obstructing all these things that they’re trying to get done for St. Louis County.” Burton intervened as a taxpayer alongside County Council members in a lawsuit to keep all three of the council’s Charter amendments on the ballot. A judge ruled last week that one of the amendments would be taken off, but the other two would stay. Clancy has raised tens of thousands of dollars in her race, which could make her competitive with Dolan. But Burton did not form a campaign committee, which prevents him from being able to raise more than a small amount of money. Echoing one of Mantovani’s campaign talking points against Stenger, Clancy said, “We need someone who’s willing to play a role in regional issues.” And that can’t be Dolan right now because of his state of isolation, she said. “He’s in a role on County Council where he can’t get anything done,” she said. “His colleagues on the council don’t trust him because of his relationship with Stenger. It’s time for a change, Pat needs to go. I rest my case.” Dolan noted that with the help of his current legislative assistant Patrick Mulcahy and his previous one, now-Democratic

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Call makes endorsements for next week’s elections The Call offers the following endorsements for the election Tuesday, Aug. 7. County Council — 5th District Incumbent 5th District Councilman Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, faces two challengers, Michael Burton of Affton and Lisa Clancy of Maplewood. Burton and Clancy would both bring youth and enthusiasm to the position. We especially like Clancy’s refreshing ideas for appealing to the south county side of the district, and we also appreciate Burton’s desire to “Save Tower Tee.” But in this race, we give the nod to Dolan for his years of experience because we like to see a diversity of views on the council. He hasn’t always been right, but he’s impressed us on several issues, including voting against hiring the current county auditor, who hasn’t completed any audits in more than a year. And as the “1” in many recent 6-1 votes, Dolan has sometimes stood as the lone voice of reason on issues such as the council hiring outside attorneys with no spending cap, among other issues. 94th District House The Call endorsed the late Rep. Cloria Brown several times over the years, and endorsing another Republican for her seat is a sad reminder of her untimely death earlier this year. Two businessmen, Jim Murphy of Oakville and Ron Rammaha of Concord, are vying to replace her in the House. Whichever way this race goes, we like the candidates’ business chops and their emphasis on jumpstarting the Missouri economy. We’ve had our differences with both camps, with Murphy himself and with Rammaha’s campaign manager Linda Bowen, over the Mehlville School District’s Proposition R. But speaking individually with both candidates, they appear to appreciate the quality education in south county schools and want to keep it that way. Murphy is endorsed by both Brown as her conservative torchbearer and the carpenters’ union, an unusual combination. We appreciate that Murphy seems to be appealing to those across the aisle with the endorsement from the carpenters’ union, an early sign of the type of governing that Cloria Brown mastered to represent a district that’s fairly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. The Call endorses Murphy. 95th District House Oakville residents Michael O’Donnell and Joe Patterson are run(See ELECTIONS, Page 5A)

Despite conflicts, track record merits the re-election of Stenger The Call has long looked at divided government as a good thing. A board — any board, whether it be County Council, a school board or the Missouri Legislature — that has too many voices in one political direction is almost never a good thing. And that’s one of the key reasons why the Call endorses County Executive Steve Stenger in the Democratic primary Tuesday, Aug. 7, over his challenger Mark Mantovani. But more than anything else, we support Stenger for another term because he gets things done. He started an accountability portal that shows every county check being written

Editorial in real time. He’s cut costs where needed without cutting services. He has implemented continuous improvement and strategic planning across county departments, initiated pension reform and taken real steps to counter the opioid epidemic with Missouri’s first quasi-statewide prescription-drug registry. Although he’s a Democrat, he’s hired Republicans. We’re intrigued by the idea of a Mantovani term as county executive, but we’re hesitant to endorse him for two reasons. Although he has a distinguished

resume in business, he has no experience in county office, or any political office. It can take years to learn the ins and outs of running county government, and then he’d be up for re-election. Secondly, this newspaper has long stood hard and fast against any type of citycounty merger between St. Louis County and St. Louis city. Mantovani’s central campaign issue is that he wants the city to re-enter the county as a municipality, on equal footing with all other county municipalities. The reasons we don’t like that idea could fill an entire column, and we don’t see county voters supporting it either.

Oakville resident skeptical of ‘blue wave’ claim for November voters To the editor: You published a letter from former Mehlville Board of Education President Venki Palamand in the July 19 edition of the Call that contained a couple of inaccuracies and a few assumptions that I wished to challenge, please. First, with due respect, the winner of the Democratic party primary for St. Louis County executive will not necessarily be the county executive after the general election, and Palamand provides no evidence to support his claim of the county “…trending toward Democrats over the last 20 years...” As an aside, Mark Mantovani is new to politics and wasn’t well known himself a few months ago, either. Next, the 2nd Congressional District race featuring the incumbent Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, has a crowded Democratic primary field. I do not expect Mrs. Wagner to take her Democratic Party opponent in November lightly, regardless of how “well known” they may seem to you or me after the primary is over. As an aside, it’s an exaggeration to describe the 2nd District as “gerrymandered” when the Missouri state Legislature redraws the U.S. Congressional districts after every census, and whichever political party controls the Legislature at the time also controls the

result. In addition, just prior to Mrs. Wagner assuming office in 2013, Missouri lost one of its nine seats in the House due to U.S. population shifts since the previous census, thereby making Mr. Palamand’s point moot. If Democrats in Missouri want to control the redrawing of these districts in the future, they’ll need to work harder to elect a majority of Missouri state legislators in the future. The fact that the current state Legislature has a Republican majority in both houses is no accident. So much for gerrymandering being a real issue here, and... in addition, he provides no context for his claim that Mrs. Wagner is vulnerable to her Democratic Party opponent in November except to cite that there is a so-called “blue wave” that he is “expecting” to take place. I believe it would be more honest and forthright if Mr. Palamand would simply admit that he “hopes” that there is a “blue wave” at every level of Missouri politics, both in August and in November. Finally... other than above, I want to mention that I completely agree with his assertion that it is always and everywhere of the utmost importance to exercise your civic duty and vote. See you at the polls. Ed Murphy Oakville

Prop A is a ‘right to choose where you work,’ an Affton resident says To the editor: Recent Prop A “Vote No” billboards, yard signs and mailers are filled with hypocritical lies. I encourage all voters to actually read the Prop A language before you blindly vote. Prop A does not “allow politicians to tell business owners who they can or can’t enter into contracts.” Prop A tells unions they cannot force any employee to pay union dues if that employee chooses not to belong to the union. As a matter of fact, unions and Democrats were perfectly OK with lawmaker politicians forcing every American to pay annual $2,000 dues to support Obamacare. Yes, they did not care whether you needed it or not. Unions and Democrats love to “force” dues on everyone. It supports them, not you. It is unions and their Democratic friends at the state level who want to take away every working manwoman’s right to choose whether they want to join a union. Prop A opponents are not the 80 percent of working Americans

who really do not need a union to become their rightful wage negotiator. Those times of the 1940s are long gone. It is time to say “yes” to higher wages for good workers. That is exactly what Prop A will provide. Propaganda “No” mailers also message another lie and deceitful conclusion. It says, “Prop A will eliminate retirement security for seniors who paid into their fund and planned for a dignified retirement.” What a big deceitful lie that is. Prop A deals only with “union dues,” not retirement pensions. Union dues do not affect anyone’s retirement benefits. Using the “senior” label is a very dishonest scare tactic conclusion. Vote “yes” with lawmakers in Missouri who made the right and fair choice for all working Americans. Not just union workers. Vote yes, and let your lawmakers’ choice stand up for a “right to choose where you work.”

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Three GOP candidates — Phil Amato, Mary Elizabeth Coleman and David Linton — are vying for the opportunity to challenge newly minted Rep. Mike Revis, D-Fenton, who just won election in a special election in February.

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Coleman did not return the Call’s questionnaire. We like Amato’s emphasis on education, although his views on the Sunshine Law leave something to be desired. Linton suggested that meetings and public records be abolished altogether, which is an idea we hope never comes to fruition. The Call endorses Amato.

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after five years, the payments could go to fund anything in the county. They’ve been used for post-Ferguson rebuilding in north county, marketing contracts and other projects, including the land purchase for the new Affton Southwest Precinct at Sappington and Gravois roads, a proposed St. Louis Blues practice ice arena in Creve Coeur Park and the redevelopment of Jamestown Mall. Although the Port Authority spends county dollars, it has typically operated without extensive oversight from the council. If Trakas has his way, that will change. Even before the council officially heard from any Port Authority board members, it came out swinging, voting 6-1 July 17 to essentially fire them all. Now the council is considering legislation that would allow each council member to appoint his or her own board member to the organization. Even as the council fired all the board members, council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, promised that they would still testify. He and Trakas both said Hayden had told them he would gladly testify. But that mood changed at the Ethics Committee hearing. With a court reporter present, Trakas scolded the absence of the “unelected neo-bureaucrats” and “unelected apparatchiks” of the Port Authority who were refusing to respond to the council’s “legitimate and urgent concerns related to Port Authority operations and management.” Stinson attorney Andrew Scavotto did show up, but repeatedly told the council he was only there to observe on behalf of his cli-

ents, not answer questions. He said his law firm would prefer to talk about the scope of the committee’s work in closed session. Some council members signaled a willingness to talk about the issues in closed session, but County Counselor Peter Krane said he wasn’t sure if the committee could hold closed sessions since it does not oversee any personnel or real-estate issues. “Ideally all of this would be conducted out in the open,” said 3rd District Councilwoman Colleen Wasinger, R-Huntleigh.

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Later that night, Trakas and Page both said in a public County Council meeting that Port Authority CEO Sheila Sweeney could be under federal investigation. The Call was unable to independently confirm that allegation, which Trakas said came from an “impeccable” source that he would not name. Page said he had heard it from another reliable source who is not the same person, but also declined to reveal any information about his source. Trakas alleged that Sweeney was in her car and called the St. Louis County Police Department to complain about a car that seemed to be tailing her. When a county police officer responded, the officer allegedly discovered that the people in the car tailing Sweeney were federal agents. Pressed by reporters after the meeting if he had contacted county police to get a police report or any evidence of his assertion, Trakas said, “Isn’t that what you guys do?” Page said, “I did not contact the county police. I would depend on you all to follow up and see what they have to say. I don’t think they’ll lie to you.” County police said that they had received no call from Sweeney and had no evidence of any call report or incident report from the alleged traffic stop. Even if an officer did not write a report

on the alleged incident because of the involvement of federal agents, any 911 call would have been logged, a spokesman said. “If there was a 911 call, there would be a record,” McGuire said. “The 911 call would go straight to the dispatch center, and the dispatch center would send the officer a call.” U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen said in an email that he does not comment on the existence or lack thereof of investigations. Sweeney spokeswoman Katy Jamboretz did not respond to requests for comment. County Executive Steve Stenger said he had not heard of any federal investigations into any aspect of county government. County Communications Director Cordell Whitlock noted that the allegation was made two weeks before Stenger’s re-election bid by Trakas and Page, who do not want Stenger re-elected. “I think it’s highly irresponsible two weeks before an election for him to just throw that out there and throw Sheila under the bus like that,” Whitlock said. “On a human level, just think about it. You don’t just throw that out there that someone’s being investigated by the feds. Now if you have proof... that’s one thing. But you’re dealing with somebody’s life and somebody’s reputation... I think it’s highly irresponsible that (Trakas) threw that out there with no substantiation. We’re 14 days before an election, and he despises my boss. He plays games like this. He’s been playing games for months on end.” Page said that he finds it plausible that federal agents could be interested in the Port Authority by reading newspaper reports, so he finds his source “credible.” Asked if the rumor was the definition of hearsay, Trakas, who is an attorney, said, “We’re not in the court of law. We’re in the court of public opinion.”

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fill up an 11-page report. He’s done all that despite a County Council that has often sought to stop him at any cost, including lawsuits. “I think our accomplishments have grown since we had that tension on the council,” Stenger said. “So if you ask, ‘Why should he be county executive?’ Look at the results. I think the results speak for themselves.” Mantovani, who has put up more than $1.2 million of his own money into his race and raised another million from other donors to counter the $4 million in Stenger’s campaign fund, claims that Stenger has no vision and is corrupt and buried in “pay to play” politics, as seen in the county’s lease at Northwest Plaza and elsewhere. One of his commercials shows a Stenger-branded vending machine — insert money, get a contract, a land deal or another plum perk. “I don’t have vision?” Stenger said. “He has no solutions for anything. Vision? The only vision he has is of trying to buy his way into the county executive’s slot — that’s his vision for St. Louis County. That’s all he wants. He has no vision whatsoever, and if he thinks that the people of St. Louis County are going to share his vision of bringing the city into the county, he’s sadly mistaken. That’s not a vision that the people of St. Louis County want. It’s just not. So not only is he dreaming, he’s dreaming the wrong dream. All he does basically is recite stats and has no plan for anything.” The county executive has also shirked relations with county employees, Mantovani claims. One of them slipped the candidate a note in a restaurant that read, “Help us” — a missive Mantovani likened to a ransom note. It’s just one more indication that Stenger’s leadership has failed on every level, Mantovani said. “In four years, he was missing in action,” Mantovani said. “He’s been missing in action in Ferguson. We couldn’t make the final 20 in Amazon. Our population is declining. The County Council has asked for a criminal investigation. He doesn’t show up for meetings anymore. I don’t know what else you could do to fail. It makes me sad for our community that that’s the kind of leadership we have. I’m a guy who would show up.” Mantovani also hopes that St. Louis city will re-enter St. Louis County as a municipality, but he said that does not equate to a city-county merger. It’s Stenger who’s actually working behind the scenes for a city-county merger, he contends. Under Mantovani’s plan, the city would re-enter the county, which he believes would not be on the hook for the city’s pension debts, or any debts, just as it doesn’t pay for that debt in Florissant. “Every city you can think of is in the county. This is not revolutionary stuff,” Mantovani said. “What’s odd is that the city isn’t in a county, and the consequence of this is that we don’t plan as a region.” But Stenger said that he is against any

form of merger, including the city reentering the county. “This is another one of these lies,” Stenger said of the idea that he secretly supports a city-county merger. “While we have a balanced budget, we don’t have the kind of money to afford the city’s issues. So under his proposal, we would probably go bankrupt as a county. It’s very reckless. And if you look at south county, I don’t think that south county wants that.” As for Northwest Plaza and other contracts, Stenger said a series of investigations by the County Council have come up with little to show for it. Despite calls for federal and state investigations, he said that none are happening. “Look at all the (council) investigations we’ve had in the last year. What’s been found? Nothing,” Stenger said. “And it’s because there’s nothing there. We run a really tight ship, and we run it light.” Stenger claims that Mantovani is actually a Republican, as seen by the $20,000 he donated to former Gov. Eric Greitens. “I mean, come on, it’s almost a joke,” Stenger said of Mantovani running as a Democrat. But Mantovani said he voted and gave money to Hillary Clinton and regrets supporting Greitens. He said he’s heard stories of Stenger literally telling developers that their projects will be approved if they donate money to his campaign. “I don’t think there are any facts to support that anywhere that I’ve ever said SIZE OF that to anyone,” Stenger said. “I certainly AD(S) haven’t.” And it’s the other way around, Stenger 1/8 said: It’s Mantovani that’s engaged in pay to play. He moved his marketing business Ansira Marketing from the county to St. Louis city for $1.8 million in tax-increment financing, or TIF, while he made $10,000 in campaign donations to city politicians. The money eventually went directly to his pocket when Mantovani sold the business, unlike Stenger’s campaign donations, Stenger said. “It’s the same thing he’s accusing me of, but in my case, I’m not ingratiated in any way personally by those contributions,” Stenger said. “They’re all lawful contributions and all recorded publicly. In this case, he doesn’t receive the campaign contributions, he gives the campaign contribution, and then pockets in his own pocket the $1.8 million of tax benefit, then sells the business and walks away with $30 million.” Mantovani said he only walked away with about $40,000 from the deal with his 15-percent ownership stake and that everyone benefited from a revitalization of a blighted area of the city. “If they can make that a bad thing, God bless ‘em,” Mantovani said. “This was a win-win-win for everybody: The business succeeded, the community revitalized the neighborhood, our employees came to love it. Everybody profited from this deal.” The former CEO promises not to fundraise at all for the first three years he’s in office so that he can focus on serving as county executive. And when he does start taking donations, he said he would not take any from developers.

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an opponent, he’s won by wide margins. an opponent, he’s won by wide margins. With 28 years of experience, McCulloch is the only candidate With 28 years of experience, McCulloch is the only candidate in the race who has served as a criminal prosecutor. Bell, an in the race who has served as a criminal prosecutor. Bell, an attorney backed by reform-minded national groups like the attorney backed by reform-minded national groups like the ACLU, was elected to the Ferguson City Council in 2015 and ACLU, was elected to the Ferguson City Council in 2015 and previously served in nearly every role in municipal courts in previously served in nearly every role in municipal courts in north county, including judge, prosecutor and city attorney. north county, including judge, prosecutor and city attorney. McCulloch said it’s clear why Bell is running to take his place McCulloch said it’s clear why Bell is running to take his place — as payback for McCulloch’s decision to take the Michael — as payback for McCulloch’s decision to take the Michael Brown-Darren Wilson case to a St. Louis County grand jury Brown-Darren Wilson case to a St. Louis County grand jury during the Ferguson unrest. during the Ferguson unrest. “On Aug. 7, I have a self-described activist protester from “On Aug. 7, I have a self-described activist protester from Ferguson seeking to take this job,” McCulloch told a joint lunFerguson seeking to take this job,” McCulloch told a joint luncheon of the Affton and Lemay chambers of commerce July 11. cheon of the Affton and Lemay chambers of commerce July 11. The two competitors finally met face-to-face on the campaign The two competitors finally met face-to-face on the campaign trail throughout last week, starting at a meeting of the Tesson trail throughout last week, starting at a meeting of the Tesson Ferry Democrats July 23 and ending with a July 26 forum at Ferry Democrats July 23 and ending with a July 26 forum at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton sponsored by the Metropolitan Bar the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton sponsored by the Metropolitan Bar Association of St. Louis. Association of St. Louis. In June, the Grantwood Village Board of Trustees temporarily In June, the Grantwood Village Board of Trustees temporarily suspended its city meeting so that McCulloch could address the suspended its city meeting so that McCulloch could address the crowd that gathered to hear him speak. crowd that gathered to hear him speak. McCulloch told Grantwood Village residents that he was runMcCulloch told Grantwood Village residents that he was running against “another guy who has never been a prosecutor and ning against “another guy who has never been a prosecutor and never will be a prosecutor regardless of the outcome of this elecnever will be a prosecutor regardless of the outcome of this election…. We do want to keep Grantwood Village and every other tion…. We do want to keep Grantwood Village and every other neighborhood in St. Louis County as safe as we possibly can.” neighborhood in St. Louis County as safe as we possibly can.” At last week’s forum, McCulloch emphasized his years on the At last week’s forum, McCulloch emphasized his years on the job and trust from county voters, while Bell said it’s time for job and trust from county voters, while Bell said it’s time for a fresh set of eyes to oversee the most important office in the a fresh set of eyes to oversee the most important office in the county. county. Bell said it’s time for a “change in culture, a change in leaderBell said it’s time for a “change in culture, a change in leadership and to start making that office even more impactful as we ship and to start making that office even more impactful as we reform our criminal justice system.” reform our criminal justice system.” The Ferguson councilman promised to reduce crime and vicThe Ferguson councilman promised to reduce crime and victims in the county by keeping more data and analyzing it, providtims in the county by keeping more data and analyzing it, providing better training to the county’s team of assistant prosecutors ing better training to the county’s team of assistant prosecutors and abolishing cash bail. and abolishing cash bail. He and McCulloch clashed over whether the county drug He and McCulloch clashed over whether the county drug courts and veterans’ courts have been successful or not. Bell courts and veterans’ courts have been successful or not. Bell said they’re the lowest-performing such courts in the state, while said they’re the lowest-performing such courts in the state, while

McCulloch said they’re the top-ranked examples in the state. McCulloch said they’re the top-ranked examples in the state. “What are we holding onto with this particular prosecutor? It is “What are we holding onto with this particular prosecutor? It is time for a change,” Bell said, promising to offer existing assistime for a change,” Bell said, promising to offer existing assistant prosecutors better training. “We’re going to save taxpayer tant prosecutors better training. “We’re going to save taxpayer dollars with these programs, and most important, we’re going to dollars with these programs, and most important, we’re going to decrease the number of victims.” decrease the number of victims.” “And we’re going to do that without ever having set foot in the “And we’re going to do that without ever having set foot in the office or having ever set foot in a courtroom? Somehow we’re office or having ever set foot in a courtroom? Somehow we’re going to lead the 10th-largest law firm specializing in criminal going to lead the 10th-largest law firm specializing in criminal law in the metropolitan area,” McCulloch said. “That’s in a law in the metropolitan area,” McCulloch said. “That’s in a dream world that that happens…. I’ve been there for 28 years, dream world that that happens…. I’ve been there for 28 years, and I will put my record up against anything.” and I will put my record up against anything.” McCulloch compared the sideline critique from Bell to McCulloch compared the sideline critique from Bell to appointing a third-year resident as chief of surgery at a hospital. appointing a third-year resident as chief of surgery at a hospital. “There’s no substance you’ve heard from Mr. Bell other than, “There’s no substance you’ve heard from Mr. Bell other than, ‘I’m going to make everything better,’” McCulloch said, not‘I’m going to make everything better,’” McCulloch said, noting that there are minimal requirements to run for prosecuting ing that there are minimal requirements to run for prosecuting attorney but “you know what it takes to be prosecuting attorney? attorney but “you know what it takes to be prosecuting attorney? It takes experience, it takes knowledge, it takes the ability to It takes experience, it takes knowledge, it takes the ability to assemble an outstanding staff, it takes the ability to work with assemble an outstanding staff, it takes the ability to work with victims. It takes the ability to sit down with a new lawyer and victims. It takes the ability to sit down with a new lawyer and talk about trial strategy — you can’t do that if you’ve never had talk about trial strategy — you can’t do that if you’ve never had trial strategy.” trial strategy.” McCulloch also criticized Bell for being part of the problems McCulloch also criticized Bell for being part of the problems exposed by Ferguson in his role as municipal judge, prosecuexposed by Ferguson in his role as municipal judge, prosecutor and city attorney for various north county municipalities, tor and city attorney for various north county municipalities, including Velda City, before the abusive practices of many north including Velda City, before the abusive practices of many north county municipal courts became national news after Ferguson. county municipal courts became national news after Ferguson. “You have to reform things before you get caught doing them,” “You have to reform things before you get caught doing them,” McCulloch said. “I will put my leadership record up against McCulloch said. “I will put my leadership record up against what we’ve seen in Velda City and Ferguson.” what we’ve seen in Velda City and Ferguson.” But Bell countered that he worked with city attorneys, prosBut Bell countered that he worked with city attorneys, prosecutors and judges throughout St. Louis County to implement ecutors and judges throughout St. Louis County to implement reforms including universal fine schedules so that fines didn’t reforms including universal fine schedules so that fines didn’t vary from one municipality to the next. And one of his courts vary from one municipality to the next. And one of his courts was the first to withdraw all non-violent cases, “and that was not was the first to withdraw all non-violent cases, “and that was not forced by a court, you can look it up.” forced by a court, you can look it up.” McCulloch said that the Ferguson Police Department doesn’t McCulloch said that the Ferguson Police Department doesn’t call in the Major Case Squad to investigate murders, which hamcall in the Major Case Squad to investigate murders, which hampers prosecutions and increases the crime rate. He linked that to pers prosecutions and increases the crime rate. He linked that to Bell’s time on the council. But Bell said that as a councilman, he Bell’s time on the council. But Bell said that as a councilman, he can’t tell the Police Department what to do. can’t tell the Police Department what to do.

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Robert Robert McCulloch McCulloch When the moderator, retired Judge Booker Shaw, asked about When the moderator, retired Judge Booker Shaw, asked about their plans for operating the office, McCulloch and Bell offered their plans for operating the office, McCulloch and Bell offered starkly different visions of how it should function. starkly different visions of how it should function. Bell said he would change up the office and assign prosecutors Bell said he would change up the office and assign prosecutors to regions of St. Louis County, so that they were always dealing to regions of St. Louis County, so that they were always dealing with the same residents and really get to know the communities with the same residents and really get to know the communities of the crimes they’re prosecuting. of the crimes they’re prosecuting. But McCulloch said he revamped the office years ago to assign But McCulloch said he revamped the office years ago to assign assistant prosecutors to cases by type of crime, so that a prosassistant prosecutors to cases by type of crime, so that a prosecutor taking a case knows all the ins and outs of prosecuting a ecutor taking a case knows all the ins and outs of prosecuting a particular type of crime. Some prosecutors only deal with sex particular type of crime. Some prosecutors only deal with sex abuse cases or domestic violence, while others only deal with abuse cases or domestic violence, while others only deal with cases involving children, and some only prosecute homicides. cases involving children, and some only prosecute homicides.

DEMOCRAT Steve has brought transformational leadership to St. Louis County in his first term. Steve and his team focused on improving public safety, creating jobs, and fostering economic growth in all parts of the county, with equal opportunity for all. Enacted the state’s first and largest Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and outfitted every county police car with Narcan, saving over 100 lives. Increased investments in children’s services by over $60 million. Passed Prop P to raise salaries for police and firefighters. Endorsed by St. Louis County Police Association Endorsed by Firefighters Local 2665 Endorsed by The St. Louis Labor Council Audited county government, cutting over $30 million in wasteful spending.

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used to negotiate for better wages and benefits such as health care and pensions. Former Gov. Eric Greitens was elected in 2016 on the central platform of making Missouri a “right-to-work” state, which he said would create more jobs and make the state more economically competitive with other states. The Legislature passed rightto-work soon after Greitens was inaugurated, in one of the few times Greitens actually came to agreement with the GOP legislative majority before he resigned from office this year. But Greitens’ signature legislation never went into effect because unions immediately objected and gathered more than 300,000 signatures against the law, enough to place a referendum on a statewide ballot. A few months ago, Republicans moved the law from the November ballot to the primary election. Jumpstarting the state’s economy couldn’t wait a few more months, they said. Naysayers said Republicans wanted to move the statewide vote so that it didn’t affect the outcome of the U.S. Senate race that is widely expected to position Republican Attorney General Josh Hawley against incumbent U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Kirkwood. Business-oriented groups said the vote on right to work couldn’t wait a few more months. “Every day that goes by that our economic developers in this state cannot advertise Missouri as a right-to-work state prevents us from being able to take advantage of the right-to-work benefits,” said Ray McCarty with Associated Industries of Missouri, a business-lobbying group. If Missourians keep right-to-work, the move would hardly be out of step with trends nationwide: 28 states have right-towork laws. Every state bordering Illinois has had right-to-work legislation go into effect in recent years except Missouri. When Indiana passed right to work in 2012, it ushered in a trend among Midwestern states. Wisconsin, Michigan and Kentucky have all approved right-to-work in the years since. But voters in Ohio took the opposite tactic, overturning a right-towork law in 2011. Opponents of right-to-work call it “right to work for less” and argue that states with the law have lower average wages than states without. But supporters say that statistic is misleading because it counts large non-right-to-work states like California and New York, which have a higher cost of living and therefore higher wages than what you’d see in Missouri anyway. National unions have poured millions of dollars into the Missouri campaign, and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka joined County Executive Steve Stenger at a kickoff rally in June to denounce rightto-work as bad for Missouri. Unions fear that right-to-work could lower union membership, damaging their ability to collectively bargain for their workers. Union membership in Missouri rose to

9.9 percent of the work force, compared to 9.4 percent in 2009. In contrast, union membership in Indiana fell 12.5 percent this year to 8.9 percent, down from 10.4 percent in 2016. “Right to work ends forced unionism and lets workers decide whether joining a union best serves their interests,” the freemarket think tank Show Me Institute said in its 2018 Blueprint. Whether or not the policy helps the state economically, principles demand that workers be given the freedom to decide whether to give their money to unions, the think tank said. Right to work would hurt small businesses because on average, states that are right to work have 50 percent lower overall family income than states that are “closed shop” like Missouri, Sen. Scott Sifton, D-Affton, said at a July 11 joint luncheon of the Affton and Lemay chambers of commerce. “And that money gets spent at your businesses, and if Prop A passes, that money’s not going to be spent at your business anymore because it’s no longer going to be coming into folks’ paychecks,” Sifton said. “I’ll be voting no on Prop A.” Nationally and in Missouri, the Chamber of Commerce is in favor of right to work, noting that growth in states with the policy was 17.4 percent between 2001 and 2013, which more than doubles the 8.2- percent growth of non-right-to-work states in those years. Unemployment is also half a percent lower in those states on average, the chamber said. But on the flip side, salaries are 3.1 percent lower, or $1,558 less a year, in states with right-to-work compared to non-rightto-work states, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a liberalleaning think tank with ties to labor. The last time right-to-work legislation came up for a vote in Missouri was 1978, when Stenger was six years old. His father piled the family in a Pinto and took them out on many weekends campaigning against right-to-work. Stenger said approving right-to-work will harm workers like his father, who was a union lineman for the telephone company and “came home every night with his work all over him. He dug ditches, he dug trenches, he dug everything that you would do as one of the hardest-working people I’ve ever met in my life.” When Stenger was 10, they went on a picket line, which showed him the power of unions to bring home better working conditions, he said. “And I can tell you what he told me then and what he would be telling me now if he were alive – if our union brothers and sisters’ wages go down, if their wages are lost, they really set an important standard for everyone in this room and everyone in our community. We just can’t have that happen,” Stenger said. “And when you lose the right to collectively bargain and those rights are diminished, it hurts everyone.” The issue is one of the few that Stenger and his opponent in his re-election bid, Mark Mantovani, agree on. Mantovani said he plans to vote “no” on the measure.

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McCulloch defeated by Lindbergh weighs a challenge in free full-day kindergarten want to offer a full-day program, however, Superintendent Jim Simpson said. The problems come from cost and logistics. With enrollment growing every year, the district doesn’t have enough classrooms to double its kindergarten day. Doubling classrooms and teachers would also cost more money, which would have to

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come from somewhere else in a tight school budget. “Lindbergh has always said we’d love to have full-day Simpson said. “We’re in See kindergarten,” related article, Page 8A harmony with anyone By GLORIA LLOYDwho says, ‘Why don’t you News have full-day Editor kindergarten?’ We’re definitely thinking in those terms Prosecuting ourselves. The question is McCulloch, who St. Louis County Attorney Robert LINDBERGH, Pagepopular 15A) elected Jim Simpson for nearly three(See decades was the most official in county government, was defeated in the Democratic primary for an eighth term by a Ferguson city councilman last week in what will go down as one of the most shocking upsets in county political history. In an Aug. 7 Democratic primary victory that can only be compared to David winning against Goliath, attorney Wesley Bell, 43, County Department, Mehlville By GLORIA LLOYD soundly defeated McCulloch, 67, Police who was taken by surprise by already has one of the highest concentraNews Editor Bell’s grassroots campaign and support from nationwide groups School security is like still the a top focus of the tions of officers in schools, Superintendent ACLU. Christhe Gaines said. Mehlville School District aftershocked “Peoplemonths say, ‘You world’ — no, we shocked the The superintendent has been meeting attention on the issue nationCounty Executive Steve Stenger, right, with his wife, Allison, at his victory party in Sunset heightened Hills (See McCULLOCH, Page 12A) with police from the two precincts that ally due to the school shooting in Parkland, after defeating Mark Mantovani in the Democratic primary Aug. 7. To see a gallery of photos serve the district, South County and Affton from both watch parties, visit www.callnewspapers.com. Photo by Jessica BelleFlorida. Kramer. Among the school districts in the county Southwest, and every officer in each pre(See MEHLVILLE, Page 8A) that are only served by the St. Louis

By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Lindbergh Schools has racked up top statewide rankings over the last decade, but now it has another, less positive one: It is the last district in the state that doesn’t offer tuition-free full-day kindergarten. That’s not because the district doesn’t

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Stenger managed to hold on to his seat as every By GLORIA LLOYD other county incumbent with an opponent was News Editor By GLORIA LLOYD St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger scraped shown the door. News Editor The victims included Stenger’s closest allies in by with a victory in the Democratic primary for Voters in south county and across the state overwhelmingly voted stock musicals, is nearing its third decade By GLORIA AttorneyLLOYD county executive last week against retired Ladue county government, county Prosecuting last week against Missouri becoming the 28th right-to-work state of productions in Whitecliff Park. News Editor McCulloch, a seven-term incumbent who businessman Mark is Mantovani, the one excep- Robert with the decisive defeat ofAround Proposition A, deliveringattended a statewide Summer nearing, students are celebrating 40 supporters last The and show defeated by newcomer Wesley Bell, two-will go on at Whitecliff tion on a dayatresidents overwhelmingly for was “beatdown” and marking the first time any voters nationwide overStudents local schools have beenvoted celebrating the end of the school year week’s Crestwood Board of Aldermen Playhouse for the foreseeable term incumbent 5th District CountySummer Councilman change. turned a right-to-work law.meeting to show their support for the prowith carnivals, concerts and more. Point Elementary had perfect weather future. Pat Dolan, D-Richmond Heights, who was defeat“In this case I’m almost considering this a landProp Athe wasnonprofit defeated ingram St. Louis County percent to 27.22a last week for its two-day carnival where students rode rides, hung out with and urge city72.78 officials to approve Playhouse Productions, ed by newcomer Lisa Clancy. slide,” Stenger said after Mantovania50.29 percent, 196,046 votes to 73,312. The results were similar statewide, Principal Shannon Pikeedging and celebrated successful year. For more photos, theatre company dedicated to four-year extension of the city’s agreement Conventional wisdom said Stenger professional had an edge in percent to 49.71 percent, 91,891 votes to 90,837. as more than 1.3 million voters cast(See 937,241 “no” votes compared visit www.callnewspapers.com. PLAYHOUSE, Page 7A) educational theatre and producing summer (See STENGER, Page 15A) Despite heavy attack ads from Mantovani,

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Changes could come to prosecutor’s office By GLORIA LLOYD News Editor Many of the young voters who turned in ballots last week for newly elected county Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell weren’t even alive when the county had any other prosecutor. Incumbent Bob McCulloch has led the office for nearly three decades. No one is really quite sure what the office of St. Louis County prosecutor will look like on Jan. 1, when Bell is set to take over. But the office will go from being led by the most experienced prosecutor in the history of St. Louis County to the least experienced. McCulloch had 35 years as a criminal prosecutor, and Bell has never prosecuted a criminal case. Bell’s supporters say that’s a good thing, and that the old guard symbolized by McCulloch needs to make way for new ways of bringing justice. But McCulloch said it’s the harbinger of a negative trend nationwide, nothing less than the ACLU and other nationwide groups trying to buy their way into control of prosecutor’s offices across the country. The ACLU poured at least $250,000 into the race to criticize McCulloch and praise Bell, although the nonprofit is not allowed to endorse candidates. At McCulloch’s watch party in Des Peres, he said, “They’re trying to buy their way in to put in incompetent people, people who are incapable of doing this job, and that’s kind of a scary thought.” He elaborated on that criticism at a July 26 forum between the two candidates: “Some of the most important civil liberties have been sustained by the ACLU, but they’ve transferred from being the watchdog of the government to wanting to be the government.” But Bell hit back at McCulloch’s experience, saying that McCulloch had a “lack of comprehensive experience, and that’s why you have underperforming diversionary programs.” He added, “When it comes to reforms there’s a clear track record with myself. And Bob should have been there — you weren’t anywhere around in the countless meetings that we had. Bob wasn’t there. So it’s easy to throw stones on the side and say this is what could have been done, but the chief legal officer in St. Louis County took a side in the most significant event that happened in this county’s history (in Ferguson)…. What are we holding onto with this particular prosecutor? It is time for a change.” Bell promised to save taxpayers money while decreasing crime. He has said he will not prosecute low-level marijuana cases and will drop any of those cases that are pending. He will abolish cash bail for nonviolent crimes and offer more diversionary programs so that offenders don’t become re-offenders. Cash bail “punishes those who can’t afford to buy their freedom and lets rich people walk free,” ACLU of Missouri Executive Director Jeffrey Mittman said the week before the election. Bell was elected to the Ferguson City Council in 2015, where he has helped oversee the city’s compliance with a federal consent order with the U.S. Department of Justice that was imposed in the wake of

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to 452,075 “yes” votes, or 67.5 percent to 32.5 percent. After the Missouri Legislature enacted right-to-work following the election of former Gov. Eric Greitens in 2017, union groups turned in 300,000 signatures to hold the law until voters could weigh in on a referendum to decide whether to ratify it or strike it down. The result was Proposition A, which Republicans moved from the November ballot to August in a calculated move not to increase turnout in the U.S. Senate election between incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Kirkwood, and Republican challenger Attorney General Josh Hawley. Instead, the historic vote marked the first time nationwide that voters directly overturned a right-to-work law, although Ohio voters overturned a similar law in 2011. A “yes” vote would have enacted the law. A “no” vote rejected right-to-work and keeps unions’ ability to charge workers mandatory fees. It is still unclear whether the Republican supermajority in the Legislature, which overwhelmingly passed right-to-work, will pass the legislation again next year. Some Republicans up for re-election this year have said the voters’ opinion of the measure should stand. But the Legislature has gone against the wishes of the voters in the past, most recently overturning regulations on puppy mills after voters approved them. The Legislature also enacted concealed

Call Publishing, Thursday, August 16, 2018 - Page 11A carry of guns four years after voters rejected it in 1999. Although “No on Prop A” signs dominated the electoral andscape in St. Louis County leading up to the vote, observers weren’t as sure that the rest of the state would follow through and weigh in against the measure. Unions nationwide poured money into the race, with about $15 million spent for the “no” campaign and $3 million spent on the “yes” side. “How about the work we all did together to deliver the beatdown on Prop A?” County Executive Steve Stenger said at his own victory party, after narrowly edging Democratic challenger Mark Mantovani for re-election. “I am so proud of organized labor and Democrats who worked together tirelessly to defeat Proposition A… I’ve been supporting organized labor my entire life, so I’m really particularly proud about what we accomplished.” Sen. Scott Sifton, D-Affton, sent out a fundraising email congratulating Missouri on rejecting the law. The resounding rejection was a “major victory on behalf of working families,” Sifton said. The email continued: “Proposition A was an abhorrent attack on workers’ rights and would have undermined wages and benefits. So-called ‘right-to-work’ laws like Proposition A have led to SIZE lower wages OF in states that have passed them. Missourians AD(S) can’t afford to turn our backs on workers and unions, both already 1/8under siege by Republicans in Jefferson. “Our voters know a bad deal when they see one.”

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world,” Bell said, referring to his network of young supporters motivated by Ferguson who knocked on thousands of doors and mailed 51,000 handwritten postcards to county voters. Bell won 56.54 percent to 43.46 percent, or 103,388 votes to 79,461. With a relatively short political campaign that took off only in the last month or so, Bell earned more votes than either of the candidates for county executive, incumbent Steve Stenger and Ladue businessman Mark Mantovani, who had been campaigning for more than a year. No one but his supporters predicted that Bell would win, and even in that case, some of his supporters said they didn’t believe he could do it either. “Six months ago, close friends said, ‘There’s no way you can win the race. I’m not going to even be involved, you can’t win that race,’” Bell told his supporters at his raucous victory party in St. Ann. “I can understand, you’ve got a 27-year incumbent. But despite those odds, people in here showed up and showed out…. We’ve got people here from south county, we’ve got people here from west county, mid-county, and let me tell you something, north county came through like a beast.” He saw strong support throughout the county, he said. “Once we started knocking on doors in south county, in west county, we said we’re not conceding any area of this county,” Bell said. McCulloch had never faced serious opposition during his time in office. No Republican even filed for the office, so barring a write-in campaign, Bell will automatically become the next prosecutor Jan. 1. And it seems likely that McCulloch will be retiring. The longtime prosecutor, whose pension became a hot topic in county government last year, had previously signaled that

he wasn’t quite ready to retire yet and wanted at least one more term in office. Bell, an attorney who has served as a municipal judge and prosecutor in north county cities, is not a criminal prosecutor and has never prosecuted a criminal felony case. As the campaign became more spirited in the month leading up to Wesley Bell Aug. 7, McCulloch protested that it was ludicrous that someone would think he could take over such an important office without any experience. McCulloch had 35 years of experience as a prosecutor, seven as an assistant prosecutor and 28 in the top job. Until the last month or so when ads from outside groups started blanketing radio airwaves and social media, Bell flew under the radar as far as countywide campaigns go. McCulloch only started making campaign appearances in June. The two first met face-to-face at a Tesson Ferry Democrats meeting July 23, then met in a forum sponsored by the Metropolitan Bar Association of St. Louis July 26. But Bell said he didn’t have the same shock as everyone else did that he ultimately prevailed. He got into the race thinking he would win. “I think that voters want to see real change,” Bell said. “I’ve made a political career focusing on bringing people together but also keeping my promise.” But with many of McCulloch’s more law-and-order supporters likely taking Republican ballots, Bell had the strong backing of millennials and younger progressive Democrats upset by McCulloch’s decision not to charge Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson in 2014. He also had money pouring in from national groups like the ACLU, which hit McCulloch hard on the radio waves and social media at the same time those nonprofit groups

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to pass Proposition 2 and Proposition 3 to bring more transparency and accountability to the county by serving as a way to check County Executive Steve Stenger’s power. Prop 3 changes the Charter’s definition of “employment” to exclude work as an independent contractor. But Stenger says they provide a blank check for lawyers and allow for conflicts of interest with council members like Councilman Ernie Trakas. The reform slate running in the county, including Stenger challenger Mark Mantovani for county executive, Wesley Bell for county prosecutor and Lisa Clancy for 5th District

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The organization is “committed to eliminate the literacy gap through procuring high-quality children’s literature for under-resourced children,” according to its website. It was founded in 2006 and is a nationwide organization with a St. Louis chapter. Since Shipley was hired as the executive director of Bring Me a Book St. Louis in 2016, he has been trying to find “creative ways to bring our message to the community and start different programs,” Shipley said. That includes the book bus, take-home books, classroom libraries and

councilwoman, all strongly urged their voters to approve the amendments and touted them as a way to balance power between the legislative and executive branches. The county Charter grants the county executive broad power over budgets, which the council believed granted Stenger an upper hand in their constant battles over various issues. The majority of the council is currently suing Stenger’s office about a few of those disputes, with a court date set for Sept. 15. In a text message, council Chairman Sam Page, D-Creve Coeur, said the council will still fight for its Charter amendments, depending on the final will of the voters. “We will continue to defend our Charter amendments in circuit court,” Page said.

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“This is a tremendous office here, and if he tampers with that, he’ll be making an enormous mistake,” McCulloch said at his watch party in Des Peres. Police-prosecutor relations could change Prosecutors and police generally have a close working relationship, but Bell’s election signals that the prosecutor’s office’s relationship with the police could be headed in a new direction. McCulloch was supportive of police and generally saw wide support from police in turn. After the election, the Crestwood Police Officers’ Association wrote a sincedeleted Facebook post implying they disagreed with the outcome. Both Bell and McCulloch are the sons

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of police officers. McCulloch’s father was killed in the line of duty at Pruitt-Igoe when McCulloch was 12 years old, which Ferguson critics said permanently poisoned him against prosecuting any possible victims of police shootings. He never prosecuted a police officer for an on-thejob shooting and declined to appoint special prosecutors in those cases. But McCulloch said he just went where the evidence led. Asked last week if he would reopen the Michael Brown case, Bell said he didn’t know yet because he doesn’t know what all the evidence was, “only the prosecuting attorney” did. But he did object to the way in which the case was handled, he said. The day after Bell’s victory, Brown’s mother, Lezley McSpadden, announced that she would run for Ferguson City Council next year and called Bell her friend.

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the race because of heavy turnout by union voters against Proposition A, or right-towork. That was defeated overwhelmingly. But the progressive wing of the Democratic Party unexpectedly came out in force to turn out the old guard. Still, without a well-known or well-funded Republican challenger in November, the Democratic primary is widely seen as a proxy for the general election, with Stenger nearly guaranteed a victory this fall. On the GOP side, Paul Berry III defeated Concord resident Daniel Sampson with 31,841 votes, or 56.48 percent, to Sampson’s 24,533 votes, or 43.52 percent. Mantovani did not concede the night of the election, but issued a statement the next day that said “the movement” would go on without him, and he would probably not ask for a recount. But he noted that there are hundreds of outstanding military and provisional ballots yet to be counted that he believed added up to more than the 1,000-vote gap between himself and Stenger. The actual numbers of outstanding ballots are smaller, with 20 military ballots and roughly 400 provisional ballots left to be hand-counted and “adjudicated” to see if they’ll count, Democratic Elections Director Eric Fey said. That process continues this week. The results won’t be updated into the final vote count until the county Board of Election Commissioners certifies the results Tuesday, Aug. 21. At that time, someone could file for a recount, Fey said. ‘The movement’ continues, Mantovani says On a night that voters chose newcomers instead of the status quo in every other key county office, Mantovani stayed neck-andneck with the incumbent county executive. But as returns slowly trickled out, Stenger led all night. The candidates sparred over a number of issues during the campaign, including Stenger’s relationship with the County Council and the county’s lease for a new North County Government Center at the former Northwest Plaza mall, which Stenger said is one of the greatest economic development projects in county history and Mantovani said is a pay-to-play folly intended only to benefit Stenger’s top financial donors. During the campaign, Mantovani signs could more easily be spotted in west county, while Stenger’s were more frequently seen in south county. The campaigns’ disparate bases of support were echoed in their watch party locations. Mantovani held his shindig at the Hilton Frontenac, while onetime Affton resident Stenger held his at LiUNA Event Center in Sunset Hills, the Laborers’ Local 110 union hall. But in Stenger’s case, most of the union supporters were across town at the Proposition A watch party, celebrating the defeat of the right-to-work law first approved by the Missouri Legislature after Gov. Eric Greitens was elected in 2016.

At Mantovani’s watch party, he said he was already looking into procedures for contesting the results. The final tally didn’t come back until after midnight due to some ballots that had to be handcounted at election headquarters. But he said in a statement issued the day after the primary that he does not plan to contest the results at this time. “I know that many of you are discouraged about the missed opportunity to change the direction of the region. Remember this: Assuming the outcome remains the same, the loss was purely mine. There’s nothing wrong with the positions we took or the arguments we made. Leaders know that you win as a team, but it’s a leader’s loss, and I’ve said many times (and I’ve meant it) that if our movement had a better candidate, we’d have a better outcome. If there is any blame to be apportioned over this outcome, the blame is mine alone.” Mantovani made several speeches at his watch party, but never conceded given the close results. He said he wrote two speeches depending on whether he won or lost, but not a third option for a neck-andneck race. “We’re kind of hanging on here by our fingernails,” Mantovani said after 89 percent of the precincts had been counted. “But practically speaking, it doesn’t feel like the kind of thing you should concede.” Alluding to the hand counting of ballots and a few other alleged election irregularities that had come up during Election Day, he said, “It doesn’t necessarily pass the smell test, so we’re going to probably make sure that things are done properly before we make any final conclusions.” He also noted that he had seen the county’s outdated election equipment firsthand during a tour of the new Northwest Plaza election headquarters when he filed for office. “Little did I know five months later here we would be, held hostage by those damn antiquated machines,” Mantovani said. “Such is life.” County ‘headed in right direction’ Across town at Stenger’s watch party at LiUNA, the host didn’t emerge for five hours as the race remained close throughout the night and vote totals came in later than usual. But when he did, he joked, “Another landslide,” referring to his narrow generalelection victory in 2014 over Republican Rick Stream. “This was a long hard fought campaign, but today’s victory shows that voters believe we’re moving St. Louis County in the right direction,” Stenger said. “We have brought real and positive change to St. Louis County over the last three-and-a half years.” But Stenger said that he is not worried about a possible recount. In Stream’s recount, Stenger gained votes. “I want to acknowledge Mark Mantovani SIZE OF for running a hard, aggressive campaign, AD(S) ago, and as you heard him just moments he fought to the very end,” Stenger said. 3x4 He declined to talk about the defeat of his close allies McCulloch and Dolan, saying he would need a few days to process. And he was definitely taking a day off, he added.

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