Thursday, February 16, 2012

Sinquefield, Mayor Slay keep aldermen, local groups out of the loop on local control initiative

In this St. Louis American video, it is clear that billionaire Rex Sinquefield and the recipient of many of his sizable donations, Mayor Francis Slay, kept city aldermen out of the loop when it came to formulating an initiative petition to restore the St. Louis Police Department to local control. Just how much power is going to be given to a non-elected individual whose only qualification is that he has the money to buy whatever he wants?



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