Bates City could dissolve its police department and shift responsibilities to the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department, prompting nearly half of the town to attend a meeting and voice displeasure with the move.
Letter: Calls for transparency in handling of coming federal aid
March 11, 2021
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To the Editor:
The federal “American Rescue Plan” stimulus bill that was recently adopted includes $2.6 billion, some of which is directly earmarked for Connecticut cities and towns - much of it is aimed at schools. Shelton is scheduled to receive $12,033,603 in town aid and $6,977,928 in additional funding aimed directly at K-12 schools.
Unfortunately, given the City of Shelton’s total lack of transparency and fiduciary competency that has already been exhibited by our elected officials - one has to ask: how is this money going to be tracked and allotted in order for it to reach the correct beneficiaries? This is especially true with regards to our schools. Perhaps some type of oversite committee could be set up as a “watch dog” group to supervise the transparent distribution of funds to the intended city departments?
Posted By Danny Wicentowski on Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 6:10 AM click to enlarge DANNY WICENTOWSKI St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones finished Tuesday s primary with 57% of approvals, a commanding win. Tishaura Jones and Cara Spencer will face each other in the April 6 general election to be St. Louis s next mayor, but Tuesday s unprecedented primary was bigger than just the candidates individual victories. The election was also an experiment: As the
RFT detailed earlier this week, St. Louis s rollout of approval voting has been shadowed by measures of both anticipation and concern, and no one could predict how voters would behave when given the option to approve of as many candidates as they wished. One researcher described
St. Louis treasurer, alderwoman advance in race for mayor
JIM SALTER, Associated Press
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1of5St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones speaks at a press conference at City Hall, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in St. Louis, Mo. Jones is one of four candidates seeking to replace retiring Mayor Lyda Krewson. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)David Carson/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5Alderwoman Cara Spencer speaks at a gathering with community members and STL Not for Sale on Monday, Aug. 10, 2020, in St. Louis. Spencer is one of four candidates seeking to replace retiring St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson. (Chris Kohley/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)Chris Kohley/APShow MoreShow Less