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11.02.2009 1:01 pm

New St. Louis County budget would continue pay freeze

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charlie Dooley

Charlie Dooley

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley’s budget for next year calls for extending a pay freeze for a second year.

Dooley this morning submitted to the county council a total county budget of nearly $498.8 million for next year. The total…

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10.26.2009 3:38 pm

Some major corporations donate to sales tax campaign in St. Louis County

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The campaign for a 0.1-cent sales tax for an emergency communications system in St. Louis County has drawn the support of some of the region’s largest corporations.

Voters on Nov. 3 will consider the sales tax. A campaign finance report…

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10.12.2009 3:01 pm

McCulloch endorses sales tax for St. Louis County emergency communications system

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Robert McCulloch

Robert McCulloch

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch has endorsed a 0.1-cent sales tax for an emergency communications system that is on the ballot countywide on Nov. 3.

“This is extremely important to the county and the whole area,” McCulloch this morning…

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09.11.2009 6:47 pm

Supporters of St. Louis County emergency communication sales tax get organized

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Skip Mange

Mange

Supporters of a 0.1-cent sales tax for emergency communications have built their campaign organization for the Nov. 3 election in St. Louis County.

The tax would raise $13.6 million a year to finance a program that would include:

> An $80 million…

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05.29.2009 2:31 pm

Aldermen take aim at police lobbying contract

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — Aldermen did more than just cut their own pay in the city budget process.

The Board’s Ways and Means Committee this week also voted to take out $28,000 from the Police Department’s budget.

Was that money going to put…

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04.24.2009 5:02 pm

Erby pushes sales tax vote to raise funds for radio equipment

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Erby

Erby

St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday in the council for a countywide election on Nov. 3 for a 0.1-sales tax to finance a countywide emergency communication system.

The tax would generate…

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04.01.2009 12:24 am

St. Louis County emergency communication vote may be in November

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Supporters of a 0.1 cent sales tax to finance an $80 million countywide emergency communications system in St. Louis County have pushed to November the date they want an election on the measure.

Previously, they sought a vote in August. But…

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12.15.2008 9:40 am

Local developer, drink dealer boost Obama’s inaugural party

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Clark, left, and Epsten

Clark, left, and Epsten

A St. Louis spirits distributor and a local developer have come up big for Barack Obama’s inaugural party, both chipping in the maximum amount for the president-elect’s swearing-in.

Todd Epsten, head of the Major Brands Inc. beverage company, and…

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12.08.2008 10:20 am

Slay takes another swipe at Troupe and his gun push

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Troupe, left, and Slay

Troupe, left, and Slay

In addition to being a fan of concealed weapons laws, Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe has also made no attempt to disguise his animosity for Mayor Francis Slay.

Now, it seems, Slay is returning the favor.

After Troupe’s firearms push made…

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11.20.2008 12:57 pm

Slay, police board in dust-up over gun buy back program

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Slay, left, and Goodson

Slay, left, and Goodson

Mayor Francis Slay is tangling with other members of the city’s Police Board over a gun buy back program that has, for the moment anyhow, been shelved.

Though gun buy backs are typically feel good efforts — citizens hand…

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