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Historical Summer 2017 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Roughly 60% of our neighborhood is part of the 28th Ward. Its long-serving alderman, Lyda Krewson, has become Saint Louis’s mayor, and 28th Ward voters have to help select a replacement.
There are many different ways of filling vacancies.
These vary by state, locality, and position.
The U.S. Constitution stipulates that voters choose anew member of the House of Representatives by direct election. Otherwise, local and/or state option prevails.
The St. Louis Charter calls for the Democratic Central Committee and the Republican counterpart to name candidates for a special election. Anyone else interested may run as an independent. For the 28th, its Democratic Committeeman Art Perry and Committeewoman Gail Farwell chose a candidate and asked the Central Committee to place that person’s name on the ballot.
After a slight hiccup, the Democratic candidate will be Heather Navarro. Heather is a Skinker DeBaliviere resident and head of the Coalition for the Environment.
She is an attorney, and she is active at St. Roch School, which her two children attend.
She has also lived in the eastern part of the ward and organized a neighborhood group there.
She says she is a strong believer in constituent service.
She was welcomed by the 28th Ward Regular Democratic Organization at their meeting on May 18, and she will attend the June 18 meeting to share more of her background and agenda. Heather Navarro will be joined on the July 11 special election ballot by at least two candidates running as independents. Celeste Vossmeyer is an attorney who lives on Pershing Place and Steve Roberts Sr. is now chief of staff in the Sheriff’s office and served as an alderman for the old 20th Ward in north city.
He lives on Portland Place and has been involved in various businesses with his brother Mike, also a former alderman. Both brothers had run unsuccessfully for mayor. For those in the 28th Ward, remember to vote in the July 11 Special Election!
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28 th ward candidate Heather Navarro with Committeeman Art Perry and Committeewoman Gail Farwell.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, Summer 2017.
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Archival transcription note: Article says Navarro attends June 18 meeting while adjacent paid notice says June 15; source dates preserved.
Original source: SD_Times2017_06.pdf, printed page(s) 2; PDF page(s) 2.
