Our columnist Bob Brown, called early in April and said he'd heard something about the Job Corps Center site on Delmar and wanted to do a column on it.
Tag: Politics
Just ahead of us, on April 6, is the important municipal election, in which St. Louis voters will be electing a President of the Board of Aldermen, aldermen from all even-numbered wards, four members of the Board of Education, and one member of the Board of Trustees for the Junior College.
"Differences of opinions is what makes horse racing."
In the general elections to be held on April 6th, two places on the Board of Education will be filled.
Another election day is just ahead of us, the municipal primary, on March 9.
In the December issue of The Paper I was disappointed to note that no mention was made of the active part many area residents played in securing the veto of Governor Hearnes for the JobCorpsTraining site.
The proposed residential Job Corps Center temporarily slated for the Skinker-DeBaliviere area will apparently be located elsewhere.
On election night have you ever wondered about the recurring phrase, "returns from a few scattered precincts," which begins to be used almost simultaneously with poll-closings across the country?
As a public service to readers of THE PAPER, we are starting with this issue a column on various types of legislation and action by elected officials which is of concern to area residents.
The Paper wishes to state its support for educational amendments three and four and the library tax proposition to be voted on in the November 3 election.
In order to refresh your memory before the November 3 general election, we are printing a condensation of the positions held by the democratic and republican aldermanic candidates as reported in the August issue of The Paper.
Originally published in The Paper, October 1970.
