Thursday Rex Inc Airport Privatization Scam Meeting @ Barr Library

5:30-6:45 pm Thursday, April 11, 2019

Rex Inc Airport Privatization Consultants Public Outreach Meeting

Barr Library, 1701 S Jefferson @ Lafayette

Open to the Public

 

Public Transit: #11 Chippewa 

 

Meeting Notice (sorry, that is the only one, no wonder these so-called outreach meetings are so poorly attended) 

 

Rex Inc Airport Privatization Consultant website 

 

St. Louis Airport Privatization News & Commentary Feed 

 

You may comment to the Federal Aviation Administration on St. Louis Airport Privatization here 

 

You may read comments to the Federal Aviation Administration on St. Louis Airport Privatization here 

 

Some great news in the 2018 Annual Report by St. Louis Lambert International Airport 

 

STL Not For Sale is currently gathering initiative petition signatures to require a public vote on airport privatization. You can read the petition here. 

 

A proposal before the Board of Aldermen to require a public vote on airport privatization was killed in committee. 

 

In the Missouri General Assembly, House Bill 733 by State Rep. Bruce Franks would require a public vote on privatization. 

 

 

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Monday SSBD (Property Tax District) Meeting

6:30 pm Monday, April 8, 2019
Soulard Special Business District
Soulard Station, 1911 S 12th
Open to the Public

Online Notice at organization’s website

No Agenda Posted with Notice.

Mayor appoints Board. No Notice on City Calendar in violation of Mayor’s Executive Order on posting of public meeting notices.

SSBD is the special taxing district created in 1994 and funded by a property tax for extra security for Soulard. Boundaries

SSBD is not the Soulard Restoration Group Safety Committee which meets last Mondays of the month at Soulard Station, 1911 S 12th.

SSBD is not the petition group working on a Soulard Community Improvement District to be funded with a sales tax.

Don’t Let Out of State Privatization Money Control Our Public Schools

Follow the Pro Privatization, Out of State Dark Money in Tuesday’s School Board Election and Don’t Vote for Adam Layne or Tracee Miller.

All sorts of Tuesday candidates & issues information here (scroll down past sample ballot).

7th Ward Committeewoman has endorsed Louis Cross and David Merideth for School Board and Prop S Stormwater Rate.

Monday Meeting On Backdoor Plan To Limit Governance By School Board

7:30 am Monday, April 1, 2019
Consortium Partnership Network Meeting
SLPS Administration Building
801 N 11th
Open Meeting followed by Closed Meeting

Notice/Agenda on SLPS website

The Consortium is a plan by the (Appointed) Special Administrative Board to remove schools from governance of the Elected St. Louis City School Board. It’s expected that the State will end the Special Administrative Board’s control of St. Louis Public Schools soon and return SLPS governance to the Elected School Board.

It is exactly what parents, educators, and the public told the (Appointed) Special Administrative Board’s Task Force on Governance that they did not want- a hybrid version of governance instead of governance by the Elected Board.

Autonomy of public schools is the latest incarnation of so-called school choice and privatized public schools paid for with public tax dollars.

According to School Board Candidate David Merideth, in response to a question on the Consortium Partnership Network in St. Louis Schools Watch Candidate Survey: “The CPN board will consist of the president of the governing body of SLPS, the superintendent of SLPS, a parent representative of a school assigned to the district and an appointee of both the mayor and the president of the board of aldermen.”

We’re right back to the hybrid school district governance model- some schools governed by Elected School Board and some governed by political appointees- that we were told by experts, at the November 13, 2017, Task Force on Governance Meeting, was a bad idea.

Tuesday, April 2nd is a very important School Board Election. Which School Board Candidates are backed by the people and dark money working for public school privatization? Adam Layne and Tracee Miller. Don’t let them get elected. Vote for David Merideth and Louis Cross.

— Marie Ceselski, 7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman

School Board Candidate Information

3/27/2019 St. Louis American: SLPS board candidates debate as seven vie for two open spots on April 2

3/25/2019 St. Louis Young Democrats Candidate Forum Video on Facebook

3/13/2019 St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Residents Pepper School Board Candidates On Ties To Charter Schools

St. Louis Schools Watch Survey

St. Louis League of Women Voters Candidates & Issues Guide

School Board Notes: Daniel McCready has dropped out but remains on ballot. Incumbent Katie Wessling, who had not filed for re-election, has now officially filed as a Write-In Candidate.

 

Saturday Absentee Voting Downtown

Special Absentee Voting 9 am to 1 pm Saturday, March 30th at Board of Election, 300 N Tucker.

The April 2nd General Election features Board President, Aldermen of even numbered wards, School Board, Community College Trustee, Metropolitan Sewer District rate increase.

School Board Notes: Daniel McCready has dropped out but remains on ballot. Incumbent Katie Wessling, who had not filed for re-election, has now officially filed as a Write-In Candidate.

You may also vote Absentee in person 8 am to 5 pm Friday and Monday at the Board of Election, 300 N Tucker.

Absentee Voting Information here.

Check your Voter Registration here.

Sample ballot at Board of Election here.

League of Women Voters Candidates and Issues Guide here.

School Board Candidate Forum @ Central Library Tonight

Ask the School Board Candidates Questions Today, Hear the School Board Candidates Monday Night.

6-8 pm Monday, March 25th, 2019
St. Louis City School Board Candidate Forum
Central Library, 1301 Olive
ASL Interpreters
Child Care provided

Moderated by League of Women Voters

Sponsored by St. Louis Young Democrats, Mighty 5th Ward Democrats & Committeeman Rasheen Aldridge, 7th Ward Independent Democrats & Committeewoman Marie Ceselski, 15th Ward Democrats

Submit Questions online here

Event Facebook page

St. Louis Schools Watch Candidate Survey

League of Women Voters Guide with School Board Candidates

Absentee Voting is in process for the election. The deadline for Absentee Ballot by Mail has passed. You may vote Absentee 8 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday and 9 am to 1 pm Saturday, March 30th at Board of Election, 300 N Tucker.

Absentee Ballot Info

Sample Ballot @ Board of Election

Check your Voter Registration here