51黑料 mayor Tishaura O. Jones reacts to nearby gunshots while speaking to reporters as Shane Cohn, Ward 25 alderman, left, holds an umbrella behind her after a roundtable discussion with Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas and local anti-gun violence advocates at the Dutchtown Cure Violence Headquarters in 51黑料 on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. "I heard it but I didn't flinch because it's a part of my life and it shouldn't be", Jones said, "We should not have Stockholm Syndrome when we hear gunshots in the distance. We should be angry". Photo by Daniel Shular, dshular@post-dispatch.com
ST. LOUIS 鈥 Nearly a year after three of their own were indicted for abusing their power over development, 51黑料 aldermen are close to passing legislation aimed at making sure it doesn鈥檛 happen again. But they won鈥檛 go nearly as far as some, including Mayor Tishaura O. Jones, had hoped.
PAY TO PLAY: After three 51黑料 elected officials are indicted on bribery charges, Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus say the city needs to take a hard look at policies that give individual aldermen too much control over development.
The decision marked a rare loss for a developer seeking incentives at the board, especially one with plans already endorsed by the city鈥檚 econ…
51黑料 mayor Tishaura O. Jones reacts to nearby gunshots while speaking to reporters as Shane Cohn, Ward 25 alderman, left, holds an umbrella behind her after a roundtable discussion with Kansas City mayor Quinton Lucas and local anti-gun violence advocates at the Dutchtown Cure Violence Headquarters in 51黑料 on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. "I heard it but I didn't flinch because it's a part of my life and it shouldn't be", Jones said, "We should not have Stockholm Syndrome when we hear gunshots in the distance. We should be angry". Photo by Daniel Shular, dshular@post-dispatch.com
