Fwd: StLouis One Week from Today!

Hello Slay for Mayor Volunteers!

We have just one week to go until the the election that will set the course for the next four years, and for generations to follow!

March 5th represents a cross-roads for our city.  With the competent leadership of Mayor Slay, we can continue to move forward on the road toward a safe, sustainable, well educated, economically prosperous St. Louis, in which everybody benefits from a better quality of life. We understand that the alternative would halt our positive momentum, and push us backwards toward division, inefficiency, and a lack of judgement and understanding in City Hall.  It is up to US to impress this upon the voters, and urge them to get out and vote for Mayor Slay!

• Read and share this endorsement from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, which explains some of the most important reasons that Mayor Slay is by far the better choice on Election Day.

• Sign up for our Friends and Family Program now!  If we all keep in touch with between 5 and 15 people we know, inform them about this important election, and make sure they vote, it could determine the future of our City.

• Bring in your phone book, Christmas card list, or church, club or team directory between now and Friday March 1st and send post cards to your friends and family.  We will supply all of the materials. This is one of THE most effective ways for us to reach out to voters.

• Help out with a mailing! We are working on mailings every afternoon and evening this week. Email me if you can come in for an hour or two to help write post cards, fold, stuff, label and stamp!

• Join our Volunteer Canvass Crew!! We need volunteers to go door to door and inform voters about this critical election.  Let's get out there and show our support for Mayor Slay! Any time hour or two you can spare to help us knock on doors will contribute GREATLY to our success!!

• Join our Volunteer Phone Bank!! We need volunteers to help us call voters and spread the word. Let me know if you have an hour or two to man the phones.

• Tuesday March 5th is ELECTION DAY!! Plan to help us staff the polls. The busiest times are 7-9am, 11am-1pm, and 5-7pm, but anytime on election day will be helpful.  We will also need volunteers to help post signs at polling places Monday night March 4th and very early in the morning on election day, Tuesday March 5th.

As always, feel free to contact me any time with questions or suggestions, and thank you again for all that you do!

Bonnie Boime
Volunteer Coordinator, Slay for Mayor
bonnie@mayorslay.com
volunteersforslay@gmail.com
Office: 314.535.7529(SLAY)
Volunteer Line: 314.643.8657(VOLS)

America First before Politics

America First before Politics

While listening to the Interview by FAREED ZAKARIA who was interviewing Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles.  I was pleasantly suprised that Simpson had the guts to put America First before Politics. (emphasis added by Scotty)

At the start of the Interview he got my full attention when he called himself a "R.I.N.O. ...which means a Republican in name only because I guess of social views perhaps or common sense would be another one which seems to escape members of our party". (Its a great lesson for all of the Republicans in Office).

I admired Mr Simpsons- frankness in why the Republicans and Democrats are causing the turmoil that is hampering the rebound of the US economy .  I especially appreciated his direct comment on Re-Election when he said:

" if (Re-Election)..." means more to you than your country when we need patriots to come out in a situation when we're in extremity, you shouldn't even be in Congress.

He continues on to discuss the economy and progress needed to ensure continued growth.  

You can't cut spending your way out of this hole. You can't grow your way out of this hole and you can't tax your way out of this hole "Put that in your pipe and smoke it,"

To  bring about the progress that is needed to fix our economy while lowering our US Debt all Parties must be involved in solutions and learn how compromise is not always a bad thing.

"if you want to be in politics, you learn to compromise and you learn to compromise an issue without compromising yourself.

Show me a guy who won't compromise and I'll show you a guy with rock for brains."

Truelly pointing out that the lack of Partinanship is not helping the economy.

Mr Erskine Bowles then went on with the interview and pointed out his thoughts on where the economy was headed

If we have a negative effect of 2 percent of GDP, we'll be right back in recession and you better believe that the people of America will be calling on these members of Congress to do something.

So we think something will happen in the lame duck session. We believe it'll probably be a two-step process where we end up setting up a framework with a time-frame in order to get something done. ZAKARIA: Boy, that's pretty optimistic.

Lame Duck Session? What are they talking about.  We need Compromises ASAP.  What happened to the American Way of:

Everybody pitching in to do their part for the benefit of all?

Granted we Americans are a tuff nut and can handle anything thrown our way.  But what in the hell is wrong with our Elected Officials when they have to go behind the scenes and enact legislation during "Lame Duck Sessions".   

• Do we really need to wait 6 blessed months for progress?   

• Further Example of how the GOP is truely "Out of Touch" with Mainstream America.

If you too are tired of the Politics of the USA.  

Join me in voting a Democratic Ticket in the upcoming election.

My Best to You and Yours,
Scotty 

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FAREED ZAKARIA GPSInterview with Alan Simpson, Erskine Bowles; Panel Discusses Presidential Politics
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2012.05.27.html http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1205/27/fzgps.01.htmlIn 2010, President Obama challenged the bipartisan duo to chair a commission to develop policies to bring America back to fiscal sustainability and they did. Many powerful Washingtonians on both sides of the fence applauded the proposal from the two chairs, but nobody ever did anything about it and this week, the dangerous carping over the debt limit began anew.

1. Who better to talk about this than Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles who are joining me now from North Carolina?

1. Thank you so much for joining me, folks.

3. ALAN SIMPSON, FORMER WYOMING SENATOR: It's a pleasure.

4. ERSKINE BOWLES, FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF: Great to be here.

5. Senator Simpson, you've seen what's been going on these last few months. The House actually voted on the Simpson-Bowles proposal and it went down decisively.

6. Paul Ryan, the leader of the House on fiscal issues, I suppose, said that Simpson-Bowles was the wrong way to go because there weren't enough spending cuts and there were too many tax increases.

7. What was your reaction? That's your party.

8. SIMPSON: Well, I think my party and I have different views on a lot of things. I guess I'm known as a "
rhino" now, which means a Republican in name only because I guess of social views perhaps or common sense would be another one which seems to escape members of our party.

9. Abortion is a horrible thing, but, for heaven's sakes, a deeply intimate and personal decision and men legislators shouldn't even vote on it. Gay-lesbian issues, we're all human beings. We're all God's children. What is that?

10. And for heaven's sakes, you have Grover Norquist wandering the Earth in his white robes saying that if you raise taxes one penny, he'll defeat you. He can't murder you, he can't burn your house, the only thing he can do to you, as an elected official, is defeat you for reelection.

11. And
if that means more to you than your country when we need patriots to come out in a situation when we're in extremity, you shouldn't even be in Congress.

12. ZAKARIA: But talk about Ryan particularly, because what I'm struck by is the Simpson-Bowles plan calls for an awful lot of spending cuts and, yet, those weren't enough.

13. SIMPSON: Well, Erskine can tell you we don't call for --
You can't cut spending your way out of this hole. You can't grow your way out of this hole and you can't tax your way out of this hole "Put that in your pipe and smoke it," we tell these people.

14. This is madness. If you want to be a purest, go somewhere on a mountain top and praise the east or something, but
if you want to be in politics, you learn to compromise and you learn to compromise an issue without compromising yourself. Show me a guy who won't compromise and I'll show you a guy with rock for brains.

15. ZAKARIA: Erskine, you're hopeful. You think that some of the ideas gaining fraction and, you know, there's a kind of inevitability if you're going to do this, there has to be some approach that's pretty close to what you're describing.

16. BOWLES: Fareed, I believe the markets will force us to. I've spent my life in the markets, as you know, and look at what's happening at the end of the year.

17. We have about $7 trillion worth of economic events that are happening. We have expiration of the Bush tax cuts, we have the patch that's been placed on the alternative minimum tax that'll affect so many middle-class taxpayers, we have the payroll tax deduction that's expiring.

18. We have these senseless, mindless, across-the-board cuts that come from the sequester that comes as a result of a failed super committee. You know, all of those are hitting at once and the economic effect of those just next year, about 2 percent of GDP.

19. If we have a negative effect of 2 percent of GDP, we'll be right back in recession and you better believe that the people of America will be calling on these members of Congress to do something.

20. So
we think something will happen in the lame duck session. We believe it'll probably be a two-step process where we end up setting up a framework with a time-frame in order to get something done.

21. ZAKARIA: Boy,
that's pretty optimistic.

22. BOWLES: And don't forget it doesn't have to be exactly what the Simpson-Bowles plan has, but it's got to be a balanced plan. You've got to have some small amount of revenue that comes from reforming the tax code and there's broad agreement that the tax code needs to be reformed.

23. So I believe that you will find -- if, in fact, we can get the right kind of momentum going, I think I'll find strong support. We've been working with 47 members of the Senate, an equal number of Republicans and Democrats, the same kind of group in the House of Representatives.

24. And I believe these -- this group will come together during the lame duck to put forward a plan like this. Now, I don't think the plan itself will be implemented during the lame duck, but I think there will be an agreement that we have to do some kind of balanced plan.

25. If we don't, then I think you will see the markets really take a really adverse look at the country and I think you'll see us lose another downgrade in our credit and I think you'll see interest rates pop up and, before long, you'll see the availability of credit lessen. So I think we could have a real problem if we don't do something and do something relatively quick.

26. SIMPSON: And you know who will get hurt the worst in that process when interest rates go up and inflation kicks in, the little guy, the one that everybody on their hind legs talks about, "We're doing this for the little guy, the most vulnerable, the unfortunate." Well, Merry Christmas, those guys are going to get eaten when interest rates and inflation kicks in.

27. ZAKARIA: Gentlemen, stay with us. When we come back, we're going to ask Senator Simpson and Erskine Bowles what they think of President Obama's leadership on this issue, what they think of Mitt Romney and there'll be a few other things as well.

28. (COMMERCIAL BREAK)

29. ZAKARIA: And we are back with Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, the authors of the Simpson-Bowles plan for a rare opportunity to have a conversation.

30. Senator Simpson, I want to ask you -- I want to ask both of you, but I want to ask you what you think of President Obama's embrace of your plan or lack thereof.

31. And I'm going to start by asking you -- just bear with me because I talked to him in January, mostly about foreign policy, but I did ask him about Simpson-Bowles. And he probably got -- this got him more agitated than at any point in our conversation.

32. This is what he said. He said, "I've got to tell you most of the people who say it if you ask them, "What's in Simpson-Bowles," they couldn't tell you. First of all, I did embrace Simpson-Bowles. I'm the one who created the commission. If I hadn't pushed it wouldn't have happened because the Congressional sponsors, including a whole bunch of Republicans, walked away."

33. "The basic premise of Simpson-Bowles was we have to take balanced approach in which we have spending cuts and we have revenue increases. And although I did not agree with every particular thing that was in it, what I did do is take the framework and present a balanced plan of entitlement changes, discretionary cuts, went ready to make a deal."

34. "I presented this plan three times to Congress. The core of Simpson-Bowles, the idea of a balanced deficit reduction plan, I have consistently argued for, presented to the American people, presented to Congress."

35. Is that fair?

36. SIMPSON: Well, he does get a little testy and we all get a little testy, but the president -- I wouldn't have done this if I didn't regard him as our president. I accept that. He's my president, too. And it's ugly stuff out there.

37. There's a lot of hatred in the world, hatred toward politicians, hatred toward the president, hatred toward Democrats, hatred toward Republicans, but I can tell you this. If he had embraced our plan, he would have been ripped to shreds.

38. Erskine can tell you a little more. He visited with him personally alone for an hour-and-a-half, but he would have been ripped by the Democrats saying, "Why you rotten -- you're digging into the precious, precious Medicare."

39. And the Republicans would have rejected -- if he'd embraced the Republicans, en mass, in the House would have rejected it. So, either way he's going to get hammered so he's playing the waiting game.

40. ZAKARIA: Erskine, a lot of economic experts say, look, the right solution for the United States right now is obvious, which is you need some stimulus now, particularly given the very low interest rates, the very high levels of unemployment in the construction sector.

41. The government should spend some money repairing and rebuilding the infrastructure, but that would only be viable and particularly something the markets would celebrate if it was tied to a long-term deficit reduction plan like Simpson-Bowles.

42. Do you buy that basic idea that if your plan were adopted as a ten-year plan, it actually gives the U.S. government some leeway to make some necessary investments now?

43. BOWLES: Yes, I truly believe that the only thing standing between the U.S. and sustainable growth is having a sensible, responsible, long-term fiscal plan. I believe if the world believed that we were going to put our fiscal house in order that you would see substantial economic growth in the future.

44. But, again, I got back to what's happening at the end of this year. We have $7 trillion worth of economic events that are going to hit the fan in December.

45. And if we don't set up to them -- if we don't stand up for them and we don't do the right thing, if Congress doesn't act, it doesn't put this partisanship aside and doesn't make some compromise, you'll have a negative impact on GDP next year of at least 2 percent. That doesn't make any sense.

46. ZAKARIA: Alan, what do you make of Mitt Romney? Romney's first ads are out and when he says, on day one what is he going to do and he says he's going to approve the Keystone Pipeline, fine. But then he says and, then, we're going to have tax cuts.

47. This has, of course, been the, you know, kind of a Republican strategy for a while. Do you think -- given what you're describing, I can't imagine you think day one what a Republican president should do is propose tax cuts?

48. SIMPSON: Well, I wouldn't have voted for him if I'd have been in Congress. How could you vote for a tax cut when you were doing two wars on the cheap? You had two wars you were fighting. You had things that were -- the government -- all the income from the government was only taking care of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and you do a tax cut.

49. Every time there was a surplus and the last time was when this fine gentleman was doing it in '96, you can't get there. But you don't have to do a tax cut, get that out of your gourd. You go into the tax expenditures and start knocking that stuff off and that's where you get your revenue.

50. BOWLES: Fareed, we have the most inefficient, ineffective, globally anti-competitive tax code that man could dream up and what we need to do is broaden the base, simplify the code, use -- get rid of this spending in the tax code and use about 90 percent of the money to reduce income tax rates for everybody and use about 10 percent of the money to reduce this deficit.

51. You know if you think about the debt today and the interest on the debt, it's kind of -- you know and put it in relationship to something else, we spend about $230, $240 billion a year on interest on the debt today even at these current low rates.

52. Fareed, that is more than we're spending today at the Department of Commerce, Energy, Education, Homeland Security, Interior, Justice and State combined. And if we don't do anything, if we just, you know, put our heads in the sand and hope things will get better, we'll be spending over a trillion dollars on interest by the year 2020.

53. That's a trillion dollars we can't spend on this country on education or infrastructure or high valued-added research. And worst of all, it's a trillion dollars we will be spending principally in Asia to educate their kids and to build their infrastructure and to do high value-added research over there so that the next new thing is created there and the jobs of the future are there not here. That's crazy.

54. ZAKARIA: All right, final question. Erskine, there are rumors in Washington that President Obama has asked you whether you would be interested in being the Secretary of Treasury. Do you have a comment?

55. BOWLES: He hasn't asked me to be Secretary of Treasury for sure.

56. ZAKARIA: If he were to ask you, would you accept?

57. BOWLES: No, I'm living in North Carolina and that's where I want to live. I'm the happiest in my whole life, Fareed.

58. ZAKARIA: Gentlemen, pleasure to have you.

59. SIMPSON: I would just say we -- all we do, Erskine and I, is math. We don't do Power Points. We don't know charts. We do math, but we don't do BS or mush so join us.

60. ZAKARIA: Maybe what we should try and get -- and do is for the first time in the history of the republic, have co-Secretaries of the Treasury, one Republican and one Democrat. SIMPSON: Boy, if we could get our hands on that script.

61. BOWLES: I don't want a job, thank you.

62. ZAKARIA: Thank you very much, gentlemen.

63. SIMPSON: Thank you.

64. BOWLES: Thank you
.

2010 November Election Ballot Measures-Sample Ballot

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2010 November Election Ballot Measures-Sample Ballot

 [Copied from the St. Louis City Board of Elections Website]

 

Scotty encourages everyone to VOTE this November, 2010 on the issues and People that design the Laws effecting you and your family

THE OFFICIAL BALLOT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY

IN THE FOLLOWING FORM

INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: In today's election, you have your choice of using either an electronic, touch screen voting machine or an optical scan voting machine to cast your ballot.

IF YOU USE THE OPTICAL SCAN VOTING MACHINE to cast your ballot, you must completely darken the oval to the left of the name of the candidate of your choice. For judges, if you are in favor of retaining a judge in office, completely darken the oval to the left of the word "YES." If you are against retaining a judge in office, completely darken the oval to the left of the word "NO." For amendments and propositions, if you are in favor of an amendment or proposition, completely darken the oval to the left of the word "YES."   If you are against an amendment or proposition, completely darken the oval to the left of the word "NO." Do not try to punch through the ballot. Use only the marking device provided to you. If you tear, deface or make a mistake and incorrectly mark your ballot, return it to the Election Judges and obtain a new ballot.

IF YOU USE THE ELECTRONIC, TOUCH SCREEN VOTING MACHINE, follow the directions on the screen to cast your ballot. For each candidate, touch the box on the screen to the left of the name of the candidate of your choice. For judges, if you are in favor of retaining a judge in office, touch the screen to the left of the word "YES." If you are against retaining a judge in office, touch the screen to the left of the word "NO."   For amendments and propositions, if you are in favor of an amendment or proposition, touch the screen to the left of the word "YES. If you are against an amendment or proposition, touch the screen to the left of the word "NO." If you need assistance in using this machine, please ask the Election Judges to help you.

OFFICIAL BALLOT

GENERAL ELECTION

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2010 

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FOR U.S. SENATOR

(Vote for One)

ROBIN CARNAHAN                            DEM

ROY BLUNT                                          REP

JONATHAN DINE                                 LIB

JERRY BECK                                         CST

Write-in______________________________

FOR STATE AUDITOR

(Vote for One)

SUSAN MONTEE                                  DEM

TOM SCHWEICH                                  REP

CHARLES W. BAUM                            LIB

Write-in______________________________

FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 1

(Vote for One)

LACY CLAY                                           DEM

ROBYN HAMLIN                                  REP   

JULIE STONE                                         LIB

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FOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 

DISTRICT 3

(Vote for One)

RUSS CARNAHAN                                 DEM

ED MARTIN                                             REP

STEVEN R. HEDRICK                             LIB

NICHOLAS J. (NICK) IVANOVICH      CST

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FOR STATE SENATOR

DISTRICT 4

(Vote for One)

JOE KEAVENY                                      DEM

NICK P. GARTELOS                             IND

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

 DISTRICT 57

(Vote for One)

KARLA MAY                                          DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 58

(Vote for One)

PENNY V. HUBBARD                          DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 59

(Vote for One)

JEANETTE MOTT OXFORD                DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 60

(Vote for One)

JAMILAH NASHEED                             DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 61

(Vote for One)

CHRIS CARTER                                      DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 63

(Vote for One)

TISHAURA O. JONES                             DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 64

(Vote for One)

SUSAN CARLSON                                  DEM

PATRICIA VERDE                                   REP

MARK ROBERT OPHEIM                      CST

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 65

(Vote for One)

MICHELE KRATKY                               DEM

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 66

(Vote for One)

GENISE MONTECILLO                           DEM

BILL HARTZOG                                       REP

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 67

(Vote for One)

MIKE COLONA                                        DEM

CURTIS FARBER                                     REP

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FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

DISTRICT 108

(Vote for One)

JACOB W. HUMMEL                               DEM 

JOE RUSCH                                               REP

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FOR COLLECTOR OF REVENUE

(Vote for One)

GREGORY F.X. DALY                  DEM

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FOR LICENSE COLLECTOR

(Vote for One)

MICHAEL MC MILLAN                          DEM

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FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS

(Vote for One)

SHARON QUIGLEY CARPENTER         DEM

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FOR CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

(Vote for One)

JANE SCHWEITZER                                 DEM

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SUBMITTING TO THE VOTERS WHETHER THE JUDGES NAMED BELOW, WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE DECEMBER 31, 2010, SHALL BE RETAINED IN OFFICE FOR NEW TERMS. VOTE ON EACH JUDGE.

MISSOURI SUPREME COURT JUDGE

Shall Judge ZEL FISCHER of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

             YES                      NO

MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE EASTERN DISTRICT

Shall Judge MARY KATHRYN HOFF of the Eastern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

              YES                       NO

CIRCUIT JUDGES

22^ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Shall Judge MICHAEL K. MULLEN, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 2), be retained in office?

             YES                          NO

Shall Judge MARK H. NEILL, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 5), be retained in office?

               YES                         NO

Shall Judge ANGELA TURNER QUIGLESS, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No 22 (Division No. 8), be retained in office?

                YES                         NO

Shall Judge PHILIP D. HEAGNEY, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 10), be retained in office?

                YES                         NO

Shall Judge BRYAN L. HETTENBACH, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 11), be retained in office?

                YES                          NO

Shall Judge DENNIS M. SCHAUMANN, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 12), be retained in office?

                 YES                          NO

Shall Judge ROBIN RANSOM VANNOY, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 15), be retained in office?                           YES                            NO

  

Shall Judge DAVID C. MASON, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 17), be retained in office?

               YES                            NO

Shall Judge LISA S. VAN AMBURG, Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 19), be retained in office?

                YES                           NO

Shall Judge THOMAS J. FRAWLEY, Circuit

Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 22), be retained in office?

                 YES                          NO

ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES

22^ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT

Shall Judge THERESA COUNTS BURKE, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 14), be retained in office?

                  YES                      NO

Shall Judge MICHAEL F. STELZER, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No 25), be retained in office?

                   YES                      NO

Shall Judge PAULA PERKINS BRYANT, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 26), be retained in office?

                     YES                     NO

Shall Judge ELIZABETH BYRNE HOGAN, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No 27), be retained in office?

                   YES                         NO

Shall Judge BARBARA TINA PEEBLES, Associate Circuit Judge of Judicial Circuit No. 22 (Division No. 29), be retained in office?

                     YES                       NO

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1

   Proposed by the 95^th General Assembly

(First Regular Session) SJR 5

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require the office of county assessor to be an elected position in all counties with a charter form of government, except counties with a population between 600,001-699,999?

It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.

             YES - FOR THE AMENDMENT

             NO - AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 2

Proposed by the 95^th General Assembly

(First Regular Session) HJR 15

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require that all real property used as a homestead by Missouri citizens who are former prisoners of war and have a total service-connected disability be exempt from property taxes?

The number of qualified former prisoners of war

and the amount of each exemption are unknown,

however, because the number who meet the qualifications is expected to be small, the cost to local governmental entities should be minimal. Revenue to the state blind pension fund may be reduced by $1,200.

          YES - FOR THE AMENDMENT

          NO - AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 3

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prevent the state, counties, and other political subdivisions from imposing any new tax, including a sales tax, on the sale or transfer of homes or any other real estate?

It is estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.

             YES - FOR THE AMENDMENT

              NO - AGAINST THE AMENDMENT

_______________________________________

STATUTORY MEASURES

PROPOSITION A

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall Missouri law be amended to:

   * repeal the authority of certain cities to use       

       earnings taxes to fund their budgets;

   * require voters in cities that currently have

       an earnings tax to approve continuation of  

       such tax at the next general municipal      

       election and at an election held every 5   

       years thereafter;

   * require any current earnings tax that is not      

       approved by the voters to be phased out

       over a period of 10 years; and

  * prohibit any city from adding a new

       earnings tax to fund their budget?

The proposal could eliminate certain city earnings taxes. For 2010, Kansas City and the City of St. Louis budgeted earnings tax revenue of $199.2 million and $141.2 million, respectively. Reduced earnings tax deductions could increase state revenues by $4.8 million. The total cost or savings to state and local governmental entities is unknown.

          YES - FOR THE PROPOSITION

          NO - AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

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PROPOSITION B

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall Missouri law be amended to:

   * require large-scale dog breeding operations 

       to provide each dog under their care with 

       sufficient food, clean water, housing and

       space; necessary veterinary care; regular

       exercise and adequate rest between

       breeding cycles;

   * prohibit any breeder from having more than

       50 breeding dogs for the purpose of selling 

       their puppies as pets; and

   * create a misdemeanor crime of "puppy mill

       cruelty" for any violations?

It is estimated state governmental entities will incur costs of $654,768 (on-going costs of $521,356 and one-time costs of $133,412). Some local governmental entities may experience costs related to enforcement activities and savings related to reduced animal care activities.

         YES - FOR THE PROPOSITION

          NO - AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

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PROPOSITION F

AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CHARTER

Proposition to amend the Charter of the City of St. Louis to increase the maximum fine to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), by repealing existing Section 24 of Article IV and enacting a new Section 24 of Article IV relating to fines.

            YES - FOR THE PROPOSITION

            NO - AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

PREFERENTIAL PROPOSITION L

The Missouri Legislature took governance of the St. Louis Police Department during the Civil War. Do you believe that governance of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department should be returned to the City of St. Louis?

        YES - FOR THE PROPOSITION

        NO - AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

(Four-Year Term – Vote for Two)

            DONNA R. JONES

            BILL MONROE

            TODD EVANS

            DOUGLASS PETTY

            WILLIAM (BILL) HAAS

            DEREK CRAFT

            Write-in__________________________

            Write-in__________________________

  

 OFFICIAL BALLOT

SPECIAL ELECTION

CITY OF ST. LOUIS MISSOURI

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

LOCUST CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

PROPOSITION S

Shall a tax of $0.85 per $100.00 valuation be imposed on all real property, located in the Locust Central Business District as established by Ordinance No. 58728, approved December 23, 1982, as amended by Ordinance No. 59248, approved September 10, 1984, as amended by Ordinance No. 60530, approved October 30, 1987, as amended by Ordinance No. 65133, approved on or about January 18, 2001, enlarging the boundaries thereof, and Ordinance No. 66767, and Ordinance No. 68721 to include all areas of real property for the purposes set forth in said Ordinance No. 58728, Ordinance No. 59248, Ordinance No. 60530, Ordinance No. 65133, Ordinance No. 66767 and Ordinance No. 68721?

              YES – FOR THE PROPOSITION

              NO – AGAINST THE PROPOSITION

OFFICIAL BALLOT

SPECIAL ELECTION

CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

FOR ALDERMAN WARD 14

(Vote for One)

               CAROL HOWARD                    DEM

               ROGER BAILEY                        REP

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF: The undersigned, comprising the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have caused this notice to be signed and the official seal of the office to be affixed at the office of the Board in St. Louis, this 20^th day of September, 2010.

BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS

EILEEN M. MC CANN

Chairman/Member

CAROL A. WILSON

Member

CLARENCE E. DULA

Member

      (Seal) Attest: JACK LARY

 Secretary/Member
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MISSOURI BALLOT MEASURES FOR NOVEMBER 2 GENERAL ELECTION

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Scotts Contracting Green Building Services

Posted at 06:10 PM on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by District 12 Missouri in Dept Postings
Article Supplied by the VFW from this web page:http://vfwwebcom.org/mo/dist12/85046/
MISSOURI BALLOT MEASURES FOR NOVEMBER 2 GENERAL ELECTION

AMENDMENT #1:Official Ballot Title: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require the office of county assessor to be an elected position in all counties with a charter form of government, except counties with a population between 600,001-699,999?

A “yes” vote amends the Missouri Constitution to require that assessors in charter counties be elected officials. This proposal will affect St. Louis County and any Missouri county that adopts a charter form of government. The exception is for Jackson County.

A “no” vote will not change the Missouri Constitution and will keep the St. Louis county assessor position an appointed one.
Fiscal Impact: This amendment is estimated to have no impact on taxes or general revenue or any costs or savings to local government entities.
This amendment was placed on the ballot after passage of Senator Eric Schmitt’s SJR 5 in 2009.

AMENDMENT #2:Official Ballot Title: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to require that all real property used as a homestead by Missouri citizens who are former prisoners of war and have a total service-connected disability be exempt from property taxes?

A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to exempt any Missouri citizen who is a former prisoner of war with a total service-connected disability from having to pay property taxes on all real property used as a homestead.

A “no” vote will not change the Missouri Constitution to add this exemption for former prisoners of war.
Fiscal Impact: Because the number of citizens estimated to meet this definition is very few, this amendment is estimated to have a minimal impact on local governments and is estimated to decrease the state blind pension fund by $1,200.
This amendment was placed on the ballot due to passage of Representative Maria Chappelle-Nadal’s HJR 15 in 2009.

AMENDMENT #3:

Official Ballot Title: Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prevent the state, counties, and other political subdivisions from imposing any new tax, including a sales tax, on the sale or transfer of homes or any other real estate?

A “yes” vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to prevent the state, any county, or other political subdivision from placing a tax on the sale or transfer of homes or any other real estate. This includes any transfer tax or sales tax.

A “no” vote will not change the Missouri Constitution to prevent the imposition of such a tax.
Fiscal Impact: This measure is estimated to have no impact to the costs or savings of local governments or state entities.
This amendment was placed on the ballot by Missouri’s initiative petition process.

PROPOSITION A:Official Ballot Title: Shall Missouri law be amended to: repeal the authority of certain cities to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets; require voters in cities that currently have an earnings tax to approve continuation of such tax at the next general municipal election and at an election held every 5 years thereafter; require any current earnings tax that is not approved by the voters to be phased out over a period of 10 years; and prohibit any city from adding a new earnings tax to fund their budget?

A “yes” vote amends Missouri law to repeal the authority of certain cities to use earnings taxes to fund their budgets. The amendment also requires voters in the cities that currently use earnings taxes as a revenue generator (St. Louis and Kansas City) to approve continuation of the earnings tax at the next general municipal election and at an election held every five years, or if voted down, phase out the tax over a period of ten years.

A “no” vote will not change Missouri law regarding the use of earnings taxes by Missouri cities.
Fiscal impact: For 2010, Kansas City budgeted earnings tax revenue of $199.2 million and St. Louis budgeted earnings tax revenue of $141.2 million. Reduced earnings tax deductions could increase state revenue by approximately $4.8 million. The total cost or savings to state and local governmental entities is unknown.
This proposition was placed on the ballot by Missouri’s initiative petition process.

PROPOSITION B:Official Ballot Title: Shall Missouri law be amended to: require large-scale dog breeding operations to provide each dog under their care with sufficient food, clean water, housing and space, necessary veterinary care, regular exercise and adequate rest between breeding cycles; prohibit any breeder from having more than 50 breeding dogs for the purpose of selling their puppies as pets; and create a misdemeanor crime of “puppy mill cruelty” for any violations?

A “yes” vote will amend Missouri law to require large-scale dog breeding operations to provide each dog under their care with sufficient food, clean water, housing and space; necessary veterinary care; regular exercise and adequate rest between breeding cycles. The amendment also prohibits any breeder from using more than 50 breeding dogs for the purpose of selling their puppies as pets and creates the misdemeanor crime of “puppy mill cruelty” for any violations.

A “no” vote will not change the Missouri law relating to dog breeders.
Fiscal impact: It is estimated that state entities will incur costs of approximately $650,000 for enforcement. Some local government entities may experience costs related to enforcement of the law as well as possible savings from reduced animal care activities.
This proposition was placed on the ballot by Missouri’s initiative petition process.

Information compiled from www.sos.mo.gov & www.house.mo.gov

  

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