VACATION
The next edition of the First Capitol News will be published on July 16th. There will be no edition next week because of the 4th of July holiday. The following week we will be on vacation. Even though we are taking a few days off, we will be in and out of the office and checking our voice mail and e-mails and regular mail. Any breaking news that we discover will be placed on our web log;
firstcapitolnews.blogspot.com.
Isn’t it Time To Hold The Mayor Accountable?
At the June 7th meeting of the City Council the Council indicated they would like to interview some of her proposed appointments to boards and commissions prior to voting to approve them. She told the Council that as a Councilwoman she had introduced the ordinance that required submission of appointees names to be made to the Council in advance. At the June 21st meeting Councilman John Gieseke pointed out to her that when the ordinance was passed she did not even live in St. Charles and when an amendment was made she was not even on the City Council.
She also claims to have brought John Q. Hammonds to St. Charles. He is the developer of the Convention Center Hotel. The truth is, Doyle Shockley and Jim Rice were the ones who brought John Q. Hammonds to St. Charles.
The Mayor also claims to have brought Bass Pro to St. Charles. Nothing could be further from the truth. Greater Missouri Builders were responsible for Bass Pro.
ATTEMPT TO SAND BAG?
Members of the City Council were surprised when City Administrator Allan Williams appeared at the Council meeting Tuesday evening and told them the Mayor’s budget income projections were off by more than $1 million dollars that would have to be made up. Williams told the Council members he did not include the information in their packets because he did not want it released to the press. Whenever they don’t want something released to the press I would think they are trying to hide something? What do you think?
JAYCEE PARADE the 4th
We designed the ads the City Council has been running promoting Riverfest 2005 and their Salute to Veterans and members of our Armed Forces. The FCN was told that members of the Jaycees who are also members of the Riverfest 2005 Committee were upset because we did not mention that the St. Charles Jaycees were the sponsors of the 4th of July Parade that will be held at 10am on Monday, July 4th.
We took our information from the flyer the Riverfest 2005 Committee had designed and distributed and the news release we received from TJ Slattery of the Committee. There was no mention of the Jaycees in either of those documents. Thus there was no mention in this newspaper until now.
The Parade Route begins at St. Charles High School, proceeds down Waverly to Kingshighway, to Clark Street, to North Main traveling south down Main Street and ending at Bishop’s Landing. This years parade features over 100 units including bands, floats and candy!
