Dear Mr. Brockmeyer,
When are you going to look into the St. Charles School District? Doesn’t it
make you wonder who was on the school board when the $52 million bond was
passed for schools they now say have to be shut down. None other than Jerry
Reese!! Reese was a puppet for the administration and passed anything and
everything the administration told him. On top of that under his tenure the
school district was bilked out of hundreds of thousands by a worker.
Reese now is trying to get the City to pay for his mistakes. He convinced
the school board to buy a city building and now he is trying to get the city
to buy it back. Wake up St. Charles, guys like Reese only want to spend,
spend, spend. They don’t like doing the job of questioning the
administration. Look at him on the Council, you could have a monkey sit
there and do his job. All he does is protect the administration.
J Downey
Dear Editor,
Before the first stones are thrown at Councilwoman Greer and Councilman Brown, there are other councilpersons who need our attention. Not everyone is above reproach.
For weeks we were inundated with pictures of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. We were able to see women, children, men, Police, thugs walking in water filled with sewage. The networks made sure we were aware of the danger and imminent illness that would come from this activity. And then came Pearl Ridge and Harvest Ridge school to our attention. Once more we were told the water was filled with sewage and extremely toxic. We saw pictures of children and adults walking in this water. Strangely I believe it might have been on a Tuesday. I could be wrong. Anyway there was a City Council meeting near the time of the incident.
The councilman I am upset with is Jerry Reese. My husband and I voted for him for the School Board every time he ran. Both of us are teachers and we felt Jerry Reese was a heads up man with the desire to do what’a right for the children in the district. So much for that thought. Then the council meeting came and he voted not to work on the sewers in Pearl Ridge and in extension help the students and their flooded playground.
It seemed that right after his election he was a thinking person until the night he went to a bar and was asked to join Patti, Kneemilller, Weller, and Muench. He was brought into the fold. He now votes as how his Lieutenant tells him to vote. I can’t discern any signals being passed but I’m sure they are. I wish we had the old Jerry Reese back. Someone who knows right from wrong.
Ward 7 Voter
Dear Editor,
Watching the goings on in O’Fallon I now understand why Lowery wouldn’t have been a good fit for St. Charles. He actually is trying to clean up years a corruption and abuse by City Hall Staff and politicians alike. York must have known that her dealings, sweat heart deals and money flowing from one account to another would have been found out and stopped by Lowery. Criminal charges would have been filed against people taking kick backs and bribes to sell a million dollar building for a lot less by simply signing a name and giving $1,000 down, With Lowery here, it never would have occurred. Let’s face it, Lowery would not have been a good fit in a town like St. Charles. That would have been like letting Elliot Ness in the Capone family.
S. Thomas
