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EX ALDERMAN NEWSLETTER 222 AND CHESTERFIELD 167

By John Hoffmann

April 6, 2016

18-YEAR-OLD FROM TOWN AND COUNTRY ARRESTED FOR ARMED

ROBBERY AND MORE IN HOME INVASIONS. 18-year-old Matthew

Petersen of 1132 Templeton Place in Town and Country along with Landon

Cremeens of Brightspur Lane in Ballwin plus four others were charged with five

felonies for a home invasion in unincorporated West County on March 26, 2016. The

offenses happened at an apartment complex on Woodcrest Manor Court (south of Big

Bend Road between Hwy 141 and Sulphur Springs Road). Both Petersen and

Cremeens were attending Parkway West HS at the time of the crime.

The six were charged with two counts of Armed Robbery, two counts of Armed Criminal

action and Burglary First Degree.

Lawyers are down playing the seriousness of the crimes by claiming it was just about

some marijuana.

Petersen Cremeens

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Caleb Hester, 18, 903 Clayworth Drive Ballwin (Off of Henry Rd Parkway West)

Nikolas Kebrdle, 18, 326 Wildbrier Ballwin (east of Baxter Rd Parkway West)

Kerion James, 17, 3310 Pennsylvania St. Louis (Parkway South)

Carlos Perkins, 17, 2709 Russell St. Louis, MO (Parkway South)

James has a prior arrest from March 6, 2016 for Assault in St. Louis.

Cremeens Hester James

Kebrdle Perkins Petersen

All the suspects attended Parkway Schools, either Parkway West HS or Parkway South

HS. All are now suspended. Is Parkway offering classes in Armed Criminal Action? Are

police school resource officers greatly out armed by the students at Parkway Schools?

THE 2-WORLDS OF MATT: At 3:09pm on March 26, Matt Petersen uploaded this

photo to his facebook page. 7-hours and 36-minutes later he is committing an armed

robbery with assault rifles and semi-automatic handguns. It a fast pace life; living in

West County.

Facebaook posting day of the crime. Petersen's crib in the T&C hood on Templeton Place.

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The Statement of Charges misspelled Petersen's name.

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Here is the probable cause statement:

Date: April 6, 2016

I, Christian Hull, DSN 4347, St. Louis County Police Department, knowing that false statements

on this form are punishable by law, state that the facts contained herein are true. I have

probable cause to believe that on March 26, 2016, at 1419 Woodcrest Manor Ct Apt B, Matthew

Peterson, White, Male, DOB 08/27/1997, 6'04”, 180lbs, committed one or more criminal

offense(s).

Count: 01 ROBBERY 1ST DEGREE - CLASS A FELONY

Count: 02 ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION- UNCLASSIFIED FELONY

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Count: 03 ROBBERY 1ST DEGREE- CLASS A FELONY

Count: 04 ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION- UNCLASSIFIED FELONY

Count: 05 BURGLARY 1ST DEGREE- CLASS B FELONY

The facts supporting this belief are as follows: Defendant, acting with others, entered the

residence at 1419 Woodcrest Manor Court, without permission, while several people were

present in the residence. Once inside the residence, defendant, acting with others, displayed

weapons, two AK47's and a Glock pistol, and demanded that the victims turn over their

property. The defendant was taken into custody and identified by the victims in a photo line-up.

The AK47's were later recovered inside a truck that was identified as belonging to defendant

Landon Cremeens, who admitted to driving some of the suspects to and from the scene of the

crime.

Christian Hull, DSN 4347, St. Louis County Police Department

Only Petersen was able to make a $250,000 cash bond as of Monday afternoon. Judge

Joseph Dueker then reduced the bail for the suspects from West County to $100,000

and the suspects from St. Louis to $25,000 and allowed 10-percent cash to be accepted.

In the last year an amazing number of Town and Country teenagers and young adults

have been charged and/or convicted of serious felonies:

* Graham Redington (Originally Foxleigh Ct. Town and Country). He was 17

when he committed a first degree burglary in the middle of the night on March 24

2011. Most recently he was arrested and charged with three others from Town and

Country and Chesterfield in a vicious robbery and assault on November 27, 2015 in

Kirkwood, MO.

* Alex Dale Frost (Middlebury Lane Town and Country). 23, arrested from Felony

Drug Possession in St. Louis with a cash seizure. He was then arrested and

charged with Redington for the Kirkwood robbery and assault on 11/27.

* Alexander LeGrand ,20, (Mason Valley Town and Country) pled guilty in March of

2016 to seven felony Burglary and Stealing charges committed in 2015.

There are two to three times as many young adults entering the justice system from

Chesterfield.

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There was one comment on the Post-Dispatch article about this that made me laugh:

June Gudmundsdottir

Whoever said St. Louis was racist and segregated? This is a heartwarming story of cross-

racial/inter-racial cooperation. These kids are truly colorblind; half of the crew is white and the

other half is African-American. They worked together to get a dangerous job done, with

apparently no attention paid to the race of the participating parties. There is hope yet for our city-

-and our nation. These young men have given me that hope.

ALDERWOMAN LINDA RALLO'S CURRENT JOB OF GETTING

CIGARETTE TAXES INCREASED TO HELP AT-RISK CHILDREN JUST

GOT A LOT OF MONEY FROM AN UNUSUAL CONTRIBUTOR. Town

and Country Alderwoman Linda Rallo is now the director of Raise Your Hand for Kids,

the special interest group trying to get an increase in Missouri's cigarette tax (the lowest

in the nation) by 50-cents a pack with the new tax going to help with medical services

and education for pre-K at risk kids.

But what recently caught our attention was where the largest amount of money was

coming to fund the cigarette tax increase campaign.

Here is what was listed on the Missouri Ethics Commission Over $5,000 Contribution

Report for March:

C151066 03/10/2016

RAISE

YOUR HAND FOR

KIDS

RAI Services Company

401 North Main Street Winston-Salem NC

27101

3/10/2016 $139,826.05

C151066 03/10/2016

RAISE

YOUR HAND FOR

KIDS

RAI Services Company

401 North Main Street Winston-Salem NC

27101

3/10/2016 $39,681.29

c151066 03/15/2016 RAISE YOUR HAND

FOR KIDS

RAI Services Company 401 North Main Street

Winston-Salem NC 27101

3/15/2016 $40,844.66

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That total $220,351 is from the makers of Camel, Winston, Salem,

Newport and many other brands of cigarettes. RAI Services is Reynolds

Tobacco, the same company that in the early 1960s sponsored a nighttime version of

the Flintstones where Fred and Barney sang, "Winston Taste Goods Like a Cigarette

Should" to the kiddies.

That was the biggest political contribution in the month of March to anyone other than

the over $1-million from Rex Sinquefield for the anti- Prop E tax (earnings tax in St.

Louis).

But that is not all, Raise your Hands for Kids has gotten over $1,000,000 for Big

Tobacco, that calls for an increase of 60-cents a pack, plus eliminates a lower tax rate

for non-major brands that did not exist when the 1998 special health care cigarette tax

went into effect. On December 23, 2015 RAI gave them $1,000,000.

Meanwhile the other cigarette tax being pushed is by the convenience store people. It

calls for a 23-cents tax that would go to roads. It would not force the discount brand

smokes to pay the the 1998 Health Care tax.

Three times in the last 14 years there has been an attempt to raise the cigarette tax in

Missouri. Each time it failed. Missouri remains having the lowest tax on cigarettes in

the United States.

It is interesting that Rallo is a registered lobbyist and the executive director of Raise You

Hands For Kids. Meanwhile on the same dais for Board of Aldermen meetings is Mayor

and Tobacco Lobbyist Jon Dalton who fought the past cigarette tax increases

especially anything that involved making the discount brands pay the full heath care tax.

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Rallo trhying to get an increase in cigarette the tax. Jon Dalton was a cigarette lobbyist

for over a decade, last working for a cancer stick manufacturer in 2013.

Rallo has been a lobbyist for Raise Your Hands for Kids. When the original Executive

Director quit to take another job, Rallo also took over as the executive director. This

arrangement is interesting to say the least, because as Executive Director Rallo still

hires her consulting firm Pick Strategies, which has one employee, Linda. Rallo

explained that she is on a fixed salary as the executive director and has to use Pick

Strategies for additional time and expenses.

10 YEARS OF DALTON LOBBYING KEEPING MISSOURI WITH

LOWEST CIG TAX IN THE NATION RESULTS IN CRIMINAL

CONSPIRACY ARRESTS: Spending more than a decade lobbying for off-brand

cigarettes and keeping the cigarette tax in Missouri the lowest in the nation Jon Dalton

has seen some impressive results. 30-years ago people from New York would drive to

North Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky where the state cigarette taxes were close to

zero. They would fill up vans and small trucks and smuggle the cigarettes back into

New York. They were even being smuggled into Maryland. Tax enforcement officers

would often have agents on the lot of cigarette stores looking out for large purchases of

cigarettes and then have agents waiting just over the Maryland state line from Virginia.

Well there are no more smugglers going to North Carolina, Virginia or Kentucky since

those states have raised their cigarette taxes. No sir. The smugglers are coming to

Missouri. In March the U.S. Attorney in St. Louis announced the arrests of 14 people,

mostly from New York for cigarette smuggling, mostly in Missouri and some in Georgia.

The arrests were made by ATF and IRS agents.

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The press release points out that while the New York State and New York Local Taxes

on a pack of cigarettes is $5.85 it is 22-cents a pack in Missouri. So the hard work of

Jon Dalton and other cigarette lobbyists in Jefferson City have increased sales in

Missouri and increased lung and heart disease rates in New York. Here is part of the

March 3 press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

St. Louis, MO –Fourteen people have been charged in a federal indictment alleging a large-scale conspiracy to traffic

in contraband cigarettes. Twelve of the fourteen defendants were arrested earlier today, and the two remaining

defendants are expected to surrender in the near future. The indictment had been returned on February 18, 2016, but

remained sealed until the arrests today. The defendants are primarily from New York and the Atlanta area.

The indictment alleges that the defendants purchased large quantities of cigarettes in Missouri and Georgia, where

the state tax on cigarettes is substantially lower than in New York, transported them to New York, sold the cigarettes

without paying the New York tax, and concealed the transactions, resulting in a substantial profit.

According to the indictment, the State of Missouri and the State of New York require that a tax stamp be affixed to

each package of cigarettes as proof of tax payments. New York currently imposes a combined state-local tax of $5.85

per package, compared with Missouri which imposes combined state-local tax of 22 to 24 cents per package in St.

Louis County and St. Louis City. It is estimated that the tax loss for New York State is in excess of twenty million

dollars.

NO ONE COULD ANSWER MY AMBASSADOR QUESTION: At the March

28 meeting of the Town and Country Board of Aldermen on a 6-0 vote the Town and

Country Ambassador program was officially created. This program is supposed to take

the place of the Community Relations Commission.

While the Community Relations Commission could only have 10 members,

Mayor/Cigarette Lobbyist and Stealer of Widow's businesses Jon Dalton can appoint an

unlimited number to the title of Ambassador of Town and Country.

My question, which no one could or would answer was, "Do Town and Country

Ambassadors have criminal and traffic immunity from arrest like real ambassadors?

CONWAY ROAD TO CLOSE FOR THREE MONTHS: Here is some news for

the Good Old Summertime. Conway Road at St. Luke's Hospital will be closed for three

months beginning in May to replace a bridge.

I'm amazed that four or five years ago MoDOT managed to knock down the Dougherty

Ferry Road overpass over eight lanes of I-270 and replace it in three months. However,

the St. Louis County Highway Department is going to take the same time from May 2 to

August 8 to replace a bridge on a 2-lane road over a storm water culvert.

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SURVEY PASSED AND WILL ADD TO BUDGET DEFICIT: The

unbudgeted survey of residents by Terry Jones of UMSL is going to cost $17,700 plus

$4,500 for mailing costs adding to a deficit budget already over $700,000.

Nobody thought this was an important idea in November, so why the city can't wait to

put this in next year's budget is beyond me. Not one member of the Board of Aldermen

questioned this unneeded expense.

2016 TOWN AND COUNTRY BUDGET DEFICIT

12/10/15 $656,195 deficit all budgets proposed budget

12/14/15 -$12,000 Lighted Flagpole for Longview Park

-$668.195

01/25/16 -$8,500 For additional parking studies along Clayton Road including in Ballwin

-$676,695

01/25/16 -$15,700 Cost over orig estimate for tennis court replacement at Longview

-$692,395

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01/25/16 -$13,000 To hire George Stock & Assoc for engineering study of Town Sq

-$705,395

03/28/16 -$22,200 To hire Terry Jones to conduct resident survey , plus mailing costs

-$727,595

The deficit could go down later in the year if planned construction and repair projects

are finished under bid and if there is an increase in sales tax revenue. However if

some projects go overbid and if there is a decrease in sales taxes the deficit will

increase with money taken from the reserve funds for unbudgeted projects

AMY ANDERSON MISSES YET ANOTHER ALDERMANIC MEETING:

Alderwoman Amy Anderson kept her Aldermanic meetings missed batting average at

.200 when she missed the March 28 BOA meetings. In her first and only term Amy has

missed 20-percent of the meetings and was out of town away from city hall and

residents about 18 weeks.

TOWN AND COUNTRY DANGEROUS HOUSE HEARING: Town and Country is

holding a special hearing on Wednesday April 13 at 10 am at the City Hall to declare the

large house that some call "Tara of Town and Country" unsafe and a nuisance. The

house sits on Clayton Road east of Ballas Road but has an address of 2833 Clayton

Forest Court.

Here is what Town and Country Building Inspector Neil Cantwell is alleging:

* None of the utilities are working, including water

* There are no water seals in drains allowing sewer fumes to enter the house

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* Water leakage and mold observed on some walls and ceilings

* Holes exist in ceilings, walls and floors

* Door and windows are not secured and incapable of being secured heightening

the possibilities of criminal activity or fires being set

* There are bare electrical wires and open sockets

The final item seems contradictory since the first item claims there are no utility services

to the house and speaks of danger from bare electrical wires. However if electrical

power was restored the interior would be very dangerous.

The house was built in 1938, one year before the release of Gone with the Wind. It is

currently listed as owned by Frederick Z. Clifford, Jr. and Mary Ann Clifford. Although a

divorce decree ordered Clifford to place the property title in only his name and pay his

former wife. He has done neither. The real estate taxes have been paid on time.

Frederick Z. Clifford, Jr. has two other pieces of property. One is at 7616 Alicia Ave.

Maplewood, MO. He also has a home in Sanibel, Florida.

Mary Ann Clifford filed for divorce on July 8, 2009, but the action was dismissed on

January 7, 2010. However she refilled and the divorce was finalized on April 19, 2011.

Frederick got to keep the properties. He was order to fork over $350,000 to Mary Ann

Clifford and another $40,000 to Mary Ann to be split between their adult daughters from

a sale of stock. He has yet to fulfill these obligations. That is not all of his financial

woes. He has close to $1.1-million in judgments against him. Here is a list:

07/10/09 $7,558 tax judgment to Missouri DOR satisfied on 10/21/09

04/19/11 $390,000 judgment from divorce settlement unsatisfied

10/24/11 $22,405 judgment to Ozark Financial Group unsatisfied

04/12/12 $9,354 tax judgment to Missouri DOR unsatisfied

03/04/13 $13,303 tax judgment to Missouri DOR unsatisfied

01/07/14 $7,737 tax judgment to Missouri DOR unsatisfied

11/07/14 $5,072 tax judgment to Missouri DOR unsatisfied

07/20/15 $678,733 judgment to Triad Bank unsatisfied

09/18/15 $15,405 tax judgment to Missouri DOR unsatisfied

His ex wife Mary Ann now owns a condo in Brentwood.

Frederick's house in Sanibel, Florida appears to be on the market for just under

$1,000,000. In this photo taken in October of 2015 this house has an overgrown front

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yard and a driveway in disrepair. Florida property records gives the tax billing address

for this house at the Town and Country address of the abandoned house.

1269 Par View Drive Sanibel, FL The Maplewood abode

UNAPPROVED CHESTERFIELD NEWSLETTER 167

April 6, 2016

MAYOR NATION NAMES CO-INTERIM CITY ADMINISTRATORS: Mayor

Bob Nation sent an email memo to the staff and elected officials on March 29 at the end

of the business day naming both Mike Geisel, Director of Services, and Ray Johnston,

Police Chief as Co-Interim City Administrators effective on March 31 at 5pm when Mike

Herring retires. Both Geisel and Johnson have been with the city since Day-One in

1988. Here is part of the Mayor's memo:

To: All Chesterfield City Employees, City Council, City Attorney, Prosecuting Attorney, and

Municipal Judge:

With the retirement of City Administrator Michael Herring on March and 31, 2016 there is an

anticipated vacancy of this appointed position. Missouri Statute Section 77.450 requires me to

name a "suitable person to discharge the duties of the city administrator until the first regular

meeting of the council thereafter, at which time the vacancy shall be permanently filled." In

accordance with RsMo 77.450 and in order to prevent a vacancy, I am hereby making an

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interim appointment of Michael O. Geisel and Chief Ray Johnson to serve as Interim Co-City

Administrators effective at 5:00 PM on March 31, 2016.

A ROOM FULL OF CONFLICTS: At the March 28 Finance and Administration

Committee meeting Mayor Bob Nation and some of councilpersons were not seeing

eye- to-eye. Mike Geisel gave a report on conflicts between the city code and state law.

There were a few but they seemed minor. In one case the state statute says clearly the

City Administrator works for the mayor of a Third Class City. However the city code

says the hiring and firing of a city administrator is done by the city council with approval

of the mayor.

Mike Geisel, who two days later would be named Co-Interim City Administrator changes the screen while

making his presentation on different wording in city law and state law regarding the city administrator.

Mayor Nation mentioned he was considering appointing two co-city administrators, Mike

Geisel and Chief Johnson. That brought this exchange:

Councilman Dan Hurt: When you have two bosses it is tough.

Mike Geisel: When you have nine it is worse (referring to eight councilpersons and the

mayor.)

Mayor Nation: I don't think the city administrator should be a politician. Mr. Herring has

never acknowledged the fact he is responsible to the mayor. (Nation has told us in

interviews that departing city administrator Mike Herring has refused to return calls or

answer questions or fulfill requests since Nation has been mayor. It has appeared that

Herring has sided with the four anti-Mayor Nation councilpersons.)

Nation: I think it should be recognized that they mayor is up here (city hall) a lot more

than members of the city council. The city administrator should work for the mayor.

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Mayor Bob Nation making one of several points.

Mike Geisel: If I'm solely under the direction of the mayor, there are six council

members (super majority) who can terminate me. I think it should be changed to

"mayor and council."

The often useless Interim City Attorney Harry O'Rourke was asked for an opinion on this

and declined to give one.

THE SHAME OF BEING ELIOT GRISSOM: Councilman Elliot Grissom has turned into

a low life snake. He moved out of town by at least February of 2016 but refused to

resign, continued to show up to meetings and vote of issues in a city where he no

longer had jurisdiction as an elected official.

Grisson's new home in Wildwood and his 2 cars Grissom at the March 28 F&A Committee meeting

in a photo taken on March 5, when we also saw where he voted on issues just like he did at Council

Grissom himself. meetings on March 7 and March 21.

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I was somewhat amazed that none of elected officials claiming to be a part of the "great

government" in Chesterfield had the guts to call Grissom out on this in public.

LOSER IN LAST MAYORAL ELECTION IS STILL A SORE LOSER: Matt

Segal the former city councilman who worked for developers when a councilman and

now works for different local developers continues to attack the guy who beat him in the

2013 Mayor's race and any candidates who might be backed by Mayor Bob Nation.

Here is a cartoon from Segal's Facebook page which urges Chesterfield Hockey

Parents to vote for Connie Fults, Guy Tilman, Randy Logan and David Kaplan.

The carton also tries to tie former Senator and current Monarch Fire District Director

Jane Cunningham to scandals in Jefferson City (where there is absolutely no evidence

of any connection) and alleges she is controlling Mayor Bob Nation and three of the

candidates. She and the Republican Party are backing three candidates, who Segal, as

a developer would not want to see in office.

Here are the 11 people who clicked on the "like" for this unsigned cartoon:

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Karen Wagner

Randy Logan (running against Pat Flynn after having been voted out of office in 2013)

Cory Kemper Kirwan

Lindsey Rinehart Segal (angry Matt Segal's wife)

Susan Boland

David Kaplan (true jerk who was running against Barb McGuinness)

Andy Stecko (Fire Captain and former Union Leader behind past attacks on Cunningham)

Michelle Hobeman (realtor)

Mandy and Keith Ginsberg

When I saw this unsigned cartoon I was sure I had seen similar drawings by the same

person. Of course I had seen their work attacking Monarch Fire Board President Robin

Harris on mailers sent out last year. The artist is tied to the Fire Union. Actually the

artist did a nice job on drawing Jane Cunningham.

CLARKSON VALLEY KID AND CBC GRAD ARRESTED FOR

MULTIPLE FELONIES IN COLUMBIA. Parker Reese Cordova, 18, of 16825

Kehrs Brooke Ct. in Clarkson Valley was arrested by the University of Missouri Police

and charge with a wide assortment of crimes.

On March 26, 2016 the Boone County Prosecutor charged Cordova with 2-counts of

felony credit card theft, 2-counts of felony forgery and felony possession of drugs. The

thefts and forgeries occurred on March 8. The drug charge is from March 25. The

University of Missouri Police Department made the arrest. He was also arrested on

May 25, 2014 when he was 17 for Tampering With an Auto, but those charges are no

longer on file.

Parker Cordova, alleged credit card thief, forger and druggie is in the

middle.

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CHESTERFIELD POLICE BLOTTER: Last week's police activity and crime report:

CHESTERFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT Media Report March 23, 2016 - March 29, 2016

Time of Occurrence Generic Address Business/Location Name Incident Type

03/25/2016, 1600 - 03/29/2016, 0930 2XX RENALDO DR Larceny over $500 from Auto Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject damaged door lock on victim's vehicle and took radar detector and computers. Four tires on vehicle were also taken. 03/28/2016, 1830 14XXX CONWAY RD Bonhomme Church Property Damage to Business Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject spray painted graffiti on dumpster and road sign. 03/29/2016, 1228 6XX W CHESTERFIELD PKY Chesterfield City Hall Fraud Other Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject altered two building permits. 03/18/2016, 1800-1930 18XXX OUTLET BLVD Kay's Jewelers Fraud Other Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject used other person's information to open up store credit account. 03/28/2016, 0900 - 03/29/2016, 1800 14XXX CLAYTON RD Briarcrest Larceny under $500 from Residence Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took prescription medication from apartment. 03/29/2016, 1155 9XX E CHESTERFIELD PKY Walgreens Fraud Credit Card Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject used victim's debit card information to make

purchase.

03/29/2016, 2030 4X CHESTERFIELD MALL Macy's Larceny under $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: 49 and 24 you females concealed clothing and left store without paying. 03/27/2016, 2000 - 03/28/2016, 0900 14XXX MONTERRA DR Larceny under $500 from Auto Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject entered victim's unlocked vehicle and took cigarettes and a debit card. 03/18/2016, 1200 21XX BOW TREE CT Fraud Identity Theft Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject used victim's information to open up loan account. 03/27/2016, 1518 2XX THF BLVD Lowe's Larceny under $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took faucets and walked out of store without paying. 03/28/2016, 1430 4X CHESTERFIELD MALL Macy's Larceny under $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: 17 yo female concealed clothing and left store without paying.

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03/28/2016, 1902 4X THF BLVD Ulta Robbery With Other Weapon Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took fragrances and left store without paying. After being confronted by manager, subject sprayed mace and left scene. Employee reported minor injuries and required no medical treatment. 03/28/2016, 1400 - 2130 2XX CHESTERFIELD MALL Pottery Barn Larceny under $500 from Person Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took victim's wallet from her purse which was left unattended in rear of store. 03/26/2016, 2050 - 03/27/2016, 1200 18XX CLARKSON RD Sunrise Senior Living Larceny under $500 Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject pried open lock box and took prescription medication. 03/26/2016, 2315 14XXX OLIVE BLVD Beckemeier Park Drugs Possession - Misdemeanor Brief Narrative Description: 16 yo female in possession of marijuana and paraphernalia after suspicious vehicle check. 03/25/2016, 1330 14XXX BAYWOOD VILLAGES DR Fraud Identity Theft Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject used victim's credit card information to make purchases. 03/25/2016, 1142 1XX THF BLVD Walmart Larceny over $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: 56 yo female took TV and walked out of store without paying. 03/24/2016, 2300 - 03/25/2016, 0800 14XXX WOODS MILL COVE DR Property Damage to Vehicle Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject keyed victim's vehicle while parked in parking lot. 03/23/2016, 2100 - 03/24/2016, 0830 14XX WESTMEADE DR Stolen Vehicle Automobile Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took victim's truck after it was left unlocked with the keys inside. 03/24/2016, 0100 2XX STABLESTONE DR Stolen Vehicle Automobile Brief Narrative Description: 39 yo female took victim's vehicle without permission.

03/24/2016, 2100 - 2202 4XX WHITREE LN Property Damage to Vehicle Brief Narrative Description: 18 yo male threw rock at victim's vehicle causing damage to driver's door. 03/23/2016, 0010 E CHESTERFIELD PKY & SCHOETTLER VALLEY DR Drugs Paraphernalia Brief Narrative Description: 19 yo male in possession of marijuana paraphernalia after being stopped for a traffic violation. 03/23/2016, 0115 11XX RICHLAND DR Property Damage Landscaping Brief Narrative Description: 19 yo male ignited fireworks in victim's front lawn causing damage to the grass. 03/15/2016, 1200 - 03/22/2016, 1800 17XXX NORTH OUTER 40 RD Heavy Duty Equipment Larceny over $500 Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject took tractor from rear of business. 03/23/2016, 1245 2XX CHESTERFIELD MALL Children's Place Larceny under $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject concealed clothing and left store without paying. 03/23/2016, 1300 - 1330 13XXX OLIVE BLVD Steak N Shake Fraud Counterfeit Bills Brief Narrative Description: Unknown subject passed counterfeit currency to business. 03/23/2016, 1545 4X CHESTERFIELD MALL Macy's Larceny under $500 Shoplifting

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Brief Narrative Description: 26 yo female concealed perfume and left store without paying. 03/23/2016, 1848 18XXX OUTLET BLVD Sunglass Hut Larceny under $500 Shoplifting Brief Narrative Description: 12 yo female concealed sunglasses and left store without paying.

Most Interesting Case: At least the most unusual crime I saw from last week's list was

a Fraud at City Hall involving forged building permits. No one has been charged yet, so

I can't put it on my "follow the case" list. The Director of Planning Aimee Nassif provided

this bit of information:

We are looking into an incident in which a contractor had altered one of our previously authorized

approval letters and used it to obtain a building permit at St Louis County for a different property

address.

If we can obtain a name and an address of the contractor and the building sites involved

we will pass it along.

SIGN THEFTS: The Thomas DeCampi campaign was reporting a high number of sign

thefts as soon as the signs started going up two weeks before the election. There have

been some words exchanged over the missing signs. The thefts might have been

counterproductive for Fults supporters as DeCampi replaced some of the small signs

with his extra large signs.

SAT PERFECT SCORE GAINS PARKWAY CENTRAL STUDENT AN

HONOR OF HAVING A DAY NAMED AFTER HER: While three area

students received perfect scores on the ACT tests Sharanya Kumar was the only

student in the St. Louis area to have a perfect 2400 in the SAT college placement exam.

Kumar was only one of two students in Missouri to receive a perfect score.

At the March 21 Chesterfield City Council meeting, Mayor Bob Nation present Kumar

with a proclamation naming March 21 as Sharanya Kumar Day. It was noted that while

there were 504 perfect SAT scores across the country, Kumar was one of only two in

Missouri. This might be an indictment of Missouri schools. While the Missouri

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population is represents 1.9% of the United States the 2 of 504 perfect SATs is only 1/3

of one-percent (0.3%).

It was nice to see a public school beat out all the high dollar private school students.

ALL ETHICS COMPLAINTS DISMISSED, NOT FOR A LACK OF

EVIDENCE BUT BECAUSE OF A LACK OF A QUORUM AS GOV.

NIXON DID NOT NOMINATE ANYONE TO FULFILL EXPIRING TERMS

UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THEY EXPIRED. CONNIE FULTS GETS A

PASS FOR NOW, BUT WHEN A FOURTH MEMBER IS APPROVED THE

COMPLAINTS WILL BE RE-FILED. The Missouri State Legislature and

Governor Jay Nixon have done a wonderful job to screw with the public and staff

employees. They have also currently made it impossible to file an Ethics Complaint

against any legislator or lobbyist regardless how unethical they are. Welcome to

Missouri!

The legislature made sure that the ethics commission is the only state commission

whose members' tenure is not continued until a replacement is appointed. In this way

once there is not a quorum by law all complaints are dismissed. Who have a large

number of complaints filed against them? It's state legislators of course.

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Gov. Jay Nixon waited until the day before three of the six commission member's terms

expired to nominate three more. The Senate has not scheduled any hearings as of this

week.

Part of the blame clearly belongs with Gov. Nixon, but even more sits with the State

Legislature that passed an ethics law with numerous ways for elected officials to escape

punishment. The Missouri House and Senate have basically given the finger to the

citizens, to members of the public that take time to find ethics violations and report them

and to the staff of the ethics commission that can have entire investigations erased.

I spoke with one of the three investigators with the Ethics Commission who said that the

violation don't disappear, just the complaints. This means that once there is at least a

fourth member of Ethics Commission, the complaints will have to be resubmitted.

In the case of the complaints I filed against Connie Fults I will re-file the complaint.

ELECTION NEWS:

BUTLER WINS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY: Lindsey Butler, former campaign

manager for Amy Anderson and Tiffany Frautschi defeated Dr. Nan Kulkarni 303-to-

232.

This was an odd race as Anderson filed to run for reelection, then changed her mind

and withdrew at the same time Nan Kulkarni filed. It was strange, having a Christian

Scientist find a medical doctor to run in her place. Apparently Anderson did not check

with her former campaign manager. Butler filed to run a few days later. Anderson then

turned around and supported Butler.

Butler had a lot of contacts from the last two campaigns in Ward-2. However Kulkarni's

232 votes would won a Ward-2 Election back prior to 2010. When I defeated Tim

Welby with a 187 votes.

One can only hope that Butler will stay independent. I'm guessing Mayor Dalton will

follow his custom and place the youngest alderwomen next to him on the dais. I hope

that Butler doesn't fall for this act of subtle intimidation by Dalton.

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Lindsey Butler

While Nan Kulkarni is very smart and would make a fine replacement for the very

disappoiting Amy Anderson, Butler is also smart, has been active in city politics for three

years and has shown an ability to do some very in depth research on issues.

I only hope that Lindsey does not take the "I want to be liked by everyone" attitude and

starts to shy away from issues afraid of pissing other alderpersons off. Anderson did

that a lot and Tiffany Frautschi has done that on occasion.

FULTS SOUNDLY DEFEATED IN CHESTERFIELD: Tom DeCampi soundly defeated

Council President Connie Fults in Ward-4, giving mayor Bob Nation one more ally on

the City Council. However two other candidates backed by Nation and former Senator

Jane Cunningham went down to defeat.

Decampi garnered 60-percent of the voted defeating Fults 1003-to-649. Fults lost some

people when she was demanding that the city buy two Chinese War Horse sculptures

that were GIVEN at no charge to Chesterfield Arts, which placed them in front of City

Hall. Chesterfield Arts went broke and offered to sell the horses, which had been in a

lobby of a downtown hotel and given to them, to the City for $250,000. Fults whined

that the city had to save Chesterfield Arts. No one else felt that way. Chesterfield Arts

sold them to someone else for an undisclosed amount.

Then Fults as president of the council was responsible for hiring an attorney without a

contract, a violation of law, to try and impeach her political rival Mayor Bob Nation. The

lawyer informed the council that swearing in a closed office was not an impeachable

offense, but talked the Council into censuring Mayor Nation.

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Meanwhile at the same time Fults was trying to railroad Nation, she was breaking Ethics

laws by refusing to file campaign committee reports on time with the board of elections.

She racked up 19 warning letters telling her she was in violation of Missouri campaign

laws. She continued to file reports long after deadlines until we reported it and filed a

complaint against her with the Missouri Ethics Commission.

More recently Fults was on the losing end of paying the attorney hired to impeach

without a contract. She did not have enough votes to get a $17,700 bill paid.

I only hope DeCampi can make as good of "faces of disgust" as Fults could.

In Ward Three Randy Logan beat Dr. Alan Politte getting 52% of the vote. This

surprised me because in 2013 Logan was crushed in a reelection attempt by Dan Hurt ,

who had been a longtime councilman before being defeated in a mayor's election by

Bruce Geiger. Logan was in the anti-Bob Nation group. He replaced Mike Casey who

was also pro tax breaks to developers and didn't like the mayor.

The thing about Logan is he is arrogant. When he was on the Council he acted liked

anyone with a different position than him was an idiot. He is also a politician who drives

a Porsche sports coupe…a real man of the people.

Here is a photo of Logan taking phone call during a meeting. He has

always given me the impression of Randy first and everyone else second.

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In Ward-2 Lynn Schmidt, who ran a campaign on a shoestring and only got 168 votes,

but it wasn't enough to claim she split the vote. Guy Tilman had 51-percent of the vote

(663) to defeat Pat Flynn with 35-percent of the vote (456).

Tilman was backed by the anti-Mayor Nation group including Fults, former Mayor

Geiger, Logan, and former Mayor John Nations, all tied to developers.

Tilman replaces Elliot Grissom, who was anti-Mayor Nation. So this doesn't change the

scorecard.

In Ward-1 the votes were slow to be announced as one polling place in Ward-One ran

out of ballots early leaving voters without a chance to vote for three hours. However by

11 pm all the vote was counted and McGuinness won the one-year term to replace the

late Nancy Greenwood 1083-to-622 over David Kaplan. .

Barry Flachsbart who dates back to the beginning of Chesterfield with McGuinness, him

on the City Council and her on the Planning Commission, pulled in 82-percent (1,338) of

the vote. His opponent Mark Van Donsel (AKA Mark Peterson) did get 287 votes

without campaigning an announcing he was moving out of town.

The new line up leaves the following:

Slow Development Pro or Neutral To Mayor Nation Pro Development with Tax incentives/Anti Nation

Flachsbart Tilman

McGuinness Bridgett Nations

Hurt Logan

DeCampi

Wild Card: DeGroot

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IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING: At the Circus event called the Censure of Mayor Bob

Nation for swearing in a closed office, during the public comment section Randy Logan

made some very insulting comments toward Bob Nation. Frankly it made Logan look

like a jerk and he was boo'ed by the pro-Nation crowd. It will be something to watch to

see if of when the sparks fly over the the next year.

BALLOT SHORTAGE: Morning voters were turned away at 24 precincts in St.

Louis County including one in Chesterfield due to a shortage of ballots. The Precincts

in Chesterfield was in Ward 1 at the Green Trails Elementary School. This is where

appointed Councilwoman Barb McGuiness was running against David Kaplan.

Let's look back to the Board of Elections. When John Diehl (later forced to resigned for

sex texting and properly having an affair with a teenage intern when he was speaker of

the house) was appointed by "Boy Governor Matt Blunt as a Republican Director of the

Board of Elections he immediately hired his buddy Jon Dalton as a lobbyist for the BOE.

The ethical issue with this move was Dalton as mayor of Town and Country was an

elected official working for the Board of Elections.

Then there is John Maupin, who as a private attorney was hired by the Ellisville City

Council to be the hearing officer for the bogus impeachment of popular mayor Adam

Paul who was against tax incentives for a Wal Mart project.

Maupin ruled against objection after objection made by Paul's lawyer. When the whole

thing was appealed to the Circuit Court Maupin's rulings were ruled unconstitutional.

Then two years later Gov. Jay Nixon appoints a person who was part of an illegal

operation to remove an elected official from office to the Board of Elections.

Last year there was a ballot shortage and then there was this fiasco this year. So

nothing really surprises me with the St. Louis County Board of Elections. They have a

lot of hard working people there, but for 10 years now I have had questions about the

appointed upper management folks.

Poll Watching: 3 Polls Next to each other? Go figure the River Bend Elementary

School is right around the corner from the Monarch Fire District HQ Building, which is

next door to the King of Kings Church. All three are polling places.

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2 cold poll workers in Ward 1 at the Monarch Fire HQ with limited parking. Next door at King of Kings

there was lots of parking spaces and room.

WARD-2 IN TOWN AND COUNTRY HAD THE ONLY CONTESTED RACE: There are

three polling places, but the Good Shepherd Church seemed to be the busiest. When

we were they at 2:00 o'clock Nan Kulkarni was there with her husband while Lindsey

Butler's husband was meeting voters.

VOTERS WERE ASSAULTED GOING TO THE POLLS AT CHESTERFIELD CITY

HALL: There was yellow police tape around the southwest entrance to City hall on

Tuesday after several voters were assaulted earlier in the morning.

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There was no one working the polls at city hall, except one living being who was also

the suspect in the assaults.

A polling place for Wards 1 & 2 was the Community Church at Olive Blvd. and Ladue

Road. It wasn't busy, but it was a lot busier than the Monarch Fire District HQ and St.

Thomas UCC in Ward 4.

Community Church

Two lonely people

at St. Thomas UCC on Wildhorse Creek Road in Ward 4.

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The polling place I had a hard time understanding was Fire Station 5 on Long Road. It

was the polling place for precincts in Ward 4 of Chesterfield and Ward 2 for the City of

Wildwood. But it was not especially close to the Wildwood City Limits.

MUSIC: IT WAS LIKE BEING AT SMITTY'S ON A SATURDAY, BUT WE WERE IN

BRIDGETON: On March 19 we went to Frederick's on St. Charles Rock Road in

Bridgeton (I-270 to St. Charles Rock Road exit…right on the Rock Road and then first

right) for lunch and to see Anita Rosmond.

Just like at Smitty's, 20-minutes before the music was suppose to start the place was

packed. The difference was that Frederick's takes reservations. The sign over the door

claims it is a Steak House, but it is really a neighborhood bar with steaks, pizza and

other bar food on the menu all reasonably priced.

I have not been able to take a decent photo of Anita since I did a column about her and all the volunteer

singers in her bars gigs for Patch.Com back in 2012. Part of the problem is that she is always moving.

Here I got her in a crowded room just as she put her arm in front of her face.

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For those folks who used to fill up Smitty's in Chesterfield on Saturday afternoon's, until

Smitty stopped booking her and all music acts, good news; Anita will be back at

Fredericks on May 7 and June 4 from 2-5.

Here is a better photo of Anita from 2013.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Three Kings Des Peres, MO: I thought a late lunch at the

Three Kings Public House on Manchester Road in Des Peres might save me some

money when I went across the street to shop at Dierberg's Supermarket.

The outside make you think of an English Pub in an American Shopping Center. Once inside you see

there is only one of three kings from England. One of the other two is from Tupelo Mississippi and the

last one is from Africa but died in New York City.

The first thing I noticed on menu that made me unhappy was the Philly Cheese Steak

Wrap. It said it included jalapeno cream cheese, sautéed onions, green peppers,

tomatoes and lettuce. That is not even close to a Philly Cheese Steak. A Philly Cheese

Steak is chopped up sliced beef grilled at the same time with chopped up onions. Some

places with add peppers. It is then placed on a roll and melted cheese similar to

Cheese Whiz is poured on top of it You can replace the Cheese Whiz by completely

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melting American cheese slices on top of the grilled meat and onions. That is it. No

Jalapeno cream cheese, tomatoes or lettuce.

I have stated for a number of years that the Missouri Legislature should quit wasting

time trying to limit women's rights and birth control and pass something worthwhile, like

a Philly Cheese Steak Law. If it doesn't have the proper ingredients like the ones made

in the 400 and 300 block of South Street in Philadelphia it would be illegal for the

restaurant to claim it was selling a Philly Cheese Steak.

I went with the Cheeseburger w/lettuce, tomato and onion with sides of "hand cut" fries

($9.99) and green beans ($1.99 add on). My wife ordered the "Slider of the Day" which

were crab cake sliders ($12.99). We were told the crab cakes were made with real

crab. She got the sweet potato fries as a side.

The burger was $2.00 more than a better one at O'Connell's Pub. Three Kings was not

wasting any money on the lettuce, tomato and onion. A very small tomato, along with

one small piece of lettuce and two very small slices of a red onion appeared. However,

the burger was very tasty. Unfortunately they don't offer a "junior" burger like they do at

O'Connell's.

If the fries were "hand cut" there were hand cut far, far away. Unlike Cheeburger

Cheeburger where they cut the fries from potatoes that day, at Three Kings they were

clearly frozen and mass produced. You got a large order, but this fat person did not

even eat half of them.

My wife was disappointed and pleasantly surprised with her order. The dressing and

pineapple cole slaw that covered the crab cake sliders made it impossible to taste the

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crab. She ate most of one and left the other two. Our waitress checked back and saw

the two uneaten sliders and asked if everything was alright, and she was told how he

crab cakes were overpowered by the toppings. She offered to replace them and my

wife chose the BBQ Pork Sliders ($9.99). They come with onions and melted cheese.

She asked for no cheese, so she could taste the pork.

These were delicious (she let me have one). The pork was moist and the BBQ sauce

was just right.

Her sweet potato fries were similar to my potato fries. A generous serving, but frozen

and the same as served at a dozen other restaurants. The green beans were a hit.

The crab cakes with over powering toppings and then the very tasty BBQ pork sliders.

Three Kings does have and extensive number of bottled craft beers from Vermont to

Oregon and California. My wife tried a O Mission Lager ($5) from Portland, Oregon that

is supposed to be gluten free. She liked it as a "light beer."

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Three Kings does one thing that has always annoyed me at bars and pubs with large

screen TVs. They had ESPN talk shows on the TVs with no sound. What's the point?

Why not just turn off the sets until the games start and later in the night the highlight

shows. Also they were playing some loud new-wave music that was making me want to

leave as soon as I was done eating.

BUSINESS: In case you were wondering the old Applebees on the hill along

Manchester Road near Barrett Station Road has a new tenant. Just don't show up

hungry because you are going to remain hungry. The new business is a title company.

CARTOONS:

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