Tuesday night "attempted" smack down by the "axis of taxes," Foote, Pickel, Duncan, Beasley and Robinson (Audio Will be up here soon!)

What a magnificent showing by our own tax and spend crew, none other than Foote, Pickel, Duncan Beasley, and "Der Fuhrer" (Robinson) (the axis of tax's.) During the meeting the Prop "S" tax was brought up by Alderman Miguel who gave three ideas as to how to remove this tax as the loan is paid off. Mr. Foot did his darnedest to postpone the vote on this so as to not be forced to show us what he really thinks before election day. When that didn't work he tried to spin it to benefit his line, and I don't believe that worked either.

So then we have the vote where MR. FOOTE VOTED TO CONTINUE THE TAX UNTIL THE GENERAL FUND IS PAID BACK (for a loan that never happened.) Who do we see right in perfect formation with him ? Why Pickel and Beasley, Ms. Beasley will you ever do anything with out asking Mr. Foote first? I am beginning to think your way out of your depth here, no? while I am at it look at the SunCrest Call, March 26, 2009 where Pickel and Beasley both said they would vote it out (Mr. Foote made No such statement at all, he just voted for it as did they. Now that said my question is were they telling the truth then, but forgot it, or have they banded with Der Fuhrer to give him all he wants and are trying to run from their statements in the Call of 3/26/2009, either way it's a prevarication of the first order and should not be tolerated by their constituents !

Another interesting debate was on Animal control when Mr. Pickel (who did not have his light on) TOOK THE FLOOR FROM ALDERMAN DUCHILD (who had his light on, to table the vote on animal control until April 13th, 2010 (after the election don't ya know) with the full blessing of Der Fuhrer who said it was his meeting and he would recognize whom he pleases, light or no light ! Once again we have Der Fuhrer (the Mayor deciding what's right and what's wrong all by himself, pathetic to say the least.

I promise you the audio will be on this post very soon as it has been requested via FOIA form, and if I were them I really wouldn't try to hold it up. I firmly believe once you hear the "Axis's of tax's" in their own voices just trying to run roughshod on US, their constituents you too will be a bit miffed ! I only hope your "miffed" enough to vote them out of office (the one we can,) and call and write these so called Representatives of the people and tell them what you think !Folks, it's OUR money they are playing with, not their's, so give them what for ! And when your done with that thank the following Aldermen for the good job they are doing to put a leash on these tax and spend "progressives."

Duchild,
Schlink
Miguel
Wallach


Tom Ford

NO. 734

Crestwood Courts ART SPACE wins MAXI award! (click here for the story!)

Some very good news for the Art world and our own Crestwood Courts brought to you by,

legendsilver said...
"Here is a post from the Post Dispatch for an award we just won. The MAXI Awards program recognizes excellence in shopping center marketing. Art Space was awarded the MAXI in the Public Relations Category. Crestwood Court owners Jones Lang LaSalle won the award jointly with Ryan PR, the St. Louis-based public relations agency that handled the Art Space campaign."

Excellent, we need this type of positive news concerning "the courts."

Tom Ford

NO. 733

MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON KNOWS HE WILL HAVE TO PROPOSES BUDGET CUT'S (CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY!)

"Hey this isn't Crestwood, you said it was the Crestwood independent !" Well this is posted for one glaring reason my friends (and detractors,) and that is to show the Mayor and the BOA just how the tough decisions are made!

There will be a crescendo of hoots and hollers when it comes to "pet programs and projects" at the state lever, but our Governor knows we can't fund everything (and he brave enough to say so !) Now as I have said below we are in the same boat in Crestwood, things must be reduced to insure that Crestwood survives this onslaught coming out of Washington that has caused this deep rescission (depression ?) right ?

Well that said, when do we see the type of leadership that our Governor is showing at the State level ? Your Honor, when will you take the lead brought forth by Mr. Jim Eckrich (recommended animal adoption be eliminated,) and show us you and the board are serious about "fiscal responsibility ?

I never thought I would live to see the day when a Democrat Governor would recommend cutting any program, but I was wrong ! Jay, I congratulate you, and if you have any time left please come to Crestwood and show our Mayor and his Board how to do it !

Tom Ford

NO. 732

Back to animal adoption: click below to see that other communities have cut their budget, why not us ?

Well as we agonize over where to get the next few Penny's for our NEEDED (and not duplicated) services the AD HOC committee still has no real recommendations on animal adoption. You can parade wittinesses till the cow,s come home, but the end result is we can (and will) get along just fine without animal adoption!

My Lord I know I am beating a dead horse here, but I see no reason to allow this to die, and thus spend monies that can far better be used elsewhere !

What say you "committee," have you any report in our future, or do you plan to run the rope out on this needless waste until "His Honor" get's the 700 votes he needs from this group to be re-elected ?

I for one am disgusted by the lack of leadership on this simple matter, and come TAX INCREASE TIME I will not forget it (and neither will many others, remember the last 72% loss ?)

Tom Ford

NO. 731

Economic development commission meeting (audio part two>)

Is it me or do you get the feeling that PGAV is running this City and not us ? As I listened to part two I got the distinct impression that the PGAV Representative was telling us WHAT TO DO! (remember they get paid whether it works or not.)

I know that these guy's have been on board for some time now, but are they really on our side ? I am beginning to wonder! Some of the ideas (Emanate domain, TIF) are not going to do us one iota of good, so who do they rally represent, and why ?

Tom Ford

NO. 730

I regret to inform you of the passing of Chief Paillou's Mother.

Chief Paillou’s mother, Mary Louise Miller, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010 after an extended nursing home stay.

The funeral arrangements are as follows:

Wednesday, February 24th
Visitation from 4-9p.m.
Kutis Funeral Home
10151 Gravois Road
Affton, MO 63123
314-842-4458


Thursday, February 25th
Funeral Service begins at 10:00 a.m. at Kutis

Burial to follow at:
Park Lawn Cemetery
1800 Lemay Ferry Road
St. Louis, MO 63125
314-544-2002


Thank you and please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.


Connie L. Reuter
Executive Secretary
Crestwood Police Department
#1 Detjen Drive
Crestwood, MO 63126
314-729-4842
314-729-4841 (Fax)


Won't you all join me in condolences for the family, and Pray that she will be with he Lord as we speak.

Mike I am truly sorry for your loss, but may you take solace in the certain knowledge that you will meet again.

Tom Ford

NO. 729

The meeting of the "Economic Development Commission last night! (audio / video is up, click here!)

Well for one and one half hours the E.D.C. met, discussed, listened, and came up with nothing as usual! This was a very important meeting for Crestwood as they haven't met since August, 2009! Back then we heard from Alderman Foote that we were very fortunate to have Mr. Forrest Miller as the Chairman of the committee due to his vast experience in business, remember?

Well here we are some six months later and Chairman Miller is absent from his own meeting? Wow, I feel very fortunate, how about you? There were a couple of things of interest though, that being a presentation to the committee on the need to move forward with Crestwood Court's. When it was pointed out that we don't own that center, a gentleman stated that we must resort to "emanate domain" if needed! Gee whiz, are we to believe that seizing the property is a good idea? I doubt that very seriously!

Interestingly enough six out of the eight Alderman were in attendance to listen to the report's. I am told that three of them were together, and that doesn't surprise me as the three (Pickel, Foote, and Beasley, "The axis of taxes" have voted with "His Honor" since their election.)

So what did we get for our heat, lights, and time ? Well nothing as three of the basic Tennant's of a good meeting were violated (action plan, date for the next meeting, and goals expected.) Other than that , it was a wonderful excursion into "total mediocrity!"

PS: Hey, Mr. Miller, when do you all start "developing the economics ?"


Tom Ford

NO. 728

Is it time to renovate and re-develop Crestwood Courts? This Lady thinks so (please click here.)

Ms. Meg Sprung has put into words what many of us have felt for some time now, and I thank her for sharing it with us! Ladies and Gentlemen, the real fact is that we have no control what so ever over what happens to that privately owned center.

"His Honor' would have us believe that he is in constant contact with the manager, and owners of the center, however the truth is they will do as they see fit, minus his input (if any.) The economic development commission is slated to meet this week (maybe, they canceled the last few meetings) and they will (if they meet) huff and Puff, but once again nothing will happen.

The economy is tight, banks are not lending unless it's a sure thing with heavy interest, thus NO GROWTH in the foreseeable future. Now as to shopping in Sunset Hills, I wish ALL of us would please support our merchants first! We try to buy as much in Crestwood as we can, and will continue to do so in the future. WE MUST STICK TOGETHER as we cannot afford to prop up Sunset Hills (or anywhere else) at our expense.

When will all this end, no one knows, but what we do know is that we MUST stop the wasteful spending on duplicate services, as well as items we can hold off on for now, and BUY CRESTWOOD FIRST! I can hardly wait for the transcript of the E.D.C. so we will have a plan to do this (Ya right!)

Tom Ford

NO. 727

Dog catcher panel told "feral cat" population could rise (click her for the story!)

In today's addition of the Call (see above) the panel studying the need for the animal adoption officer was told by Ms' Sutton and a local Veterinarian that with out Ms. Sutton's "constant surveillance" the Feral cat population could rise, as well as illness in Crestwood, Really?

The Veterinarian who came to testify for Ms. Sutton works for the Yorkshire Animal Clinic (AND WHAT'S THAT GOT TO DO WITH IT?) Well, I have the Vet bills from 2009, and guess what? we paid the same Yorkshire Animal Clinic $2,182.00 for their services in 2009!

I can see a reason for coming before the committee to testify, and I wonder if the committee was told that the wittiness's firm are the Veterinarian's for Ms. Sutton's group?

I also read that Ms. Sutton sees animals on the loose when she returns home in Kirkwood as well. This is interesting as while not a "trained animal observer," I never see animals running loose in Kirkwood, and I am over there quite often for business.

Ms. Sutton testified that "City police provide animal-control services after-hours and on the weekends. Sutton, however, said she remains on-call for emergencies 24 hours a day, seven days a week." Interesting as the Police officers I have talked to all told me that after 4:30 PM, animal control is nowhere to be found, and on weekends it is "non existent" and County is called (Ask your Police officers.)

Folks, the bottom line is the service while nice is an amenity that we cannot afford at this time. There will come a time in the future when things are back on track that we can revisit this service, but for now we must cut where we can (and this is one area we can.)

Every year the Board and the Mayor come at us with another tax increase proposal, but they never cut anything to show us fiscal responsibility! This is one area where they can show us they are serious, and I urge them to do it!

Tom Ford

NO. 726

Very good news reference Mr. Jim Eckrich!

Jim came back to work today, and the Doctor's have completed their removal of the medical malady,signed him off,and he is good to go!

Welcome back Jim, and we are all glad that it worked out OK for you!

Tom Ford

NO. 725