Supporters of Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr. announced today that they have filed complaints with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney, and the St. Louis City Board of Elections alleging fraud in the ongoing effort by a group of 3rd Ward residents to recall Bosley. “We’re tired of it. We’ve got the recall [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 25, 2006
Supporters of Ald. Freeman Bosley. Sr., who is the target of an ongoing recall effort, will hold a press conference this morning to announce the actions they have taken against what they call “fraudulent activities engaged by the persons leading the recall effort.” Both sides on the recall effort, along with the St. Louis Board of [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 22, 2006
The case to decide whether signatures can be removed from a petition to recall 3rd Ward Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr. has been continued until next week. During that time briefs may be filed in support of the two sides’ positions. The recallers claim that since there is no law that allows the city election board to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 21, 2006
A hearing in the lawsuit filed by 3rd Ward residents seeking to recall Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is currently in progress. As we reported earlier, the recallers sued the St. Louis Board of Elections to stop them from allowing more signatures to be removed from their recall petition and to have a judge order that previously [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 10, 2006
The effort to recall 3rd Ward Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. is on hold as the recallers and election officials wait for a judge to decide the legality of an Election Board practice of allowing aldermen to get signatures removed from a recall petition by way of signed affidavits. On June 30, Citizens to Recall Aldermen Bosley [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 31, 2006
The effort to recall Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. (3rd Ward) entered its final stage today as organizers turned in nearly 90 more pages of signatures. As readers may remember, on July 10, the St. Louis Board of Elections informed the recallers they were 778 signatures short of the 1,466 needed to put the recall question to [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 10, 2006
The St. Louis Board of Elections has until 4:45 p.m. today to certify or reject the recall petition turned in 10 days ago against Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr. But sources tell PUB DEF not to expect a first round knockout. The veteran alderman has gotten several registered 3rd Ward voters to agree to take their names [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 7, 2006
Sources say Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr. has hired some help from political operator Lou Hamilton to aid him in averting a recall. Hamilton, who represents clients including Mayor Francis Slay and Barnes Hospital, will be looking through the 200-page petition with a fine-tooth comb looking for duplicate and fraudulent signatures. [UPDATE: Hamilton says that while he [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 5, 2006
READ IT HERE FIRST The 3rd Ward Democrats for the People, the newly formed organization that turned in more than 2,000 signatures last week to recall Ald. Freeman Bosley, Sr., has endorsed Jeffrey Hardin to replace Bosley should the recall be successful. PUB DEF was the first and only to report last week that Hardin has decided [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 2, 2006
At last Thursday’s contentious townhall meeting in the 3rd Ward, one of embattled Alderman Freeman Bosley, Sr.’s old political enemies showed up to pour salt on his wounds and rally the small army of residents calling for his recall. Former 19th Ward Ald. Velma Bailey addressed the crowd in manner befitting a marathon tent revival. She [...]
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Friday, August 25, 2006
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