PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE

Here are Aldermanic President candidate Lewis Reed’s latest campaign commercials which started airing this week.

Reed is in the last 6 days of a close campaign with incumbent Jim Shrewsbury to be decided by Tuesday’s primary election.

* These spots were written and co-produced by A.D. French & Associates

According to a campaign press release, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Locals #1, #2, #4, and #1439) has endorsed Jim Shrewsbury for re-election.

The Aldermanic President candidates were asked what they think are the top problems facing the City:

The Aldermanic President candidates on the Civilian Review Board:

The Aldermanic President candidates on the need to reform the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA):

At last night’s debate between the candidates for President of the Board of Aldermen, a question from the audience asked President Jim Shrewsbury why his personal law practice is located in St. Louis County and not in the City.

Shrewsbury said he avoids all investment in the City to steer clear of any conflicts of interest.

At last nights debate between the candidates for President of the Board of Aldermen, a question from the audience asked Alderman Lewis Reed why his yard signs can be seen on so many trees in north St. Louis.

Reed’s opponent, incumbent Pres. Jim Shrewsbury said his campaign never puts signs in illegal locations. But directly across the street from the debate site, a 4-foot by 8-foot Shrewsbury sign could be seen standing on city land in Fairgrounds Park.

Fairgrounds is located in the 21st Ward, whose alderman, Bennice Jones-King, and committeeman, “Chink” Washington, have broken from every other northside ward to endorse Shrewsbury.

The two candidates for President of the Board of Alderman will meet today for a debate in north St. Louis.

The debate between incumbent Jim Shrewsbury and challenger Lewis Reed will be at Beaumont High School, 3836 Natural Bridge, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Questions will come from the audience and the four-person panel composed of radio show hosts Onion Horton and Mark Kasen, and attorneys Ruby Bonner and Robert Kenny from the Mound City Bar Association.

City Democratic Party chairman and 7th Ward Committeeman Brian Wahby has endorsed Lewis Reed for President of the Board of Aldermen.

Reed is challenging incumbent Jim Shrewsbury in the March 6th primary election. According to Shrewsbury’s campaign literature, Wahby’s committeewoman, State Senator Maida Coleman, has endorsed Shrewsbury.

This news comes contrary to a false report in this week’s St. Louis American, which claimed Wahby was “a Shrewsbury man”.

Here is Aldermanic President Jim Shrewsbury’s campaign commercial currently running on TV. It features cameos by State Sen. Pat Dougherty, Ald. Phyllis Young, former Ald. Irv Clay, Chief of Staff Pam Ross, and campaign staffers Harold Brown and April Harris.

Shrewsbury is in the last 11 days of a close campaign with 6th Ward Alderman Lewis Reed to be decided in the March 6 primary election.

*Reed is a client of A.D. French & Associates