It has not been a good week for 1st Ward Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe.

Channel 4 reports that Troupe, who owns numerous residential properties, is being sued by a family who rents from him after a one-year-old girl fell out of a second story window which reportedly did not have a screen installed.

You can’t blame a guy for trying.

Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe appeared on Lizz Brown’s radio show this morning to counter any claims that he ever spoke in favor of House Bill 1, the economic development package which contained the Distressed Areas Land Assemblage Tax Credit.

Brown even played for her listening audience the first few seconds of PubDef’s recording of Troupe’s testimony in which he criticizes the bill as a “Christmas Tree” for legislators around the state, “with the exception of the Land Assemblage part of the bill.” Brown then quickly instructed her engineer, Howard, to turn off the tape.

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She and Troupe of course left out the part when Troupe said, “Mr. Chairman, I think the bill is a great bill… I think it brings a lot of economic development to the area and I support everything in this bill.”

PubDef wasn’t the only one who was shocked by Troupe’s 180-degree turn in Jefferson City. State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, who has consistently opposed the Land Assemblage Tax Credit, was visibly furious with Troupe after his testimony.

She argued with him as he returned to his seat two chairs away from her. Across the lap of Rodney Boyd, lobbyist for Mayor Francis Slay, Nasheed voiced her displeasure in a loud whisper. When her loud whisper was no longer a whisper at all, she and Troupe took their conversation to the hallway.

The conversation ended with Nasheed walking away and yelling “sell out” to the alderman and former state representative.

Guess she misunderstood Troupe’s testimony too.

Troupe will be hosting a forum tonight on the dangers of the bill he called a “great bill” three weeks ago. Fellow aldermen April Ford Griffin, Freeman Bosley, Sr., and Marlene Davis are supposed to be there as well.

The entertainment starts at 6:00 PM at Lexington School, 3130 Norwood Avenue.