I don’t doubt that Denise Coleman seriously wants to win the Democratic nomination for St. Louis mayor. She attended the mayoral forum with her stump speech ready and spoke about her reasons for running and about what inspired her. Unfortunately, her rapid fire delivery comes across like rote recitation. Even when she spoke of the death of her nine year old daughter, it sounded like part of a memorized list. The pain she described must have been real, though.
This is Coleman’s first run for public office. I admire her, as I admire anyone who puts herself out there for altruistic reasons. She just has work to do on her delivery.
Smith is impressive. Ain’t it a shame, then, that she has the one-incident rule to contend with.
and ran into a woman who lived in the 5th ward, part of a group called “Neighbors for Social Justice.” She talked about how her ward had been devastated by Paul McKee buying up properties in the area and leaving them open to vandals, brick rustlers, and all kinds of bad sorts. This, of course, drops property values in the area and makes it easier for McKee to buy up more properties. Thus far, Paul McKee has not provided any plan for what he intends to do with the land. The woman I talked with said that only in that neighborhood would the city allow someone to buy up so much land without any kind of plan. They have been trying to meet with Slay for over a year, and he has still not met with them. In my opinion, this selling-out of St. Louis residents for a wealthy dude who doesn’t even live in St. Louis is unforgivable. Again I ask, can anyone provide me with an example where Slay has sided with the poor or disenfranchised over the rich and powerful? If not, than how can you say with a straight face that he is an acceptable democratic candidate?
the one incident. In fact many will like the fact she did something off the wall. What she will have a harder time getting over is Slay’s money.