Tag: Jake Hummel

STL City Charter Commission, May ’24 Draft Doc

Old black and white photo of St. Louis City Hall

Below is the St. Louis City Charter (Reform) Commission‘s latest hard on the eyes, semi-public document on proposed changes to Charter.

I am publishing it here because the Charter Commission may never post it to their online documents page or may not post until right before, during, or even after their next meeting, a Virtual meeting set for 4:30 pm Wednesday, May 29th.

The Charter Commission has failed to be transparent at the level needed for Charter reform. It posts meeting materials long after meetings, sits on Minutes until City Counselor edits, the Minutes often are at odds with what actually happened, there are no Minutes for the three Workgroups’ meetings, meetings have gone into Closed Session for sketchy reasons, and other issues.

I personally like a number of people involved with the Commission. They are well-meaning but it’s a rigged process, a hot mess. The spreadsheet may give you an idea of the agenda, which must go before voters to be adopted but the devil is in the details. In this case, the details will be written by City Counselor Sheena Hamilton, who works for Mayor Tishaura Jones.

The Commission is composed of voting members and nonvoting members. Voting: Briana Bobo, Anna Crosslin, David Dwight IV, Chris Grant, Scott Intagliata, Dr. Jazzmine Nolan-Echols, Travis Sheridan. Non-Voting: Director of Personnel Sonja Gray (Mayor Jones appointee), City Counselor Sheena Hamilton, former State Senator Jake Hummel (Missouri AFL-CIO President)Christine Ingrassia (Board President Megan Green’s Director of Operations), Casey Millburg (Mayor Jones’ Policy Director), 5th Ward Alder Joe Vollmer.

I am chopping up the spreadsheet and adding pape by page as images, instead of importing the word salad, hard on the eyes spreadsheet, because I am not paying to upgrade this site for spreadsheets and videos.

Note1: Many people confuse the Charter with the City Code: Ordinances, Laws. The Charter is the City’s constitution. The Code is City’s version of Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo).

Note2: St. Louis City has a Strong Mayor system of government. Many people are confused about this because of propaganda by past charter reform efforts. Could the position be made stronger? Sure. A Weak Mayor system is usually associated with City Managers and ribbon cutting mayors. St. Louis City has had many weak mayors but that’s not the same as a Weak Mayor system.

Aldergeddon: New 3rd Ward

Map of New 3rd Ward, St. Louis City

The new St. Louis City 3rd Ward includes parts of current 11th, 20th, 25th and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 General Election Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,733 (66.35% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 970 (9.04% Turnout)
Board President

Megan Green: 777 (92.1%)
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 827 (93.98%)

2023 Primary Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,741 (66.4% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 515 (4.79% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting:  445 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 445
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 410

Public Officials Residing In Ward

City Treasurer Adam Layne
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: City Treasurer; executive director of Young Griot Society (administrative dissolution 10/19/2022)
Other Elected Office: former member of St. Louis School Board
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $7,392.00 raised, $7,320.53 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,085.64 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $5,348.67 raised, $5,525.86 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,014.17 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Adam Lane

School Board Member Emily Hubbard
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: adjunct professor of sociology
Other Elected Office: candidate for School Board 2021
Genealogy: not related to the Hubbard Family of Democratic Party politics
Campaign Finance
December 2022 Report: $160 raised, $1,087.74 spent, $2,546.93 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $60 raised, $325.45 spent, $3,474.67 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report Amended: $3,095 raised, $1,448.88 spent, $3,740.12 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: John Devon Tressler

Current 25th Ward Alder Shane Cohn
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of 4664 Tennessee LLC investment and redevelopment of real estate
2023 Alder Primary: 1st of 1 candidate, 410 Votes of 515
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report #3: $$4,350 raised ($2,600 UNITE Here, $500 LIUNA 42, #500 Associated General Contractors, $500 Commerce Bank); $19,594.42 spent ($14,540.73 Fourth City Strategies, $1,081.45 MEC fines); $9,512.24 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #2: $1,000 raised ($500 Plumbers & Pipefitters #562); $1975 spent; $24,756.66 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #1: $16,100 raised ($5,200 21st Century St. Louis/Civic Progress, $2,500 Carpenters, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $500 Realtors PAC, $500 Operating Engineers, $500 IBEW, $500 SEIU State, $250 Building Trades, $250 Heating & Frost Insulators #1, $250 Gary Bess- former City then County Parks Director Director$100 former Fire Chief Sherman George, $100 Alder Jimmy Lappe); $1,261.70 spent; $23,776.41 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $2,200 raised ($1,000 KC Catalyst’s Greg Porter, $500 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 State Rep Steve Butz); $79.99 spent; $8,938.11 on hand
February 2023 Report #1: $225 raised; 28.64 spent; $6,918.10 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report Late: $3,550 raised ($500 Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney, $100 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl) $311.35 spent, $6,721.74, $0 debt)
October 2022 Report: $1,525 raised, $787.85 spent, $3,483.09 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Director of Data & Research, Missouri Jobs With Justice
Other Politics: treasurer of Jobs With Justice Ballot Fund; Deputy Treasurer for MOVE Ballot Fund PAC, Healthy Missouri Families campaign committee; and former Deputy Treasurer for Give Missourians a Raise campaign committee, Give Missourians a Raise PAC, Missouri Healthy Working Families PAC, Raise Up Missouri campaign committee
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 03/23/2023: remaining funds donated: $900 Coalition for Black Trade Unionists, $376.16 Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $1,575 raised, $1,096.21 spent, $1,478.79 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Thom Gross

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 3rd Ward Democratic Organization: None

New 3rd Ward Republican Organization: None

Current 11th Ward Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
January 2022 Report: $400 raised, $549.42 spent, $2,594.80 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $1,308.32 spent (including $1,070 for “damages”), $2,744.22 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Robert Dieckhaus, husband of 11th Ward Committeewoman Kathy Gamache

Former SOS filings: 11th Ward Democratic Political Party Committee fictious name registration and 11th Ward Democratic Political Party nonprofit registration, both by by Robert Dieckhaus, cancelled in 2020

Current 11th Ward Republican organization: None

Current 25th Ward Regular Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2021 Report: $890.93 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 25th Ward Republican organizations: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Kathy Gamache
Neighborhood: Mount Pleasant
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: human resources director at Collector of Revenue
Other Politics: deputy treasurer for Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly; treasurer for former Alder Sarah Martin
Other Party Office: former longtime Secretary of St. Louis Democratic City Central Committee
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman Jacob Hummel
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: President of Missouri AFL-CIO; IBEW Local 1; former State Senator; former State Rep.
Genealogy: husband of former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2022 Report: $0 raised, $10,000 spent (to Missouri Works Initiative), $50,888.91 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Jake Hummel

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeeman Greg Brown
Neighborhood:
Residence Tax Abated:
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeeman Francis Wildhaber
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Wildhaber Technical Services
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 25th Ward Alder 2004; former candidate for Mayor 2001
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Former Public Officials Residing In Ward

Former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: lobbyist
Genealogy: wife of former State Senator and current 11th Ward Committeeman Jake Hummel
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2019 Report: $4,574 on hand, $150.76 debt
Treasurer: Kathy Gamache (11th Ward Committeewoman, Human Resources Director at Collector of Revenue)

* Political Party County Central Committee ward and township committeepeople have the option to file their campaign finance reports with their county election authority- Board of Election Commissioners in the case of St. Louis City- or online with Missouri Ethics Commission. The St. Louis City Board of Election once posted pdfs of ward committeepeople campaign finance reports to the Board’s website. That is no longer the case. To inspect records, you must visit the Board in person.

** A committeeperson who is also an elected official is not required to have a separate campaign finance account for committeeperson contributions and expenses.