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Lewis E. Reed
Lewis E. Reed (born October 9, 1962) is an American politician from St. Louis, Missouri. His last position was president of its Board of Aldermen which he held for record duration of 15 years. He was federally indicted on bribery charges in May 2022 and resigned his at large board position in June. In August 2022, Reed pled guilty to bribery charges and was later sentenced to serve three years and nine months in an Arkansas prison and fined $18,500. Reed started serving his prison sentence in Arkansas in January 2023. Education After graduating high school, Reed attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on a wrestling scholarship. Political career Reed was elected alderman of the city's sixth ward in 1999. He helped spur the revitalization of Lafayette Square and Gate District. He also drafted several ordinances to target investment along Washington Avenue, using historic tax credits, low-income housing tax credits and tax increment financing (TIF). Reed worked wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Green
Megan Ellyia Green (born July 25, 1983) is an American politician and educator from St. Louis, Missouri. She has served as the President of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen since 2022, having previously been the alderwoman from the 15th ward since 2014. Green is a progressive Democrat and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Originally from Upstate New York, Green moved to St. Louis in 2005 to participate in the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. She has a political science degree from Penn State and a PhD in education policy from Saint Louis University. Green is an adjunct professor at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, teaching public policy. In November 2022, Green won the special election to succeed former Board President Lewis Reed, who resigned after being indicted on federal bribery charges. The first woman to serve as President of the Board, Green is running for a full four-year term in the 2023 election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riverfront Times
The ''Riverfront Times'' (''RFT'') is a free progressive weekly newspaper in St. Louis, in the U.S. state of Missouri, that consists of local politics, music, arts, and dining news in the print edition, and daily updates to blogs and photo galleries on its website. As of June 2008, the ''Riverfront Times'' has an ABC-audited weekly circulation of 81,276 copies. History The paper was founded in 1977 by Ray HartmannUnderground '''', May 20, 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed For Mayor
Reed or Reeds may refer to: Science, technology, biology, and medicine * Reed bird (other) * Reed pen, writing implement in use since ancient times * Reed (plant), one of several tall, grass-like wetland plants of the order Poales * Reed reaction, in chemistry * Reed receiver, an outdated form of multi-channel signal decoding * Reed relay, one or more reed switches controlled by an electromagnet * Reed switch, an electrical switch operated by an applied magnetic field * Reed valve, restricts the flow of fluids to a single direction * Reed (weaving), a comb like tool for beating the weft when weaving * Reed's law, describes the utility of large networks, particularly social networks * Reed–Solomon error correction, a systematic way of building codes that can be used to detect and correct multiple random symbol errors * Reed–Sternberg cell, related to Hodgkin's disease Organizations * Reed (company), offering employment-related services (UK) * Reed and Stem, former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMOV
KMOV (channel 4) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Television alongside low-power Circle owned-and-operated station KDTL-LD (channel 16). The two stations share studios at the Gateway Tower on Memorial Drive in Downtown St. Louis, near the Gateway Arch; KMOV's transmitter is located in Lemay, Missouri. History Early history The station first signed on the air on July 8, 1954, as KWK-TV. At its launch, channel 4 was owned by a consortium which included Robert T. Convey (28%) and the Newhouse Newspapers-published '' St. Louis Globe-Democrat'' (23%), who jointly operated KWK radio (1380 AM, now KXFN); Elzey M. Roberts Sr., former owner of KXOK radio (630 AM, frequency now occupied by KYFI), which had to be sold as a condition of the license grant (23%); and Missouri Valley Television Inc., made up of Saint Paul, Minnesota–based Hubbard Broadcasting (23%) and several St. Louis residents (comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
