Republican Central Committee Chairman Requests St. Louis County Government to Clarify FBI Probe

According to KMOX radio, the FBI is conducting a high level investigation of St. Louis County government. This is not good news for Missouri Democrats who are mired in corruption issues in the St. Louis area. Recently State Representative T.D. El-Amin and State Senator, Jeff Smith have gone to jail for criminal activities. Also, Steve Brown of the 73 Congressional District resigned his seat because of involvement with Smith. El-Alin, Smith and Brown are all Democrats.

In response to the KMOX radio report, Richard Magee, chairman of the St. Louis County Republican Central Committee, asks that County Officials publicly explain, in detail, the nature of an on-going investigation of the County by the FBI. Magee commented, “I am concerned about the credibility of county officials and their ability to conduct official business now and in the future.”

According to reports by KMOX news, there is an ongoing probe of the County and how it awards contracts. KMOX’s report stated that, “this goes all the way to the top.”

St. Louis County GOP on Twitter

The St. Louis County Republican Central Committee is now on Twitter. You can find them at STLGOP.

If you are not familiar with Twitter, this may be a good opportunity to give it a try. (www.twitter.com)

St. Louis County Property Tax Assessments Available On-line

For those that are not aware of it, St. Louis County property appraisals have been done and are available on-line. You can find your assessment at: http://revenue.stlouisco.com/ias/. It includes appraised and assessed value with comparison to last year. This way you can see if your valuation is going up or down and by how much. Also there are links to Comparable Sales and other sales in the area. You should look carefully at this data.

There are two components to your property tax. One is the assessed value of your home and the other is the tax rate per $100 valuation of your home. Last year the tax rate was $6.9808 per $100 valuation of your property. To calculate your tax, take your assessed value, divide by 100 and multiply by the tax rate. If your assessed value was $45,370, you would calculate $45,370/100= 453.7 X 6.9809 = $3,167.20 tax. Unfortunately, the county has not calculated the tax rate yet and while you do not have a lot of control over the tax rate, there are ways for you to control your assessed value.

St. Louis County Election Results

Election results for University City School District:

DIRECTOR UNIVERSITY CITY SCHOOL
Vote for 2
(WITH 21 OF 21 COUNTED)
LINDA R. PEOPLES . . . . . . . . 1,918 23.38%
MEG McCLELLAND. . . . . . . . . 1,458 17.78%
ELLEN BERN . . . . . . . . . . 1,768 21.56%
SHLOMO SOROKA . . . . . . . . . 1,344 16.39%
MARK R. BARNES. . . . . . . . . 1,317 16.06%
JACKIE SCOTT . . . . . . . . . 357 4.35%
WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 40 .49%

UNIVERSITY CITY SCHOOL - PROPOSITION U
**BONDS-CAPITAL IMPROV (57.15% NEEDED)**
Vote for 1
(WITH 21 OF 21 COUNTED)
YES . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,177 64.27
NO. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,766 35.73

For more election results go to St. Louis County Election Results.

County Budget Available

The 2009 County budget is now available on-line. I suggest you a least look at the Executive Summary to see how your money is being spent!