Charlie Dooley made the critical mistake of trying to come up with an idea of his own, and the results were disastrous. The idea in question was a merger of St. Louis County and St. Louis City.
Dooley told the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
Possible motives include (a) getting a hold of more garbage districts to get sued over (b) a charitable desire to bail out St. Louis City at the expense of St. Louis County or (c) getting his hands on a whole new block of Democrat voters.
No doubt the vacuum created by a major restructuring of local government would also create serious entrepreneurial opportunities for political corruption.
In either case, Dooley's spokeswoman's Dooley-sense must have been tingling, because it didn't take long for her to talk to another newspaper and completely overrule what Dooley had just said. Just the type of leadership St. Louis County is looking for.
Ironically, Dooley also claimed his biggest failures were communication on, among other things, trash districts. Communication is definitely a problem for Dooley, but we're not entirely sure what it has to do with losing a breach of contract lawsuit and possibly putting St. Louis County taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars in damages.
Dooley told the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
"We need to (merge)," Dooley said. "The chances now are better than before but the city officials of St. Louis are not all on the same page on this issue because they have constituencies that they answer to."It's nigh impossible to read the full article without being left with a clear understanding of Dooley's position, in his own words.
Possible motives include (a) getting a hold of more garbage districts to get sued over (b) a charitable desire to bail out St. Louis City at the expense of St. Louis County or (c) getting his hands on a whole new block of Democrat voters.
No doubt the vacuum created by a major restructuring of local government would also create serious entrepreneurial opportunities for political corruption.
In either case, Dooley's spokeswoman's Dooley-sense must have been tingling, because it didn't take long for her to talk to another newspaper and completely overrule what Dooley had just said. Just the type of leadership St. Louis County is looking for.
Ironically, Dooley also claimed his biggest failures were communication on, among other things, trash districts. Communication is definitely a problem for Dooley, but we're not entirely sure what it has to do with losing a breach of contract lawsuit and possibly putting St. Louis County taxpayers on the hook for millions of dollars in damages.
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