State Rep. Robin Wright-Jones held a press conference Tuesday at her campaign headquarters about her support of an eminent domain initiative petition. Outside, a group passed out a flier (click here to download) showing she indeed voted for both the eminent domain reform legislation and the Land Assemblage Tax Credit, which one of her vocal supporters, Jim Roos, attacked her opponent, State Rep. Rodney Hubbard*, for supporting.

Wright-Jones appeared caught off guard by the flier and instead of explaining her votes, she told the handful of people in attendance that they could call her later and she’d tell them why she voted for the bills.

Wright-Jones briefly said she voted for the bill “before it was radically changed”, but the record shows she, in fact, voted in favor of the final version of the Land Assemblage bill, which passed 125-19.

*Rodney Hubbard’s state senate campaign is being managed by Antonio French, publisher of PubDef.net.

Margaret Donnelly calls on St. Louis Police Board to ask for new Independent Investigation

The Citizens of St. Louis deserve to know all of the facts

ST. LOUIS – Representative Margaret Donnelly called on the St. Louis Police Board to immediately ask for a new independent investigation into the use of impounded cars by police and by Police Chief Joe Mokwa’s daughter. “The people deserve a thorough and independent investigation and today I am calling on the Police Board of St. Louis to ask the State Highway Patrol to do that investigation” said Margaret Donnelly.

Recent revelations involving Police Department practices and Chief of Police Mokwa’s role in the use of impounded vehicles have raised serious concerns. Even though an independent investigation had previously occurred, new information as reported in the Post Dispatch about the police chief’s role suggests that all of the facts have yet to come out. “ The citizens of St. Louis need to have confidence restored in their police department and the way to accomplish that is for the Police Board to initiate a new investigation with all of the new information thoroughly reviewed,” concluded Donnelly.

Representative Donnelly is a candidate for Attorney General.