CLAYTON — A St. Louis County judge on Tuesday voided more than $780,000 in severance payments to the Northeast fire district's two lawyers and fire chief, and extended a freeze on district funds.Meanwhile, an attorney for Pulaski Bank filed court documents Tuesday indicating that the fire chief, Joseph L. Washington, deposited a check drawn on a district account at Pulaski. Washington had received...
CLAYTON -- A St. Louis County judge ruled today that severance payouts approved by the Northeast fire board of more than $780,000 are void and that the district's freeze on funds remains in effect.Circuit Court Judge Richard C. Bresnahan issued the order in response to motions filed in court Monday to prevent fire Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District board attorneys Elbert Walton Jr. and...
CLAYTON — A judge ruled Monday that a freeze on Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District funds remains in place while he decides whether its board's approval of controversial severance payments was legal.One key issue is whether the board complied with Sunshine Law requirements in an unusual Sunday afternoon meeting that included a surprise vote to pay a total of more than $780,000 to...
CLAYTON -- A St. Louis County Circuit Court judge ruled this afternoon that a preliminary injunction against the Northeast fire district board remains in place, essentially keeping a freeze on district funds in place. The court hearing came one day after the board authorized severance payments for two attorneys and the fire chief totaling more than $780,000 during a fight-filled Sunday meeting. Judge...
BEVERLY HILLS — Tempers flared and a fracas erupted after an emergency meeting of the Northeast fire district board on Sunday at which the board voted to pay its controversial attorneys and fire chief severance packages totaling more than $780,000. The settlements left some at the meeting speechless and others fuming. Before the building emptied, three of those in attendance, including state...
CLAYTON — After a contentious hearing Tuesday, a St. Louis County judge ordered that the Northeast fire district board pay district employees and bills for necessary operating expenses. Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District employees have been working without pay since late last week. The district's funds have been frozen since Oct. 20, when a judge signed a restraining order freezing...
CLAYTON — St. Louis County Circuit Judge John Ross on Friday denied a motion to remove Rhea Willis from her post as a director of the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District.Last week, the prosecuting attorney's office asked the court to remove the troubled board's other member, Robert Edwards, alleging Edwards had conducted district meetings without a quorum and majority vote of the...
CLAYTON St. Louis County Circuit Judge John Ross denied on Friday a motion to remove Rhea Willis from her post as a Northeast fire board director. Last week, the prosecuting attorney's office asked the court to remove from office the troubled board's other member, Robert Edwards, alleging Edwards had conducted district meetings without a quorum and majority vote of the board. Edwards' response, due...
CLAYTON — St. Louis County Circuit Judge John Ross ruled Monday that he will have to sign off on payment of any bills by the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District until he appoints a third director to its board on Nov. 19. CRIME STATS Ross granted a preliminary injunction to continue a freeze on the district's funds except for ordinary expenses like payroll, fuel for vehicles and medical...
CLAYTON — With about a dozen firefighters and officers looking on — and two firetrucks, an ambulance and other Northeast fire district vehicles idle outside — a St. Louis County judge upheld on Thursday a restraining order freezing the district's funds.Circuit Court Judge Maura B. McShane refused to quash a restraining order signed Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Colleen Dolan. The...
CLAYTON — An order freezing Northeast fire district funds was beyond the court's jurisdiction and poses a danger to district residents and property, attorneys for the fire board argued in documents filed Wednesday. Attorneys Elbert Walton Jr. and Bernard Edwards Jr. asked Circuit Judge Maura B. McShane to dissolve a temporary restraining order signed Tuesday night by Circuit Judge Colleen Dolan....
Disco opportunist, Black Panther, producer, performer, composer, party animal, activist – remembering the old days is proving time-consuming for Nile Rodgers of Chic
I am absolutely in love with this album! I heard a track a month or so ago on t'internet called "Catch A Ride" which was superb! A very groovesome, spaced out affair with 80s sensibilities with vocals that reminded me of - wait for it - Lily Allen! Please, please, please do NOT let that comparison put you off. This is the only song that she actually sounds like dear young Lily!!! Shae Fiol...
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ST. LOUIS > U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Ann L. Medler delayed Tuesday's arraignment of Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District Chief Joseph L. Washington on charges of bankruptcy fraud and violating the federal Clean Air Act and told him to get a new lawyer. Washington, until recently a district board member, was accompanied by Bernard Edwards Jr., one of the district's attorneys. But Medler...
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