St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is facing additional scrutiny for a mailer sent out before April’s municipal election.
Longtime government transparency activist Tom Sullivan of University City announced Wednesday that he had filed a complaint with the Missouri Ethics Commission alleging that Page did not disclose the $36,000 in public funds spent on mailers and fliers about Proposition B. Voters rejected the measure, which would have given the St. Louis County Council the power to fire department heads with five of seven votes.
The county sent out a mailer in the weeks leading up to the election outlining consequences of the issue. The front of the mailer listed groups that opposed Proposition B and included wording from a court ruling ordering a change in the language ap