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Alderman French Partners with Dream Center to Clean Up Entire Ward
With city budget shortfalls threatening to limit services including trash pickup, Alderman French and the St. Louis Dream Center are joining forces to clean up the 21st Ward.
This Saturday 300 volunteers are leaving from the Dream Center and covering the entire ward, cleaning out vacant lots and picking up trash and debris along the streets [...]
French named to ALIVE Magazines 2010 “Buzz List”
Each year, ALIVE Magazine selects St. Louis’ “most influential people, places and ideas shaping St. Louis culture”, and features them in “The Buzz List,” ALIVE’s signature feature story. This year, Alderman Antonio French (D-21st Ward) was selected as one those local movers and shakers.
UPDATED: Halloween “Safe Zones” a Huge Success!
The Halloween Safe Zones were a huge hit! Approximately 2,000 kids trick-or-treated in the 21st Ward this year. Alderman Antonio French called the event a great success and pledged to make it even better next year.
ADF Statement on murder-suicide involving 3-yr-old girl
Alderman Antonio D. French issued the following statement on last night’s apparent murder-suicide involving a 3-year-old girl on the 4100 block of North Taylor Avenue:
3rd Show in O’Fallon Park Jazz Series
Tonight (Wednesday, August 26) marks the third concert in the four-week O’Fallon Park Jazz Concert Series. Tonight’s concert features St. Louis legend, saxophonist Willie Akins.
French Funds Additional Grass Cutting & Tree Trimming Crews
Yesterday, freshman Alderman Antonio French (21st Ward), proposed an amendment to the city budget which allocates an additional $287,443 to the forestry department. This amendment, which passed the Ways & Means Committee unanimously, will provide the city with three additional forestry crews.
Internship Opportunities in the 21st Ward
The 21st Ward of the City of St. Louis is offering internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Deadline to apply is Sunday, May 24, 2009.
A committeeman no more
The City Charter says that an alderman can not also serve as a committee-man or -woman. The same goes for the mayor and the comptroller. And so as I prepare to take the oath of office today to officially become the new alderman of the 21st Ward, I have submitted my letter of resignation to the chairman of the City Democratic Committee.
New interactive ward map
It what is possibly another first for a St. Louis aldermanic campaign website, we have just added a cool new interactive map of the 21st Ward. See it at www.21stWard.org/map.
Now you can zoom in and out and clearly see the boundaries of the ward. You can also easily tell if your family and friends [...]
Post-Dispatch, ACC, and Urban Review report on French’s announcement
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported on Committeeman Antonio French’s announcement that he is running for aldermen of the 21st Ward.
Antonio French, a Democratic committeeman and the muscle behind the PubDef political blog, this morning took the lid off of his future aspirations: He’s running for alderman.
French, 31, said in a statement today — the [...]