Sam Page

The Democratic county executive is facing charges related to a mailer sent out regarding Proposition B, which would have allowed the county council to fire his department heads.

The county council voted unanimously last week to override St. Louis County Executive Sam Page’s veto, passing a bill that raises adoption fees at the shelter from $40 to $80.

Eligible residents can receive a $50,000 lump sum if they got sick after living, working or going to school near nuclear radiation in 21 Missouri ZIP codes added to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act by Congress over the summer.

The complaint is the second one Tom Sullivan has filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission. The commission could not act on the first one because it lacked a quorum.

Demolition crews knocked down a problem property in the Castlepoint area, the first of more than 200 that St. Louis County officials have marked for teardown. The $11 million project aims to greatly reduce the number of abandoned, dangerous properties in north county neighborhoods.

The Democratic official is accused of illegally using county funds to campaign against a measure that would have given the St. Louis County Council the power to dismiss department heads.

Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s office released an audit Wednesday criticizing St. Louis County’s process for choosing which projects get Rams settlement funds, while also noting the authority that oversees the Dome lacks funding to maintain the building.

Acting Director Jonell Coleman has spent 25 years in correctional settings, including more than 15 years in St. Louis County.

The St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said he would cooperate with the investigation and wouldn't step down at a press event on Wednesday: "...There's a lot of work to do in St. Louis County, and I'm going to keep doing it.”

Efforts are underway to make it easier to access the 24-page application online. The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act was expanded earlier this summer to include ZIP codes in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County.