Sam Page

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.

The University City-based Democrat wants to unseat St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, also a Democrat.

A grand jury indicted the Democratic county executive last week over a public campaign on a proposition that would have substantially curbed his power.

The Democratic county executive faces two felony and two misdemeanor charges, accused of using county funds to send a mailer that could be seen as opposing a measure that was on the April ballot.