In St. Louis Dem Primary, Labor Needs to Unseat a Shockingly Anti-Union Incumbent

[Omaha Steve]

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St. Louis County Council member Steve Stenger is asking labor to help him in his bid to become County Executive, claiming incumbent Charlie Dooley’s anti-union record should be enough to encourage union members to get out the vote. With low turnout likely (65,000 of the county’s 700,000+ voters are expected to make it to the polls for the August 5th Democratic primary), every vote will count.

Stenger has earned endorsements from former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan, current St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, past County Councilwoman Barbara Fraser, Planned Parenthood and Greater St. Louis Labor Council, but still needs union support if he wants to unseat Dooley. The race has been growing more and more contentious in the leadup to the primary with Dooley taking to the airwaves with wild claims against his opponent.

Stenger has asked that Dooley release FBI files about a member of his administration, health department official Ed Meuth, who committed suicide after it was revealed that he had stolen money from the county by creating a phantom company and diverting taxpayer money to it. Stenger claims that Meuth may have stolen up to $3.4 million from taxpayers. Dooley has now said that he will share the file with members of council.

Dooley has blocked all requests for a candidate debate though public forums have been held. This past weekend KSDK had both candidates in the studio.

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