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Kevin Bookout

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ellisville City Council To Hear Permit For Gun Shop Wednesday

Lawyers for impeached former Mayor Adam Paul are expected to rail against a move to keep a resolution to overturn the impeachment vote off the agenda.

It appears as though an attempt by the lawyer representing impeached former Mayor Adam Paul to have the newly elected Ellisville City Council either stay or reverse the previous council's move to impeach will not be on the council's official agenda when it meets Wednesday night. But the controversy over Paul's impeachment is sure to be a topic of conversation. Paul told Patch Tuesday that, as required, two council members backed putting the motions on Wednesday's agenda, but were rebuffed. "They'll do anything they can to prevent me from getting back," Paul said of Ellisville City Manager Kevin Bookout, City Clerk Kate Demeter, City Attorney and Special Counsel John Maupin. He accused them of "doing whatever they can to thwart the will of …

District 3 Resident

3:42 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Have you read the ethically wrong things he has done on his emails and trying to interfere (sending the guilty documents a to the hearing officer a month before the hearing started) when he couldn't due to conflict? Our Attorney’s screw up alone is going to cost the case in the circuit courts no matter if he really did do something to get removed or not. Fire the city attorney and start with that…   more ›

Friday, March 8, 2013

Residents Question Ellisville's Decision to Hire PR Firm

The city council approved switching PR firms at a meeting Wednesday, but city officials have said the move was not related to the city's ongoing political crisis.

Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the amount the city had budgeted for PR services. Patch regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.  The owners of specialty wine store and restaurant Veritas recently relocated from Chesterfield to Ellisville, pursuing a bigger space to expand their business. On Wednesday, they went to an Ellisville City Council meeting for the innocuous purpose of having a public hearing concerning their plans for the new location and were confronted by what has become a familiar sight – dissatisfied residents, accusations of political misdeeds and a mayor battling charges of impeachment. The ongoing crisis can hardly be a welcoming sight for new businesses such as Veritas or …

Suzanne Gundlach

12:05 pm on Wednesday, March 13, 2013

NOTICE OF VENUE CHANGE The hearing on the Resolution to remove Mayor Paul will be held at Ellisville Elementary School Gym, 1425 Froesel Drive on Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.   more ›

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