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 …

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