I have to mention that stakeholder Kathy Doerr is a city employee. She's a high-level manager in the Information Technology Services Agency (ITSA), directly reporting to the executive director Mike Wise, a mayoral appointee.

Kathy is a civil service employee, which I guess is why she feels comfortable doing this. Also, she's not the only person in that department who seems to have loyalty to the comptroller's office, since the information systems group was part of the comptroller's office until the late 1990s, when it was moved to the Budget Division (reporting to all three E&A members). In 2003, ITSA was created as a department reporting to the mayor.

Meanwhile, it's interesting to realize Darlene and Virvus are on opposing sides on this issue.

Kuehling is a lawyer in St. Louis, formerly at the Stolar Partnership, whose current clients include the Mental Health Board and the City treasurer's office.

While the proponents will certainly be putting a positive spin on the amendments, watch for misinformation from the opponents side. The one panel discussion I saw a few months ago had a stakeholder (opposed to the amendments) citing "facts" that were not true. The opponents are going to lob everything and the kitchen sink in hopes that something will stick.

one could also say that the series of articles and editorials in the post-dispatch have also taken a rather dismissive and arrogant tone on the issue. Clearly not every city worker at city hall is a beer-guzzling waster of tax payer money, but seems to be the common theme.