Congratulations to one of the hardest working men in St. Louis politics! We will be happy to have you as our alderman!

Not so fast....having the ward endorsement doesn't mean anything......just because my "ward committee" endorses somebody doesn't mean that is how I will vote.....

I don't think many are surprised that Mr. Cacchione came away with the endorsement. I am a 6th Ward resident who resides in the Tower Grove East neighborhood, and I am also a supporter of Ms. Starr Triplett.
Although, many of Ms. Starr's supporters wanted to see her pull an upset, we all knew, and even she knew it would be difficult. I am sure Mr. Cacchione is a hard working individual, and I am sure Mr. Saller is too. (Last night was my first time seeing with both.)ms. Starr has a bright future in politics not only in our ward but in St. Louis city.

Kacie certainly tried her best with that bus load of new members. Her best just wasn't good enough.

Cacchione offered to buy memberships for his supporters, claiming that Triplett was doing the same. Do we know if either actually did so?

As a new member of the so-called 6th Ward 'Democrats' I helped expose Patrick Cacchione in a conflict-of-interest action that he steered in the October meeting just prior to the November election. In that meeting he was a staunch opponent of Amendment 3 and because of his 'recommendations' the ballot measure was swayed with very non 'democrat' ideas and reasons to a VOTE NO on Amendment 3. However, he decided to not mention that he was a paid consultant for Missourians Against Tax Abuse during this meeting and when called out and exposed on this matter he attempted to brush it under the carpet by manner of email correspondance. Mr. Cacchione was then called out about the matter during the November meeting and then apologized about not disclosing this information the members of the meeting. By not telling the members of the meeting this information, he hid the truth from the members and swayed the vote- which is not only a conflict of interest, but also a lie.

It was interesting to see how Cacchione answered the question at the endorsement meeting: 'Are there any groups that you are affiliated with that may influence your actions as alderman?" (not sure if this was the exact wording) to which he did not mention that he was a paid consultant of the Missourians Against Tax Abuse. Obviously, he wouldn't mention this, nor would he admit that he already had indeed influenced a major decision for the 6th Ward- and eventually the state. And unfortunately this kinda sealed the deal for me.

The sad thing is that he really answered all of the other questions very well and very convincingly. Cacchione has great experience and I really feel that there is a lot that he can accomplish in this ward. He knows who talk to and how to get things done. After all, he's a lobbyist so no side- Democrat or Republican- is off his radar to get things done for the ward. All of the candidates did not really mention any concreted plans for anything, but Mr. Cacchione has a lot that he is already doing, especially with his ongoing work to make the old Foodland site something good for the community. His MANY years of experience is self-evident and maybe if he'd figure out how to connect with all the different people in this ward he'd get the bigger picture of what needs to be done in this ward and in this city. Instead he is an effective- and sadly to find out the hard way- also a shady political businessman. It is this kind of political wheeling and dealing that was exposed in last 6 years and that which we voted out on November 7th. And as the new Democratic congress moves to pass legislation on lobbying/ethics reform, it doesn't matter who you are- red or blue; local, state or federal; if you are dirty...you are dirty.

I look forward to continuing with the 6th Ward Democrats in the future and working with Mr. Cacchione either as Alderman or whatever post he may have in the 6th Ward Dems, but no matter, he will always be checked and balanced. Sorry, the damage has been done. There are many ideas to be heard and many faces to know, some bad and some good, some old and some new. Hopefully, there will be new ideas and new faces that will join this group in future. But for now, we can only work with what we got, and a lot of what we got is very very good.