RIVER FRONT TIMES: BEST LOCAL POLITICIAN
September 25, 2008

The youngest member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Kacie Starr Triplett serves some of the city's most activist neighborhoods with a savvy that she must have learned from her late grandfather, former state senator John Bass. A little over a year into her job representing the Sixth Ward, the 27-year-old Triplett says she's still optimistic that downtown loft-dwellers and the homeless people who hang out in Lucas Park can learn to peacefully coexist. Triplett was raised in and still lives in Tower Grove East, a hot spot for rehabbers that's also seeing its share of crime. This fall she'll try to usher through a bill that would make the city keep better track of vacant buildings and crack down on owners who let them become havens for vagrants. Wisely, she didn't hesitate to post the first draft of the bill to the St. Louis Rehabbers Club (www.rehabbersclub.org) listserv, the top forum for opinionated urbanists and a key component of her constituency. Triplett remains enthusiastic about public service, and she takes the headaches of democratic process in stride. Maybe her energy will rub off on the rest of the Board of Aldermen by the time this rising star sets her sights on a bigger office.

GALA TO HONOR OUR TOWN'S AGELESS MARVELS
By Deb Peterson, ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 09/27/2008
SENIORS SOIREE: Twenty "ageless, remarkable St. Louisans" will be honored Nov. 9 in the Chase Park Plaza's Khorassan Ballroom at the sixth annual St. Andrew's Ageless-Remarkable St. Louisans gala. The honorees include….the executive director of the Southside Wellness Center, Ollie Stewart…

From Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett: Build Locally, Hire Locally Initiative

I have requested that developers seeking public funding (tax abatement, TIF's, Capital Improvements) in the Sixth Ward do their best to employ individuals from our local community on their projects. These jobs tend to be construction related, but there may be some light office/managerial positions available as well. There will be a partnership with the unions so residents will be able to join the construction trades as apprentices. These jobs will provide a good opportunity to learn a skill or strengthen knowledge of a skill.

Perhaps you know some one who lives in the Sixth Ward (maybe a son, daughter, relative, next door neighbor) who is looking for work, or has been laid off and needs employment.

To kick off this new program, I am compiling a resource list of possible candidates. Those who want to be considered should send their resume via U.S. Postal Service to my City Hall address (1200 Market Street, Room 230, St. Louis, MO 63103 ) that includes their name, address, phone, email address, brief work history and short description of skills. 

There are multiple construction projects occurring in our ward, it is my intent to do everything possible to see members of our community participating and actively engaged in its development.