St. Louis mayor temporarily relocates following protests at her home
By Mark Schlinkmann St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4 hrs ago
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Mayor Lyda Krewson has temporarily relocated after a string of protests at her Central West End home.
The mayor on Wednesday confirmed that she and her husband, former television reporter Mike Owens, have been living at an apartment, also in the Central West End.
“We have not lived at home for 2 months,” Krewson said in a text message to a reporter. “We did it to deescalate the situation, to save police resources, and importantly because our neighbors were being disturbed and threatened.”
The mayor said “for me it comes with the territory.”
“I ran for this job — my neighbors did not,” Krewson said.
Krewson said she and her husband paid for their alternate lodging out of their own funds. She said no city money or campaign funds were being used.
Krewson is among mayors around the country who have contended with demonstrators showing up outside their homes during the wave of protests following the death in May of George Floyd, who is Black, while in police custody in Minneapolis.
CDC asks states to make COVID-19 vaccine distribution facilities functional by Nov. 1
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield reportedly requested that governors speed up permitting and licensing for distribution facilities
By Alex Nitzberg Updated: September 2, 2020 - 11:21pm
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Robert Redfield is asking states to remove obstacles that could hinder coronavirus vaccine distribution sites from becoming completely functional by Nov. 1.
that the letter requested that governors speed up permitting and licensing for distribution facilities.
“The normal time required to obtain these permits presents a significant barrier to the success of this urgent public health program,” Redfield reportedly wrote in the letter. “CDC urgently requests your assistance in expediting applications for these distribution facilities,” he said, “and, if necessary, asks that you consider waiving requirements that would prevent these facilities from becoming fully operational by November 1, 2020.”
“The requirements you may be asked to waive in order to expedite vaccine distribution will not compromise the safety or integrity of the products being distributed,” Redfield also said.