wasnt this where the polls stayed open late in '00.
That was St. Louis City, Mo. which is a story onto itself.
That was in St. Louis.
No, that was the City of St. Louis. East St. Louis is across the river (Mississippi) and in Illinios. For anyone who doesn't know East St. Louis, it was once on the cover of Time Magazine as the greatest place to live, crica (1964). With the advent of the Welfare State, East St. was flooded with southern blacks and steadily declined.
By the late 70's, the city had lost all of it's white population, all of it's local businesses and crime became the norm, not the exception. East St. Louis has been lead by a series of criminals, including one mayor who had bady gaurds who carried automatic rifles. The school district receives almost 200% more money than any school district in the state and graduates an astoundingly low number of students (and teaches even fewer how to read).
Of late, the city and the school district have been under State oversight. They have sued repeatedtly to allow the leaders to control the money, but the state will not trust them. The population of East St. Louis has guaranteed the re-election of Democrats throughout the region, so there is not a single person in leadership who wants to change anything. It's crime, corruption, lack of education, bad parenting and a population that has given up that has created the war zone of East St. Louis.
Once the future of the Midwest with all of the potential to become a beautiful, major city, East St. Louis is now the poster child for bulldozing entire cities.
For anyone who is offended by the characterization of the city and it's population, I understand why you do not want the truth told. But you can't hide from the truth and you cannot call the messenger a racist, when he's telling the truth. The population of East St. deserves what they have because they have let it happen and it's time that we in Illinois stop having to pay the tab for your corruption and crime. Period.