By Antonio D. French
Filed Thursday, September 14, 2006 at 8:29 AM
At a meeting of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus yesterday in Jefferson City, legislators debated over whether current chairman, State Rep. John Bowman, should be allowed to keep the post during the upcoming session. Labels: Black_Caucus
According to the organization's current by-laws, the chairmanship is to be passed to someone from one of three regions (St. Louis City, St. Louis County, and the Kansas City area) every two years. Bowman, who represents a part of St. Louis County, took over as chair after State Rep. Ted Hoskins, also from the County, was removed earlier this year. At issue is whether Bowman can continue serving as chair after Hoskins' term has expired.
The next region in line for the chairmanship is St. Louis City. Some members have told PUB DEF to look for State Reps. Rodney Hubbard and Connie Johnson to seek the post -- two members who, along with State Rep. Robin Wright Jones, are also mentioned as possible candidates to replace the term-limited State Sen. Maida Coleman in 2008.
2 Comments:
I thought Rodney Hubbard was Vice Chair with Hoskins. Why would they trust his leadership?
9/14/2006 10:43 AM
Not only was he vice-chair but he was also pissed that Hoskins got more money from All Children Matter, the school voucher people, than he did. Trust is not a word that is synonymous with either of them.
9/14/2006 1:45 PM
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