Election: TOMORROW!

Just a quick note on the night before the election.

If you’re a City resident – esp. if you’re a City resident in the 20th ward – please vote tomorrow. It should be a nice day, weather-wise, and it’d be great to see the low-turnout predictions turned upside-down.

A couple of last-minute requests:

If you know of someone on your block who has talked about City issues, please encourage them to vote for progressive change in our ward.

If you would knock on your immediate neighbors’ door, reminding them to vote, it’d be greatly appreciated. Or give them a call, if more convenient.

If you could find time to help us out by working a polling station or by knocking on a few blocks worth of doors, please give the campaign office a call. We could use the extra hands, hearts, eyes and ears on the street.

And if you notice any type of irregularity in your voting experience, let us know, so that we can work with election officials to make sure that all votes are counted.

Let’s bring home a great ending to the campaign tomorrow. Vote Galen Gondolfi, Democrat, in the 20th ward Aldermanic primary!

See you at the polls…

Benton Park West to Host 20th Ward Candidates Forum

Benton Park West to Host 20th Ward Candidates Forum

St. Louis, MO – On February 15, 2007, Benton Park West Neighborhood Association will host the 20th Ward Candidates Forum. President Eric Winters will serve as Moderator with a sub-committee of residents facilitating the forum. The forum will include the two Democratic candidates, incumbent Alderman Craig Schmid and Galen Gondolfi, business owner on Cherokee and a former President of Benton Park West Neighborhood Association.

The Benton Park West Neighborhood Association Board has selected three initial questions with the remainder of the questions being collected from the audience previous to the start of the debate and narrowed down by the sub-committee.

The 20th Ward Candidates Forum will be the feature of the February Benton Park West Neighborhood Association meeting. While it is highly encouraged for all residents in the 20th Ward (Benton Park West, Gravois Park, Marine Villa, and Dutchtown neighborhoods) to attend, all Alderman whose wards cover Benton Park West are invited to attend along with the Neighborhood Stablization Team officers who have responsibility in the 20th Ward.

The Benton Park West Neighborhood Association monthly meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Five Star Senior Center located at 2832 Arsenal.

The Mission of Benton Park West Neighborhood Association is to “Enhance and strengthen the neighborhood and its residents by promoting beautification, commerce, communication, diversity, and safety. The neighborhood association makes efforts to support, renew, and sustain Benton Park West’s unique human and physical resources, serving as a voice for the neighborhood, and helping to ensure quality living.”

If you would like more information, please contact Eric Winters at (314) 776-6022 or the neighborhood office at (314) 771-0803. Please visit our website for additional information about Benton Park West: www.bentonparkwest.org.