ST. LOUIS (AP) - With growing talk of a merger between St. Louis city and St. Louis County, a new group has formed in opposition.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (https://bit.ly/1jY6DvF ) reports that Common Sense for St. Louis now has about 40 members. The group’s goal is to ensure that a statewide referendum on a merger does not make it to a ballot.
St. Louis is Missouri’s only city that is not part of a county. The split occurred in 1876.
In recent years, the city and county have begun to share some duties.
In November, a new nonpartisan group called Better Together was formed to consider the feasibility of a merger. It includes St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley as members.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com
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