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St. Louis City Resolution Number 132 July 11, 2008 |
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WHEREAS, the McTague family comprised of father, Mickey Sr.; and son, Mickey Jr. in their separate generational talents embraced politics, baseball and show business. They have served and enlightened the electorate of the City of St. Louis since the 1930s; and
WHEREAS, Mickey Jr. spent forty years in 8 various St. Louis City departments, under mayors beginning with Raymond R. Tucker, coordinating the 1970 election of the first African-American to win a city-wide office; and
WHEREAS, Mickey Jr. laid the groundwork for the 21st Ward Alderman, Eugene "Tink" Bradley to name a street for the comedian, Redd Foxx Lane, and a street for James "cool papa" Bell; and
WHEREAS, Mickey Jr. teamed with Black baseball historian, Normal "Tweed" Webb and Globe-Democrat sports writer, Bob Burnes, spearheading a drive to take "cool papa" from maintenance man at City Hall to Cooperstown, New York and baseball's Hall of Fame; and
WHERAS, Mickey Sr. was Clerk of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen in 1937 and was a Democratic candidate for the United States Congress in 1944. He was appointed by the Circuit Judges of the 22nd Judicial Circuit to the bench of the City Condemnation Commission in 1953; and
WHEREAS, Mickey Jr. wrote many scripts for comedian Bob Hope and contributed work for Senator Tom Eagleton, Hubert Humphrey and many other leaders in private and public life.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of St. Louis that we pause in our deliberations to recognize the McTague family for their contributions to the City of St. Louis and we further direct the Clerk of this Board to spread a copy of this Resolution across the minutes of these proceedings and to prepare a commemorative copy to the end that it may be presented to our honoree at a time and place deemed appropriate by the Sponsor.
Introduced on the 11th day of July, 2008 by:
Honorable Lewis E. Reed, President St. Louis City Board of Aldermen
Honorable Charles Quincy Troupe, Alderman 1st Ward
Honorable Dionne Flowers, Alderwoman 2nd Ward
Honorable Freeman Bosley, Sr., Alderman 3rd Ward
Honorable Samuel L. Moore, Alderman 4th Ward
Honorable April Ford Griffin, Alderwoman 5th Ward
Honorable Kacie Starr Triplett, Alderwoman 6th Ward
Honorable Phyllis Young, Alderwoman 7th Ward
Honorable Stephen J. Conway, Alderman 8th Ward
Honorable Kenneth A. Ortmann, Alderman 9th Ward
Honorable Joseph Vollmer, Alderman 10th Ward
Honorable Matthew Villa, Alderman 11th Ward
Honorable Fred Heitert, Alderman 12th Ward
Honorable Alfred Wessels, Jr., Alderman 13thWard
Honorable Stephen Gregali, Alderman 14th Ward
Honorable Jennifer Florida, Alderwoman 15th Ward
Honorable Donna Baringer, Alderwoman 16th Ward
Honorable Joseph Roddy, Alderman 17th Ward
Honorable Terry Kennedy, Alderman 18th Ward
Honorable Marlene E. Davis, Alderwoman 19th Ward
Honorable Craig Schmid, Alderman 20th Ward
Honorable Bennice Jones-King, Alderwoman 21st Ward
Honorable Jeffrey Boyd, Alderman 22nd Ward
Honorable Kathleen Hanrahan, Alderwoman 23rd Ward
Honorable William Waterhouse, Alderman 24th Ward
Honorable Dorothy Kirner, Alderwoman 25th Ward
Honorable Frank Williamson, Alderman 26th Ward
Honorable Gregory J. Carter, Alderman 27th Ward
Honorable Lyda Krewson, Alderwoman 28th WardAdopted this the 11th day of July, 2008 as attested by:
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David W. Sweeney
Clerk, Board of Aldermen____________________________
Lewis E. Reed
President, Board of Aldermen