October 27 (this Tuesday) and November 3, 2009.
The meetings will be held at 6 p.m. in the St. Louis County Council Chamber, Administration Building, 41 S. Central Avenue, Clayton, MO 63105. If you're planning on speaking plan on getting to the meetings by 5:45 to fill out a speaker card so the Council knows to call your name during the public comment period.
If you can't make it to the meeting this Tuesday, then there is also the one on November 3 if you can attend that one. If you'd like to write comments for someone else to read this coming Tuesday, that would be great, you can email them to me and I can forward them along to someone who will be at the meeting. If you'd like to pass them on to someone who you know is planning on attending the meeting to have them read, that's great, too. Also, if you live in St Louis County and want to submit comments (from you or the kids, in writing) to a County Council member (if you don't live in the County you can always send them to Councilman Mike O'Mara because his district is where the casino would be built up in Spanish Lake). Mike O'Mara's email address is: momara@stlouisco.com
FYI - I have my three kids by myself on Tuesday evening, so it doesn't seem possible for me to be at the meeting. I will be sending my thoughts on though. I've been paddling that area for the past 4 months and I've seen amazing things, including blue heron rookeries, eagles nesting, beavers swimming and building, and wide-eyed River Kids taking it all in by the campfire. I can't imagine paddling to the takeout at the south end of Columbia Bottoms Conservation Area as the face of an enormous casino complex looms just down river. I'm sure some of your kids who've been out there would feel the same exact way.
Ben
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