Above: Jackson pleads his case to stay on planning and zoning at the March 24 city council meeting. Photo is from the city’s YouTube video of the meeting.
The Maplewood City Council is set to vote on Tuesday to remove Planning and Zoning Commission member Brad Jackson from the commission. The reason is that Jackson has had too many unexcused absences.
The council last year adopted standardized attendance requirements for members of all boards and commissions. A member could be removed by missing 50 percent of meetings in a calendar year. Jackson has missed the first three P&Z meetings of 2026.
See the resolution and the memorandum below, and the meeting agenda here.
Update: Jackson said the law suit he had been involved in against the city, the mayor, and two Maplewood business people had kept him from the meetings, and asked the council to allow him to serve on the commission for the remainder of his term — two months. The council voted unanimously to remove him.
This is about the only good news for Maplewood that I’ve heard in a while-complete menace!
Oh look. Karma finally arrived. Better late than never@
Council to vote to remove P&Z member for missing too many meetings. Maplewood, Missouri, the soap opera of St. Louis County. More reason to merge St. Louis City and St. Louis County into one area and stop the waste of taxpayers’ money; it is all a complete mess. And for what? power for a very small group of narcissistic people. I love how Harvey makes a joke of himself on TMZ: “I’m a lawyer.” Americans have long believed that major political donors and special interests have too much influence on politics and that ordinary people have too little influence. When it comes to the decisions made by the council and the mayor, I believe the special interests have too much influence and when it is a small group being liked is different than being popular. Nearly six-in-ten Americans (58%) say it is possible to have laws that would effectively reduce the role of money in politics, while 21% say it is not; 20% are not sure.
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say it is possible to have laws that reduce the influence of money on politics. About two-thirds of Democrats say this is possible (66%), while only 16% say it is not. Roughly half of Republicans (52%) think this is possible, while 29% say it is not. Pew Research Center Report
September 19, 2023
Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics