Schneider Wins With 37%

Geerling Edges Behlmann For 2^nd;
One Vote Difference in Ward 6 Race
By Bob Lindsey

In what many thought would be a tight contest, turned out to be big win for long-time Councilman Tom Schneider in  his victory  for  mayor of Florissant, garnering  37.6% of the vote in the race against five other contestants.

Schneider gathered 3,803 votes in the April 5^th election, with Susan Geerling coming in second with 2,410 votes (23.7%) Mark Behlmann, who many thought would be the main competition for Schneider, got 2312 (22.7%) votes, just 98 less than Geerling, a former council member who hadn’t been on the board in eight years.
Councilman Andrew Podleski       
1156 votes (11.4%), former councilman Robert Garrett 388 votes (3.8%) and Robert Spreng only got 83 votes (0.8%)
Schneider said Wednesday morning, “I remember the first time I walked inside of City Hall to interview with Mayor Eagan and  I  know  that I will remember the first time I enter that same City Hall as the third mayor under the current 48 year old charter.”
“We are grateful for the continued support, encouragement and help that we received during this campaign and I have enjoyed meeting so many nice people and hearing their new ideas for a brighter future fir Florissant.”
Schneider said as mayor it will be “my job to inspire all of our various groups to work together for mutual progress. And not just in our city limits. What is good for Hazelwood or Ferguson or Black Jack is good for Florissant and vice versa.”
In the two races for city council, one wasn’t close at all and other was by one vote.  Incumbent Ward 4 Councilman Keith English picked up 62.7% of the vote Jeff Caputa’s 37.2% (789-468 votes).  In the Ward 6 vote, R. Patrick Stinnett beat Steve Purgahn by just one vote, 470-469, thus opening the door for a recount.  Benjamin Eye earned 336 ( 26.3%)  votes. Ward 2 Councilman John Grib and Ward 6 Councilman Mark Schmidt ran unopposed.
The new Mayor and City Council won’t take office until the  April 25^th council meeting.

City Judge Holds Post, McCourt Re-elected

In the race for municipal judge in Florissant. long-time Judge Timothy Kelly got 4,976 (54%) of the votes in  a narrow victory over Old Town attorney Daniel Boyle, who got 4,196 (45.7%)
In the race for mayor of Black Jack, incumbent Norm McCourt won another term beating former Berkeley councilman Kenneth McClendon 570-354. Incumbents Councilman Al Schroeder and AJ White were reelected.

Incumbents Win in Hazelwood District

Incumbents Lose in Ferguson-Florissant

In the Hazelwood School Board race, incumbents Ann Gibbons (26.6%)  and Chuck Woods (26.3) were reelected along with former elementary school principal Brenda Youngblood who won one of the three seats with (26.3%), and one vote more than Woods. Nita Curry lost a seat, but still gathered (20.7%) of the vote.
All three incumbents Doris Graham, Les Lentz and James Clark on the Ferguson-Florissant School Board lost their seats. They will be replaced by top vote getter Chris Martinez (19.8%) Paul Morris (14.2%) and  Robert Chabot (13.8%) Graham got 12%, Clark 9.7% and Lentz only 4.4%
Matt Becker beat Diane Foeller Marischen by about a 2-1 margin for the director’s post on the Florissant Fire Protection Board.
The election results still must be certified by the St. Louis County Election Board before any new office holders can

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