The chief of police, of my beloved St. Louis, involved in a scandal?
Who would have "thunk" it?
For decades now, the St. Louis police force has been the center of much "attention". Rumors of payoffs, paybacks, kickoffs, kickbacks, looking the other way for the "core" families of St. Louis....(i.e. the Busch's, Cardinal, Blues and Rams players, certain other families that I am not even brave enough to put in black and white!) Yet, the public was to eat and accept tow-gate for what it was not?
Let's review.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/139307F185BEC4508625748A0074E0D6?OpenDocumentThe chief's daughter, estranged or not from the family, was involved in an ILLEGAL car scam with the POLICE's towing company. How are we to believe he KNEW NOTHING of this? Give me a break! This "daughter of the chief" was given special rights and benefits that only the chief of police's daughter could get! Even after the 2006 arrest for drugs in St. Charles county, in a car from the towing service, she was released on probation! I cannot and will not believe there was no special "interest" involved from the get go!
Here is a great quote from the St. Louis Post Dispatch summarizing his "decorated" tenure!
"The towing controversy was not the first in Mokwa's tenure. In 2007, eight police detectives were suspended after admitting they let family and friends use 2006 World Series tickets seized from scalpers near Busch Stadium. Also in 2007, thousands of dollars in cash was found to have been stolen from an evidence vault in the property-custody room in the basement of police headquarters. In 2005, the Post-Dispatch reported that the Police Department kept rape reports off the books by detailing them in informal memos that were not included in crime statistics"..........
I'm a recovered criminal. I paid my price for my crime. I did my duty and severence to society. The difference here is in the reality of our judicial system. Much in the way of OJ Simpson, money and power talk. Had the father of this "daughter", estranged or not, been a "common" man, he would be the scourge of the city.
Fair? NO
Reality? YES
Anything more on this for the public? HELL NO...........
This is yet another "tidy" clean up for St. Louis.
In the 4 months I spent at the "work house". (The city lock up for C and D felons) The place was crammed full of homeless people on trumped up charges to clean up the streets, thieves for stealing copper downspots, and young men for marijuania possesion. The average wait for trial was 6-12 months.
Compare that fact to this story.
Justice and freedom do come with a price.
I thought I would post a few pics of my release. It is very satisfying for me to feel the leaves and dirt on my hands from my babies. My plants offer me a chance to reconnect with nature. Think through my thoughts. The growth of my plants mimic my life. A new chance in a new environment. Enjoy!
As I sit here writing this homily to my two boys. One is sleeping the other is trying to get my attention to play. The love they give is interchangable. The respect they have is pure devotion!
A hole in my heart has been opened even further! The lovely and hysterically funny Estelle "Sophia Patrillo" Getty passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.................
I have just received some very interesting news. I am very upset and hand tied here. I just discovered that no one has full time employment from their NOVASOURCE and ARCHES CARES sponsored training through St. Louis Community College. 
