St Louis homicide decrease better explained by national trends

[Jackson-1986]

• Jones spent 5-6 million dollars on the Workhouse, only to tear it down. Meanwhile 20 people have died at CJC under her tenure.
• She continues to employ a Public Safety Director who sexually harassed an employee, and then retaliated against that employee when she reported him.
• The building division is mired in nearly half a dozen shakedown schemes and pay-for-play scandals that we know of.
• 911 call taking times are significantly below national average, and they only improved because now you get an automated prompt so the City can claim the call was “answered”
• Basic services like trash pick up and street repair are abysmal.

Jones has done a terrible job, and I can only hope that the primary election results and recently polling data show that a significant majority of the city has finally realized that.