Kevin McKinney for 8th Ward Alderman » Issues

A New Approach: Sustainable Urban Development

Team McKinney — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 21:09:25 +0000

Kevin McKinney supports a new approach to revitalize St. Louis: Sustainable Urban Development. Our neighborhoods need more than just high dollar housing. There was a time when we needed to foster that kind of development. If we only keep building and incentivizing high dollar housing, our neighborhoods will lose their diversity and identity. Now is the time to head in a different direction. Kevin McKinney knows how to develop communities in a smart, growth oriented ways that contribute to our ... read more

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“It Takes A Village…”

Team McKinney — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:09:21 +0000

A wise politician once said, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It starts with expanding youth opportunities around our schools, developing before and after-school activities and tutoring programs. We need to better fund summer job programs for teenagers. When the city of Chicago provided jobs to teens, crime dropped and kids learned valuable life skills at their first job. Sherman School sits vacant in the middle of our ward. While the building is no longer used as a ... read more

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Crime is Our #1 Crisis. Now is the Time for Solutions.

Team McKinney — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 22:05:48 +0000

We have a crisis in St. Louis. Gun violence and homicide are at levels we haven’t seen in almost 10 years. And just recently, St. Louis had 6 homicides in a just half a day. The tragedy occurring in our streets is heart-wrenching and frustrating to anyone who cares for this city. Right now there are many opinions on what to do. Citizens are frustrated, baffled on how to address this, and our leaders only offer excuses. However, this is ... read more

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On Civilian Review Board and Moving Our Community Forward

Team McKinney — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 21:11:08 +0000

In the wake of the most recent deaths of Eric Gardner in New York City, 12 year old Tamir Rice in Ohio and the unrest surrounding deaths of Michael Brown and VonDerrit Myers Jr., these events have placed us all on the front lines of an issue that has uncovered a national problem that exists in our system of justice. While the problems and disparate viewpoints of our community have been broadcast on an international scale, it is becoming clear that ... read more

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#Ferguson

Team McKinney — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 19:32:55 +0000

Over the past week I was out of the country, celebrating my daughter’s wedding. Just prior to leaving St. Louis, the tragic death of Michael Brown occurred. Even on the day of my daughter’s wedding, my thoughts were drawn to the loss and tragedy beset upon the Brown family. My deepest sympathies go out to them. For the sake of his family and the unrest this tragic event has ignited in Ferguson, I pray that the wheels of justice spin ... read more

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