Under Mayor Tishaura Jones, radicalism and corruption have decimated the Gateway City.
Shame has become an inescapable undercurrent in the daily life of St. Louis. Mayor Tishaura Jones, once celebrated as part of a progressive trio with former prosecutor Kimberly Gardner and former congresswoman Cori Bush, now stands as the last member of a vanguard whose radical policies have shadowed the city and region.
Though she calls herself a “reluctant leader,” Jones is no stranger to St. Louis’s infamously corrupt politics. Her father is a local political stalwart who propagated minority contracting as the city’s comptroller before resigning in disgrace and pleading guilty to federal tax fraud for embezzling from his juvenile nephew. In 2021, the younger Jones was elected as the city’s first black female mayor amid vainglorious hype about “black girl magic.” She previously served in the Missouri statehouse and as the city’s treasurer.
