Key players react to another shakeup in St. Louis city government
FOX 2 St. Louis
[{'start': '2.402', 'end': '8.507', 'text': "A 2.8 BILLION DOLLAR OVERHAUL.   WELL, MAJOR CHANGES TONIGHT IN   ST. LOUIS CITY GOVERNMENT   TODAY, THE ST. LOUIS   DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION VOTED   TO OUST AS LEADER REPLACE HIM   WITH A FAMILIAR FACE. FOX NEWS   MAX DIEKNEITE HAS DETAILS.   >> SECOND BIG CHANGE IN 2 DAYS   HERE. THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS   HAS ANOTHER AGENCY HEAD IS OUT   THIS CHANGE COULD HAVE A BIG   IMPACT ON BUSINESS DOWNTOWN.   ANOTHER MAJOR SHAKEUP IN THE   CITY OF ST. LOUIS IS NEIL   RICHARDSON, THE CEO OF THE ST.   LOUIS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION   TISHAURA JONES APPOINTEE IS   OUT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTE HONOR TO   SERVE THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.   SO THE C'S BOARD MADE THE MOVE   THURSDAY MORNING. RICHARDSON'S   PREDECESSOR, OTIS WILLIAMS,   WILL TAKE OVER AS INTERIM CEO   RICHARDSON ADDRESS THE BOARD.   >> FOLLOWING THE MOVE, WE   CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS   DIVISIVENESS WITHIN OUR CITY.   BUT AS WE TURN THIS PAGE, WE   HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO WES   AND THE GREAT U.S. BENEFIT OF   OUR CITY AND NOT EVERYONE   SUPPORTS THE CHANGE. IT IS ONE   OF THOSE LOST THAT I THINK IS   GOING TO HURT FOR A WHILE.   CITY ALDERMAN RASHEENA   ALDRIDGE SAYS HE FEARS EFFORTS   TO MAKE ST. LOUIS MORE   EQUITABLE. UNDER RICHARDSON'S   LEADERSHIP WILL NO LONGER BE A   PRIORITY. KIND OF HIM. THIS   RESET YOU KNOW, NOT A NEW   MINE, NOT A FRESH MIND THAT   SOME OF THE OLD THINKING.   >> MR. OTIS IS CONCERNING THAT   WE'RE GOING TO GO BACKWARDS.   SELECTIONS HAVE RESULTS ON   THIS IS THE RESULT OF OF THE   ELECTION AND THE CITY OF ST.   LOUIS. DUSTIN ALLISON, THE   INTERIM CEO OF GREATER ST.   LOUIS INC, THE REGION'S   ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   SAYS IT'S TIME THE CITY   PRIORITIZES BRINGING   BUSINESSES.   >> AND PEOPLE BACK TO DOWNTOWN   ST. LOUIS IS GOING TO RISE   WITHOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD   RISING. BUT THAT DOWNTOWN AREA   WHERE ALL THAT WE'RE ALL THE   JOBS ARE REALLY SPECIAL   EVENTS, ART CETERA.   >> WE ALL KNOW IT'S SUFFERED   IN LAST FEW YEARS AS AN AREA   RIGHT FOR OPPORTUNITY.   WILLIAMS SERVED IN THIS ROLE   FROM 2013 TO 2021. STILL NO   WORD YET ON HOW LONG IT WILL   TAKE TO FIND A PERM"}]