Topic: Zoning issue's in county areas
There are many zoning issue's where companies or organizations are buying land in certain places and are not being able to develop it they way they planned. Many examples of mosques and cultural community centers have a very hard time being build due to community response to them. As well as zoning issues in Jefferson county where the community are trying to preserve the environment and spacing between the houses, the zoning companies have found ways around the regulations. Im interested in this because I want to see many more cultural centers and preserved environment and historical neighborhoods in the Saint Louis area.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/st-louis-dispatch-shills-for-bosnia-muslim-myths-ducks-gorin.html
Topic:Development of broken down city areas
The downtown area's in saint Louis are slowly losing population and there are many abandoned warehouses or even house's and neighborhoods. This causes a problem because it makes many people feel like its an un-safe and dirty place to be in, not to mention the waste of land close to the city. I think there should be a plan to develop these areas and hopefully attract more people to these areas closer to the city. Im interested in this because I have seen a huge separation between the city and the county where the city receives most of the crime ratings which causes even more divide and I think that developing these areas will help unite the whole area more.
http://www.stlrcga.org/x2038.xml
Topic: Highschool Drop-out rate in Saint Louis, City schooling in general
The highschool drop-out rate in saint louis is above the norm in the United States. Not only that but many city schools as well as public county schools are not getting the proper funding they need to provide for their students. For example a Jefferson county school, Bayless Highschool will be closed down in a few years because of lack of funding this year they even did not have funding for their buses in a prominently suburban area. I am interested in this because even though i don't go to these schools and I am very lucky to be in a good private school I live in some of these areas and know some of these kids and i think these school should be provided proper funding.
http://www.missourinet.com/2010/02/14/teen-pregnancies-and-high-school-drop-outs-on-the-rise/
