Voters will decide April 3 whether to adopt the $100 million bond issue.
Crumbling concrete, closets stuffed with files and electrical outages are among the problems at the St. Louis County Circuit Court building in Clayton, Judge Douglas Beach said. So is safety. That's because the lack of space there and at the county's Family Court building often puts suspected criminals and their victims in the same room together. Beach said that on one occasion, a burglar approached the older St. Louis County resident whose home he had broken into. (PHOTOS: Crumbling, Crammed St. Louis County Circuit Court) I know who you are, he said. Such scenarios cause people to be re-victimized, Beach said, and it's one of the things he hopes can be prevented if voters approve Proposition S on April 3. "This place isn't going to …
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Voters will decide April 3 whether to approve a $100 million bond issue for a new Family Court and circuit court improvements in Clayton.
Judge Douglas Beach recently told Patch how 40 years of wear has reduced safety and resulted in congestion at St. Louis County's two Clayton court buildings. The photos in this gallery represent some of the issues he and other advocates hope to fix with the adoption of Proposition S, a $100 million bond issue, on April 3. Voters will decide whether to approve the measure at that time. The issue would also fund the construction of a new Family Court building. Read more about Proposition S and what it means for county residents in this article.
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