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The judge is now retired, Don. The current mayor is most recently elected, and is a somewhat sympathetic figure, as her previous husband was murdered in a strongarm robbery over a decade ago.
The previous mayor was a good person, but had very strong ties with varied corrupt factions in city and county politics, police, and fire. It is quite the chore when you get involved in anything in this region to figure out who the players are, who is corrupt, who is on the level, who needs to be bought or influenced, and how to get things done.
Executing a small time hood, paying a hush settlement of almost a million dollars, and keeping the whole thing under wraps for over four years, and then greasing the skids so the guilty party is found innocent is all in a day's work in Missouri. The higher ups within the City Police Department are just thankful he did not use his AK47, because that they would not have been able to cover up.
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