The hiring lamp is lit in the offices of St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County Executive Sam Page.
With the imminent hiring of Danielle Spradley — most recently the community outreach adviser to U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· — Page has for the second time in three weeks picked up the paycheck of an outgoing, high-ranking aide.
Spradley will start Monday at a job that will pay $85,009 a year. Officially, she is will be classified as a community outreach liaison.
A Page spokesperson said she will focus on relations with North County municipalities and the Save Lives Now! project that aims to reduce street crime.
Spradley joined Bush’s congressional contingent in December 2021. Previously, from 2017 to 2020, Spradley worked as a legislative aide in the Missouri House of Representative, mostly with former state Rep. Bruce Franks, D-St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ·.
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Franks, who resigned his state House seat after declaring bankruptcy and being implicated in campaign-finance violations, now is facing 10 felony charges in Arizona for forgery and theft. Each charge is punishable by one year to 45 months in prison.
Spradley also has worked for the American Civil Liberties Union. She holds a bachelor’s degree in fine art from the and worked in this area as .
On Sept. 30, Page’s office plucked up Tim Swope, the chief of operations for St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who beat Bush in the Democratic primary in August and is heavily favored to win the Nov. 5 general election.
Swope, a former north St. ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëùµ¼º½ÍøÖ· County police chief and Republican St. Charles County sheriff, will work as a special projects coordinator and make $120,016 a year.
Also filling a roster spot on the Save Lives Now! contingent in Page’s office, Swope will be a go-between with that program and also with municipal police departments.