St. Louis City 2nd ward Alderman Tom Oldenburg, was our guest for last evening’s recording of the KDHX podcast Tangazo. -----   Tom, describes himself as a St. Louis enthusiast and booster for the city, he was first elected to the board alderman in 2017, to the then 16th ward, before ward reduction. ------   Tangazo commentators, Michael Wesley Jones of the StLouis American newspaper, retired journalist LS Lockhart and St.Louis activist attorney Jerryl Christmas, joined me for a spirited insightful discussion with Alderman Oldenburg, on several key city issues. ------   Our conversation began with a detailed discussion on Oldenburg’s resolution condemning the October 7th, Hamas surprise terrorist attack on Israel,  resulting in the death of close to 14 hundred civilians, mostly Israelis including women and children. The attack was followed by acts of barbarism and the kidnapping of some two hundred plus hostages. -------   Oldenburg’s resolution was originally scheduled to be read at the previous week’s meeting, of the board of aldermen but was delayed at the request of board president Dr.  Megan-Ellyia Green. ------   Tom says his resolution was almost identical to those passed by the StLouis County Council and by 396 members,of the US Congress. His attempt to introduce his resolution was met by loud protests,  disrupting the board meeting, as security was forced to remove the protesters. ------     Oldenburg suggests that the disruptions might have been planned to delay the presentation of his resolution, while a another was being prepared, by alderman Shane Cohn, with the support board of aldermen, President Green.  ------   We also talk about the homeless situation in StLouis city, which the city seems to have no real solution for. -----   Oldenburg says that 6th ward Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier’s bill, supported by board President Green, but opposed by Mayor  Jones has little to no support on the StLouis Board of Aldermen. ------   2nd ward Alderman Tom Oldenburg, says that he’s  finding himself becoming more and more aligned with St. Louis Mayor, Tishaura O. Jones. -------