In a letter to the editor, St. Louis Firefighters Local 73 rejected its typical association with white firefighters, pointing out that its “members include all races and genders on the St. Louis Fire Department.” Its President Paul E. Davis claimed the local was color-blind in its judgment that Lewis Reed is “the best qualified candidate.” Not a peep about the local’s old wars with the incumbent, Jim Shrewsbury, who wasn’t even mentioned by name in the lengthy letter, which is printed on this page.