• Council Sells City Cable Without Seeing Purchase Agreement

    Yes, you read that right... During the discussion at tonight's City Council meeting, both council members and citizens were told that "Exhibit A" (the Purchase Agreement which was supposed to be attached to the ordinance) would not be available to view until after the council voted to sell City Cable for $17.5M Jim Chrisman, seemingly exasperated, stood at the podium and said that he would never have imagined Nancy Pelosi coming to Poplar Bluff but here we are being told we have to pass the bill before we can know what is in the bill. Many citizens asked the council to wait until the next session to vote. Greg West asked "Why the hurry?" He requested to know what was

    Mar 17,
    - by Brian Becker

  • City Cable’s Value Is Between $23.7M and $40M

    After six weeks of assuring city employees that City Cable wasn't selling as previously blogged in January, City Manager Bagby finally announced in Sunday's paper they've been working on selling City Cable since November. On the agenda for Monday night's City Council is both a workshop and voting session item to sell City Cable. But Bagby gives no explanation as to why the sale of this asset is being fast-tracked on Monday night, why the details of the sale are being kept from the public, or why the city lied to their employees for six weeks. I asked Fred Goldstein from InterIsle Consulting about the value of a cable subscriber in today’s market and he responded with, "Last year, TDS

    Mar 16,
    - by Brian Becker

  • March Madness Bracket Contest/Fundraiser

    Join in the fun! The highest score for the bracket will receive their choice of either a valuable Upper Deck Pujols Star Rookie card or an autographed ball by Tyler Hansborough. Second place will win the remaining prize. (Read for details and fine print)

    Mar 14,
    - by semoadmin

  • Can You Spare $20 to Overhaul City Hall?

    THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPINION OF BRIAN BECKER: Our three candidates for City Council (Jack Rushin, David Johnson and Peter Tinsley) need donations to aid them in this last month of the campaign. Please consider helping with a credit card or paypal donation (links are below). This email is going to almost 2000 people. If each were to give a couple of dollars we'd have all we need. Now's the time to get involved and help us make a difference. Don't live in Poplar Bluff? Then your donation is even more important since you cannot vote on election day, you can at least help get the message out. BACKGROUND Many people can attest that Poplar Bluff has always been controlled

    Mar 06,
    - by Brian Becker
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