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The lawyer for PB citizen Charles Ogden appeared before Judge Prichett in the Butler County Circuit Court this morning asking for a Temporary Restraining Order against the city of Poplar Bluff selling City Cable to New Wave Communications. The TRO filed yesterday asserts that the City broke a city ordinance and a state law on March 17, 2014, when they passed an ordinance without having the entire ordinance available before passing. Ogden's lawyer, Blake Lawrence from the Sunshine Law Practice Group in St Louis, argued that Missouri law is very specific and Missouri Courts have long held that the procedures of passing an ordinance are mandatory. The state law requires that the full ordinance be available to the public before

City Cable - 2013 Yields Highest Profits Since Inception of $642,693 I have now received both the City Cable purchase agreement and consultant's appraisal of City Cable. If you read something in the agreement that you think needs to be known, please comment below. For your protection, you are welcome to stay anonymous by commenting under the name "Visitor" and the email address of "questions@semo.net" if you prefer. One of the first things I noticed was how much money that City Cable profited in 2013. I was under the impression that council members were told that City Cable was losing money. But according to page 104-105 of the Purchase Agreement PDF file, the city actually profited more than $642,000 in

The video from Monday night's City Council meeting where Council voted to sell City Cable to New Wave Communications is now online. The video is set to start at 46:30 where the city's consultant is describing the sale. Citizen discussion follows. http://youtu.be/VYzYfo4bulQ?t=46m30s

This morning I received a call from a foreign accented man stating I'd won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes for $850k and 2014 Red Mercedes Benz with All-State insurance paid. I did fill out a Publishers Clearinghouse sweepstakes last year so in the back of my mind the entire time was...well, I guess it could happen. Certainly I hoped it were true, but I figured it was a prank call or a scam so I hit the record button on my phone system. The caller was very good at his job never asking for personal information and providing immense amounts of details and information. Different people have their "gullibility" point and the caller's script made sure to cover most of the bases.

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