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Back in June, 2010, when I sat down to discuss Open Access with the Municipal Utilities Advisory Board, I sat across the table from three Board members of Southern Bank, one executive officer of First Midwest Bank, and one executive officer of Commerce Bank. It made me wonder why this board was dominated by one industry. One friend told me it was because of how much cash flows through MU/City Cable. Another source told me that at least one local bank paid a bonus to their executive officers if appointed to Municipal Utilities Advisory Board (MUAB). Let me make a couple of things extremely clear: I'm not accusing any banks or bankers of wrong-doing I believe banks are extremely important

I was in the courthouse today for a hearing and after court was adjourned, I walked up to City Attorney Wally Duncan and DAR Reporter David Silverberg. I said, "Hey, Wally, can you tell me when the City will be closing on their sale of City Cable?" Duncan stood still and silent for 20 seconds and then responded, "Nothing I can tell you." The DAR Reporter stated he would look into it as another story. But then, Duncan said "How did you find out about it?"

Born on the first of January, this remaining liver & white male pup is waiting for a home. He will be available by the middle of February with all shots and wormer. The puppy is $200 picked up, some delivery is possible depending on distance. Contact Name: Jim Becker jim@semo.net 573-998-2248

Earlier this week we reported that our City Council seems strangely opposed to putting city council meetings online. City Manager Bagby's comparisons are, well, you just have to watch the video. But here is a recap of reasons for not putting City Council meeting videos online are: 1. Citizens should just pay $15.89/month for City Cable Basic TV package rather than the city pay to upload it to YouTube.com 2. To upload to YouTube would essentially compete and take incentive of people to pay for City Cable 3. This might cause a City Cable rate increase. "A 1% sales tax isn't a significant cost but when you keep adding and adding, at some point Mr. Bach will be asking for

Late last year, and months after Doug Bagby filed his ridiculous lawsuit against Angela Pearson, Morse, Harwell & Jiles (MHJ) Insurance jumped into the ring and filed another slander suit against Pearson. MHJ Insurance is owned in part by Charles Moffitt. Mr Moffitt sits on the executive board of the same bank as Doug Bagby. In an interview in the St Louis Post Dispatch, Moffitt actually besmirched our fine city by stating he lived in one of the few desireable places to live in town. On Thursday, Councilwoman Angela Pearson's attorney filed a response and counter-claim to the MHJ Insurance's lawsuit. In her response, Pearson claims she is not guilty of the accusations because her statements were true, subject to absolute