Oh, Poplar Bluff...we could have had Ikea's first U.S. Manufacturing plant. We could have been a meca for Technology-centric startup companies. Our city could be touted with sentences like "the city-owned open-access fiber network plays a key role in business attraction and retention." Poplar Bluff, we could have been Danville...for a lack of vision, we starve.
We have decided to be closed on Monday, January 2nd, and allow our staff to start their New Year with a day off!
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 16, 2011 ACLU Files Class-Action Lawsuit on Behalf Voters of Poplar Bluff CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO. — The ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit today on behalf of registered voters of the City of Poplar Bluff who signed an initiative petition that the City Clerk, Pamela S. Kearbey, has refused to certify. Barbara Rexroat and Katherine Carda, two individuals who signed the petition filed the suit on their own behalf and on behalf of the class of at least 2,898 other registered voters who signed the petition.
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The city dropped off a letter this evening stating the petition doesn't have enough valid signatures and therefore it will not be given to City Council to pass or place on a ballot. Read more on LetPBDecide.com
