We have decided to close our office at 4pm on Friday, February 10th so staff can travel to Memphis and enjoy the NBA game with Tyler Hansbrough of the Indiana Pacers. We will reopen on Monday, February 13, at 7am.
Feb 06,
We have decided to be closed on Monday, January 2nd, and allow our staff to start their New Year with a day off!
Dec 26,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
Dec 08,semotimes.com posted an article about the open access debate on Friday (Dec 2). Below are some excerpts, but you can read the entire article on their web site. Please consider posting their article to your facebook or twitter feed. “There has never been an issue where 600 people in any ward reached out against their council members,” Becker said.
Dec 03,Brian Becker, owner of SEMO.net, filed a lawsuit in Butler County on Friday asking the courts to uphold the rights of 1193 Poplar Bluff citizens who signed the petition but had their names invalidated by the City Clerk and CIty Attorney. The City Attorney wrote in a letter dated November 17, that the City Clerk had invalidated over signatures because the full text of the ordinance was not on every page of signatures. The suit alleges that the state statues “requires that signature pages be attached to such a copy of the full correct text of the petition. Mr. Becker complied with this requirement as indicated by staple holes in the various pages. They were separated only for the purposed
Nov 22,