• Councilwoman Is Required To “BUY” Access To City Files

    ANGELA PEARSON IS A SERIOUS G.O.B. STOPPER!!!! Over the weekend and into Monday, Councilwoman Angela Pearson hit the City Manager and several local businessmen hard, with requests for investigations going to the Highway Patrol, FBI, and the Security and Exchange Commission. KFVS ran a report at the 6pm and 10pm news on Monday night as well. But one of the things that caught my eye in all of this is that Pearson reported that Poplar Bluff's City Clerk did not freely give the requested information to her. QUOTES FROM "ANGELA PEARSON, PB CITY COUNCIL" FACEBOOK POST When I requested this information, I met some of the most ridiculous animosity from the City Clerk and the City Manager. They wanted to

    Aug 20,
    - by Brian Becker

  • PB: Your Voice Can Still Be Heard — GREAT JOB!

    I wanted to wait for the Transparent Local Government group to upload the video of the City Council meeting so you could enjoy the dialog yourself. The discussion starts at the 1 hour and 11 minute mark on the video. http://youtu.be/TO8WIb-FY0o Thanks to the three citizens (Chester Pumphrey, Greg West and Jack Rushin) for their challenge of the new bill. For those that want the cliffnotes version here you go: The bill was going to limit how much time the citizens could speak without being on the agenda from 10 minutes down to 3 minutes. Mr. Pumphrey informed the council that the current ordinance gave the mayor the ability to limit the speakers to 10 minutes which is the de

    Jul 19,
    - by Brian Becker

  • SEMO.net Takes Another Hit In Court

    With no explanation as to why, Judge Ligons threw out our request to reconsider. The city is still trying to get the judge to award them summary judgment on their case against us, the judge should make that decision in the next month.

    May 17,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Did Officials Conspire To “Trump Up” The Sexual Harassment Charges To Oust Brannum?

    SEMO.net has compiled this general timeline from Sunshine documents received, DAR reports and personal conversations: Monday, April 15 - City Clerk Kearbey improperly, and possibly illegally, conducted the Mayoral election. Read earlier post. Monday, April 16 - Brannum tells City Manager Bagby he intends to make a motion at the May 6 meeting to fire Kearbey for her improper actions during the mayoral election. Monday, April 22 - Attorney Danny Moore mails a letter addressed to Brannum saying his client, a City employee, is "very concerned about his actions and demeanor toward her." Tuesday, April 23 @ 8:50 am - Don Schrieber, Editor in Chief of the Daily American Republic, goes to City Hall and makes a Sunshine Request for "Any files relating

    May 15,
    - by Brian Becker
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