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Why Do I Think That Brannum is Being Framed? ...because the sexual harasser “victim” who the DAR reported as an unnamed employee of the City...is the one and only City Clerk Pam Kearbey. And, according to the DAR, the witnesses to the alleged events were none other than City Manager Doug Bagby and City Attorney Wally Duncan. There are only three members of the City's staff who are hired and fired by the City Council. You guessed it: the City's Clerk, Manager & Attorney. And the three of them are the ones who brought forth and/or corroborated the sexual harassment charges against Brannum. The DAR reported that one week before Kearbey filed her police report, Brannum stated “that he would

After reading the "Bach Should Resign! Electric Bill’s “Fuel Factor” Goes Up Without Mandatory Calculation," a friend asked me to do my best at giving an honest analysis of what the Fuel Factor should be. There are many variables, some of which I do not have control of, for instance, I do not have how much the City used for fuel to power the generators. In actuality, it should be cheaper to generate our own power than purchasing it, so one could speculate that the fuel charges would bring down the Fuel Factor rather than raise it. I've given two different ways of calculating the Fuel Factor: With and Without the Capacity Charges. The way power is purchased is by

Evidently Bach sets the Fuel Factor based on something other than calculations. He disregarded City Policy by not publicly documenting his calculations for the Fuel Factor adjustment charge since 2007.

I've always wondered about the expense of our electric bill and how much it appears to be higher this year than the year before. I went back to the MU website and found that their rates page hasn't changed since May 2006. However, we all know that our bills keep going up. The reason? The "Fuel Factor" charge which is on our bill. The "Fuel Factor" is an additional charge per kilowatt hour on top of your normal rate. Right now, the Fuel Factor is 2 cents. So when the City claims their rates are around 6 cents per kilowatt hour, that doesn't include the Fuel Factor so it's actually 8 cents per kilowatt hour. I've looked back on past

Legal Battle Has Been Waged Update: Here is the petition filed: CSE v City of PB. They will add the citizen's name to the petition in the coming days. They also hope to have the injunction hearing next week. At Monday night's (4/15) meeting, Utilities Manager Bill Bach stood before City Council and said the bids for the EPA-mandated Catalyst/Silencers for the City's generators had been evaluated and requested the Council disregard the low bid. Bach went on to explain that the second lowest bid was the one he recommended the city accept. Bach said that the low bidder, CSE Enterprises - a Missouri-based company from Rolla, had designed the access panel 10 foot in the air and could be a