• Judge Limbaugh Rules For City, Against Petition

    It is with great sadness that I write to the people of Poplar Bluff informing you that the Federal Courts have handed down a decision opposing our petition. I believe that Open Access is the single most powerful impetus to true growth for our city, but at every turn this belief has been thwarted, ridiculed and fought by our city officials. I congratulate Doug Bagby and the City Council. As you enjoy your victory and pat each other on the back for a job well done, I hope that you recognize you silenced your citizens, you deafened yourselves to the point of harm, and spent city funds to defeat the desires of the citizens who put you in office. My

    Jan 27,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Tale of Two Cities: Poplar Bluff and Danville, Virginia

    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.

    Jan 24,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Two Wonderful Women Stand Up To The City! THANK YOU!!!!!

    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.

    Dec 18,
    - by Brian Becker
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