The video from Monday night's City Council meeting where Council voted to sell City Cable to New Wave Communications is now online. The video is set to start at 46:30 where the city's consultant is describing the sale. Citizen discussion follows. http://youtu.be/VYzYfo4bulQ?t=46m30s
This morning I received a call from a foreign accented man stating I'd won the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstakes for $850k and 2014 Red Mercedes Benz with All-State insurance paid. I did fill out a Publishers Clearinghouse sweepstakes last year so in the back of my mind the entire time was...well, I guess it could happen. Certainly I hoped it were true, but I figured it was a prank call or a scam so I hit the record button on my phone system. The caller was very good at his job never asking for personal information and providing immense amounts of details and information. Different people have their "gullibility" point and the caller's script made sure to cover most of the bases.
Yes, you read that right... During the discussion at tonight's City Council meeting, both council members and citizens were told that "Exhibit A" (the Purchase Agreement which was supposed to be attached to the ordinance) would not be available to view until after the council voted to sell City Cable for $17.5M Jim Chrisman, seemingly exasperated, stood at the podium and said that he would never have imagined Nancy Pelosi coming to Poplar Bluff but here we are being told we have to pass the bill before we can know what is in the bill. Many citizens asked the council to wait until the next session to vote. Greg West asked "Why the hurry?" He requested to know what was
After six weeks of assuring city employees that City Cable wasn't selling as previously blogged in January, City Manager Bagby finally announced in Sunday's paper they've been working on selling City Cable since November. On the agenda for Monday night's City Council is both a workshop and voting session item to sell City Cable. But Bagby gives no explanation as to why the sale of this asset is being fast-tracked on Monday night, why the details of the sale are being kept from the public, or why the city lied to their employees for six weeks. I asked Fred Goldstein from InterIsle Consulting about the value of a cable subscriber in today’s market and he responded with, "Last year, TDS
THE FOLLOWING IS THE OPINION OF BRIAN BECKER: Our three candidates for City Council (Jack Rushin, David Johnson and Peter Tinsley) need donations to aid them in this last month of the campaign. Please consider helping with a credit card or paypal donation (links are below). This email is going to almost 2000 people. If each were to give a couple of dollars we'd have all we need. Now's the time to get involved and help us make a difference. Don't live in Poplar Bluff? Then your donation is even more important since you cannot vote on election day, you can at least help get the message out. BACKGROUND Many people can attest that Poplar Bluff has always been controlled
