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According to Doug Bagby, City Manager of Poplar Bluff, MO, "roughly 2,900 signatures" are needed to place the Open Access Petition on the ballot. Mr. Bagby further commented that "If you do acquire the correct number of signatures…the City Council will abide by the 'letter of the law' and the 'spirit of the law' and honor the vote of the public whichever way it turns out." A grassroots effort is underway to secure 3,000 Poplar Bluff registered voter signatures in 60 days, dubbed “3k60”.

I finally had a chance to write a new video...I hope you enjoy it.

I contacted the Attorney General's office in the Sunshine Law division about people being prevented from attending the meeting on Tuesday because of room capacity. The answer came back that all public meetings must allow all the public to view and attend the public meeting. The sign on the outside door of the chamber read: RE: Occupancy Limit in Council Chambers Seating Capacity For Audience Area: 61

The city council meeting was packed Tuesday evening and, sadly, five people were not even allowed into the public meeting and not allowed to participate because the room reached capacity. Four members of the Open Access Petition group spoke including the group's attorney, Paul Kidwell.

Cartoon videos I've created have been circulating the past few days on Facebook. Our latest video about rumors coming out of City offices: Here are links to the original four videos: