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City Cable - 2013 Yields Highest Profits Since Inception of $642,693 I have now received both the City Cable purchase agreement and consultant's appraisal of City Cable. If you read something in the agreement that you think needs to be known, please comment below. For your protection, you are welcome to stay anonymous by commenting under the name "Visitor" and the email address of "questions@semo.net" if you prefer. One of the first things I noticed was how much money that City Cable profited in 2013. I was under the impression that council members were told that City Cable was losing money. But according to page 104-105 of the Purchase Agreement PDF file, the city actually profited more than $642,000 in

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

As of 5pm last night (Feb 18), all documents have been submitted to the Southern District Court of Appeals regarding Poplar Bluff Internet (who used to own SEMO.net*) and the City of Poplar Bluff. On January 3, Poplar Bluff Internet filed their Appellant Brief; on February 3, the City filed their Respondent Brief; and on February 18, PBII filed the final submission: Reply Brief. Unless they call for oral argument, it is now in the hands of a three judge panel. We are hoping that the court will take the issue up during their October session in Poplar Bluff. To my knowledge the judges have not been named. Our appeal appears to contain a "case of first impression" on two