• WHOO-HOOO – I Can Post! Gag Order Against Me Denied!

    The City of Poplar Bluff, MY City, YOUR City, asked the state of Missouri to silence me today. Many countries in this world would have granted the City's request: China, Iran, Russia, to name a few. Thank God we live in the U.S.A. where freedom of speech is a right and protected by our courts. During the hearing today, the City kept stating over and over that my blogging was an attempt to "Poison The Jury Pool." The City went so far as to suggest they might not find impartial jurors and that because of my blogs they might have to consider a change of venue.

    Mar 29,
    - by Brian Becker

  • New Motion Filed By City: Gag Order Requested

    There's another hearing scheduled for Thursday at 2pm before Judge Ligons to determine whether I have free speech regarding the public hearing of my case. The motion was filed today by the city following my previous blog post. You might have to read about the outcome of that hearing from another source.

    Mar 28,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Jury Trial Delayed

    As expected and forewarned, the City came up with a new tactic today to delay the jury trial set for April 4th. We agreed to appear before the judge on April 4th and set a new date for jury trial. To top it all off, after months of attempting to schedule depositions...we had a deposition of a city employee scheduled for today. But this morning we were told that the city employee called in sick and the deposition was canceled.

    Mar 28,
    - by Brian Becker

  • Rexroat Speaks About Election In SEMO Times

    This time last year we all heard rumblings of Poplar Bluff city leadership voting to deny access for private Internet providers to the citizen-owned cable system… there would be no more open access. And soon we’d all be forced to use Poplar Bluff City Cable for Internet services. At first, I was sure this wouldn’t happen. Why would our own city government take customers away from local Internet businesses? [Read Full Letter]

    Mar 16,
    - by Brian Becker

  • When A Win Is Reported As A Loss

    I was at Cyd's last week getting my monthly haircut, they asked about the article in the paper a couple of weeks back. They were concerned by the way the article read that we had lost another decision. I laughed and informed them that though the paper didn't report it as such, we actually won that hearing.

    Feb 28,
    - by Brian Becker
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