I'm excited to announce that Poplar Bluff has opted to make a sweeping change to our city council today by electing at-large members Dr. Jack Rushin and David Johnson and Ward 5 member Peter Tinsley. All of them discussed wonderful ideas for helping keep the momentum of Poplar Bluff going and I look forward to what they will accomplish in the three year term. For everyone who got out and voted...bless you! Brian Becker
People have expressed confusion over how the City Council voting, so I wanted to help clear things up. If you live inside the city limits of Poplar Bluff you will be able to vote for two at-large city council members. Your ballot will look like: If you vote at the Armory, you live in Ward 5. Your ballot will have an extra section on it to select Ward 5's representing Council member for the next three years. That ballot will look like the following: Many Poplar Bluffians received a mailer in the last few days reminding them to get out and vote for the candidates who best represent the people of Poplar Bluff. The city of Poplar Bluff is at
Is this how you want your representative to treat the citizens who come to speak at City Council? PLEASE VOTE APRIL 8th! http://youtu.be/etThz8e25Tw
I'm excited to let you know that the six candidates have all been invited to the Wednesday night (April 2, 7pm) town hall meeting so we can get to know the candidates. You will have an opportunity to ask the candidates questions about their ideas and goals if elected or re-elected. Council Candidates Town Hall Meeting PB Chamber of Commerce April 2, 7pm All Six Candidates Invited Steve Whitworth - moderator
Earlier this week we reported that our City Council seems strangely opposed to putting city council meetings online. City Manager Bagby's comparisons are, well, you just have to watch the video. But here is a recap of reasons for not putting City Council meeting videos online are: 1. Citizens should just pay $15.89/month for City Cable Basic TV package rather than the city pay to upload it to YouTube.com 2. To upload to YouTube would essentially compete and take incentive of people to pay for City Cable 3. This might cause a City Cable rate increase. "A 1% sales tax isn't a significant cost but when you keep adding and adding, at some point Mr. Bach will be asking for
