In the coming days, look back here for new information regarding the
threat of violence I received for my political views.
I've got a feeling
somebody's little house of cards is about to crumble...
Labels: mayor's race, threat of violence
. . . to the
Hill 'n Holler Review. The first one appears this week.
It should be roughly a monthly thing.
I want to create an alternative voice to that swill they keep spewing over at the
Mayor Deckard Mouthpiece South Missourian News. Voluntarily writing an article once a month recounting the happenings of the Thayer City Council in an existing free shopper-type publication is a faster, more efficient way to do so than starting my own paper. Unfortunately, the
Review doesn't yet have any online presence.
I'm hoping that getting more submissions from people will grow the
Review into an actual newspaper. For instance, I'm going to talk to a friend of mine about approaching the paper about writing about her
Red Hat experiences.
The articles will recount what the city council did at their meeting that month. I will stick to what actually happened, not what I
think about what happened. Just the facts, ma'am.
And that will be enough to inform the citizenry. They can decide for themselves.
Labels: grassroots, informed citizenry
The mayor and all alderman except Bob Grimes were present for the meeting. Grimes was not in attendance.
Council actions:
- Approved a zoning request from Jo Ann Bowling from residential to commercial.
- Increased swimming pool admission from $2/day to $3/day. Passes to be determined later. Alderman Steve Alford brought it to the council's attention that there is a substantial leak in the pool that needs to be fixed before the season starts.
- Set the date for Thayer's 2007 Cleanup Week at the week of April 2.
- Rescheduled the March city council meeting for March 20th to allow city clerk Rosie Simpson to attend a training conference on the 2nd Tuesday of March.
- Discussed gathering prices for a bucket truck. Apparently, the one the council has been looking at has been wrecked.
- Voted to let bids on a 1998 model police car.
- Approved a motion to run the city's 6-month financial statement in the paper.
- Wrote off delinquent 2002 personal property taxes owed to the city.
- Approved buying uniforms for police officers, instead of continuing to rent them. Police Chief Frank Bernard estimated that buying rather than renting would pay for itself in four months.
Labels: Alford, City Council, Grimes
Among other things, there will be discussion of the 6 month financial statement and rescheduling the March meeting.
5:00 PM at Thayer City Hall.
The
West Plains Daily Quill is reporting that two men, Seth Michael Boddie, 19, of West Plains and Donald J. Ashford, 18, of Thayer have been arrested in connection for the arson of a building of Cover Lumber's and breakins.
No information yet about whether the two are also responsible for the breakin and vandalism of the Thayer Electric building or it was a copycat.
WPDQ is reporting that Thayer city clerk Rosie Simpson didn't provide them with all the mayoral candidates' names for Monday's article.
On April 3, Gary Clark of Thayer will be on the city ballot in Thayer
challenging Mayor Allen Deckard.
His name was not on a list of city candidates given to The Quill by Thayer
City Clerk Rosella Simpson and printed in this newspaper Monday.
Also running for mayor is Merle Williams.
The breakin at the Thayer Electric building has earned a couple of mentions in larger, more regional outlets.
There's a mention in the Springfield News-Leader
here.
And one on KAIT, Jonesboro's ABC affiliate
here.
There was also
a mention on kkountry95 news this morning.
NEW UPDATE: The
WPDQ is covering it, and brings us this interesting tidbit.
[Thayer Police Dispatcher Brenda Todd] told The Quill it is not known how
the vandals got into the building, that there were pry marks on a lock, but it
was not broken.
Hmmm . . . how does someone get into a locked building without breaking the lock? With a key, perhaps?
