Public Meeting: Topics: earnings tax; judicial selection process

In a comment on the last post:

The Libertarian Guy (tm) said...

Unrelated, but pertinent:

Americans for Prosperity and the Show-Me Institute, will be hosting a public meeting tonight, Monday, October 6, at 7 PM at Fire Station #1, 720 E. Grand.

Topics will include an introduction to Americans for Prosperity, the earnings tax, and a brief presentation on the judicial selection process being considered for Greene County.

Thought I'd pass it along on the main page as a service to those interested in attending.

Thanks Lib guy!

Update on MO Liberty Coalition

Because I have been keeping readers informed about the newly formed Missouri Liberty Coalition, which had its first meeting last Saturday, January 5, 2008, I want to call readers' attention to this post by one of the founders of the new coalition.

If you are interested in attending a meeting to find out what it is all about for yourself, Mr. Rodgers has provided a schedule of upcoming meetings there.

Just a "rounder upper"

The Libertarian Guy gave me a little undue credit regarding the Container Ordinance that was brought before City Council at it's August 13 meeting, in his posting, A night in the sausage factory:

Point is, this is an issue in search of hand-wringing and worrisome pacing. What few complaints and problems have occured (one per year over the last five years, with a suspicious recent uptick after the issue got aired out by this cat and by this troublemaking puddin'-stirrer, God love 'er).

You can read my response there.

I would refer you to the pod cast of the Vincent David Jericho Show this morning, KSGF > Podcasts > Vince David Jericho This Morning and the Lib guy's post for more information on that ordinance and the Special Committee meeting held last night at City Council Chambers. Of course, I'll be roundin' it all up later, but these two and Vince's callers and guests left little unsaid on the issue this morning!

Springfield citizens get active on container ordinance

The Libertarian Guy wrote an entry on Why civic involvement works after attending the city council meeting last night, August 13, 2007.

As he wrote, there was an overflow crowd at the city council meeting. Many of the attendees were local business owners drawn out because of concerns about the container ordinance, up for first reading and public discussion.

The ordinance was tabled for more discussion and study. A special meeting was scheduled to continue discussion of the issue Monday, Aug. 20 at 7:00 p.m. at City Council Chambers. I hope the attendance will be as great then as it was last night.

I guess it's unreasonable to think that citizens of Springfield could turn out in such numbers at every council meeting? Yeah, probably so. That's unfortunate because it could only be good for our community if city administration knew that the citizen's they are there to serve care about and are watching what happens with every issue raised at council.

Here's a couple of excerpts from the Libertarian Guy's blog:

"...The much-maligned, unnecessarily complex city container ordinance got the proverbial shot-down-in-flames slash tabling for further review, no doubt due in part to the petition circulated last week among local businesses who would be most adversely affected by this ponderous ordinance...."

"...the lions' share of credit goes to the vigilant citizens, business owners, and a certain radio host for putting the issue upfront and in the light of scrutiny."

I'd add that no matter how some people feel about Vincent David Jericho, of local radio station KSGF, at least he's getting attention that wasn't otherwise being brought to bear on the administration of the city of Springfield.