Wednesday, June 2, 2010

The Streets And Sidewalks Of Hermann - The Fourth Day Of An Engineering Field Survey

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

On May 10th, Hermann Hearsay undertook a thorough survey of Hermann's streets and sidewalks.  We were forced to suspend our survey when the rains fell and when flood waters covered some city streets.  Those obstacles have come and gone, so we are now resuming our survey. 

While others in the local media have conducted opinion polls with small sample sizes, we are actually undertaking to walk every street and every sidewalk in Hermann and then document our findings.  When we have completed our street and sidewalk survey, we will turn over our findings to anyone in the city administration who may care to review them. 

 Our first three reports may be accessed by clicking on the following links:

5/11:  http://www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com/2010/05/streets-and-sidewalks-of-hermann-day.html
5/12:  http://www.hermannhearsay.blogspot.com/2010/05/streets-and-sidewalks-of-hermann-day.html

Our findings on the fourth day of our survey are as follows:

  1. 2nd Street walking west from Gutenberg to Schiller Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in reasonably good condition.  But there are some cracks and broken pavement in a few spots on the north side and south side of the streets.  The asphaltic street surface is in reasonably good condition.  We oberved no potholes, no patches and no alligatoring.  The street suface is well sealed.  It looks nice!  A standard for all of Hermann.
  2. 2nd Street walking west from Schiller Street to Market Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in fair condition but busted up in a few spots.  The asphaltic street surface is in reasonably good condition.  Very little patching, alligatoring and no potholes.  The street surface is well sealed.
  3. 2nd Street walking west from Market Street to Mozart Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street in average condition for the most part but are busted up in a few spots.  There is some heaving of the concrete slabs in a few spots creating trip hazards.  The asphaltic street surface is in good condition.  No potholes.  A few cracks in the street surface and some patching
  4. 2nd Street walking west from Mozart Street to Washington Street - Sidewalks on both sides of street are in fair condition but the concrete sidewalk slabs are busted up in a few spots.  A few trip hazards were observed where the slabs have heaved.  The asphaltic street surface is not in as good a condition as it is from Gutenberg Street to Mozart Street.  We observed more patching of and some cracks in the asphaltic street surface.
More reporting to follow.  Next we will walk 3rd Street from Gutenberg Street to Washington Street.

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Photo Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

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Sergeant Schultz, our very first ULTRA PREMIUM Subscriber

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Laugh Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

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"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."  ~ Groucho Marx


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Quote Of The Day - Wednesday, 6/2/2010

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"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."  ~ George Washington

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

"Mission Accomplished", Frank Furter Leaving Hermann Hearsay

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Frank Furter, Hermann Hearsay's custodian, coffee brewer and IT man, will be leaving our employ effective June 11.

Frank has done a great job for us, and he will be sorely missed.  Frank is the #1-rated news room custodian, coffee brewer and IT man in Gasconade County.  We will miss his friendly and insightful help with our laptop questions, and we will certainly miss Frank's special New Orleans' chicory-flavored coffee!  Frank has found a better paying job at the Best Buy store in Columbia.  We always knew that Frank would be with us for only a short period of time until he found a better job.  Congrats and best wishes to ya Frankie old boy!

When we recruited Frank about a year ago, we promised him a big salary, great benefits and paid membership in the Loutre Shore Country Club.  Unfortunately we were not able to make good on any of our promises.  We don't blame Frank one damned bit for leaving us!

We will be knocking off at 3 p.m. next Friday to host a farewell party for Frank.  We will be gathering at the Bank Bar on Schiller Street.  If you wanna bring Frank a farewell gift, bring cigars.  Frank generally smokes Swisher Sweets.  He really likes Cohibas, Macanudos and Arturo Fuentes.  It's just that he can't afford 'em on the meager salary we pay him.

Until we can find a suitable replacement for Frank, I will brew the coffee and Lois will sweep up and dust around here.  For the time being if we have any laptop questions, we will call HP's 1-800 number and talk to some barely intelligible computer tech from India.  Someday when we are "in the black", we will conduct a nationwide search for Frank's replacement.  Who knows, we might hire one of those hi-tech computer geeks from India!  I only hope he/she won't mind sweepin' the floors and makin' coffee!

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Hermann Hearsay Expands Subscription Options

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Hermann Hearsay has just added third and fourth subscription options.  No other local online news website currently offers as many subscription options to their readers!  We are leading the way with innovative options for our valued subscribers!

The subscription options now offered are:
  1. FREE Subscription - No annual cost.  Simple streamlined sign-up process.  Just leave us a comment and you are immediately enrolled as a subcriber.  You will be able to read 99% of our articles.  Unlike one of our competitors, we hide very, very few articles from our FREE subscribers!  A good way to start out reading Hermann Hearsay if you are on a limited budget!
  2. PREMIUM Subscription - $24.95 annual subscription fee.  For this amount, you will receive one of our highly-prized 100% cotton golf caps with Hermann Hearsay logo.  You'll be the envy of everyone in your foursome.  Hermann Hearsay mascot 'Herkimer' adorns our premium quality golf caps which are supplied by Dora's Spinning Wheel in Hermann, MO.  You will be able to read 100% of the articles we publish, even the hidden ones!  In addition, we will contact you quarterly to get your input on the quality and content of Hermann Hearsay.  You will have a voice in our business!
  3. ULTRA PREMIUM Subscription - $39.95 annual subscription fee.  For this amount, you will receive one of our highly-prized 100% cotton golf shirts with Hermann Hearsay logo.  We just received our first embroidered shirt last Friday from Dora's Spinning Wheel.  We are already receiving many compliments from people around Hermann!  With this subcription level, you will be invited to a quarterly meeting with Hermann Hearsay staff.  And we'll even supply the coffee and soft drinks!  Access to 100% of our articles is assured!  Want to work with one of our reporters on a story of your own?  At this subscription level, you will be able to try your own hand at news reporting!
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Photo Of The Day - Tuesday, 6/1/2010

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Elmer Fudd's prize turkey, 'Agatha'

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Laugh Of The Day - Tuesday, 6/1/2010

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Don Rickles, guest on 'The Late Show' with David Letterman .....

[to David Letterman] "Who picks your clothes - Stevie Wonder?"

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Quote Of The Day - Tuesday, 6/1/2010

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On the subject of free speech .....

"A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything."  ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Memorial Day Weekend

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

We are shutting down for the Memorial Day weekend!  I'm giving our staff three days off to spend with their families and loved ones!  The news will just have to wait until next Tuesday!

This weekend is a time to pause and remember all the brave Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep our nation free, prosperous and safe.  It is also a time to remember family members who have passed away, our loved ones who sacrificed so much that our generation might have a better life than those which preceded us.

God bless America!  And God bless the brave men and women standing guard over America this weekend!

Photo Of The Day - Friday, 5/28/2010

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Seen enough of this photo?  Then get out and support Larry Miskel for Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County.  Vote for Larry Miskel in the August Primary!

Joke Of The Day - Friday, 5/28/2010

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Referring to the bridge crossing signs at Hofman's Ford ....

"With the feedback I'm getting, I'm going to say that those signs should come on down.  We've been getting way too much flack."  ~ Ron Jost, Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County, 5/27/2010

Tired of laughable statements and seat-of -the-pants, ill-considered judgments like this?  Vote for Larry Miskel to replace Ron Jost as Presiding Commissioner of Gasconade County in the August Primary Election.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Quote Of The Day - Friday, 5/28/2010

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When asked three (3) times by CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel if he had heard about the rumored GCCS Board Meeting on Thursday night, 5/27 ......

"I am not aware of a rumored board meeting tonight.  I have not received an invitation and have not made plans to attend."  ~ Ron Jost, Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner, and GCCS Ex-Officio Board Member

Heard enough of this crap!?  Tired of being lied to?  Vote for Larry Miskel for Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner in the Republican Primary August!

Editorial Comment: CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel Up To Old Tricks Once Again!

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Local publisher Jeff Noedel is now famous around the Hermann area for his yellow journalism techniques which include ambush journalism, ambulance chasing, factual misrepresentation of news stories, one-sided biased reporting, hype, self-aggrandizement and self-promotion of his faltering online CNL "news" site , and frequent attempts to MAKE the news vs. just reporting the news.

The most recent example of Mr. Noedel's yellow journalism tactics came yesterday in his piece on the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS).  For easy reference, you can click on the following link and read Mr. Noedel's "report" for background before reading what I have to say about it:

http://www.countynewslive.com/content/2010/may/27/courthouse-society-meeting-scheduled-tonight-thu-may-27-ex-officio-board-member-

(Note:  As of 7:45 p.m. Friday, 5/28, the above link was broken.  Error message:  Page not found.  Alternatively, you can find this report at http://www.countynewslive.com/.  It was posted at 3:38 p.m. on Thursday, 5/27 ..... 3 hours and 22 minutes prior to the start of the GCCS board meeting which was the subject of so much criticism.)

Let's examine his "report" bit by bit, shall we?  Mr. Noedel, you are not going to like what I have to say about your report.  You are not going to like it at all.  But I'm going to say it anyway.  It needs to be said.  Another side of your story needs to be told!

First of all, it is inaccurate and a gross misrepresentation of the facts to report one side of the story and not report the other side of the story.  Facts:  While it is true that Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost did feign ignorance of the GCCS Board Meeting during yesterday's County Commission Meeting, it is also true that he was sent a timely email message of invitation to the meeting by both Sharon Meyer, Secretary of the GCCS, and Glenn Warnebold, Treasurer of the GCCS.  Glenn Warnebold even called Commissioner Jost ahead of the meeting to make sure he had received the email.  Apparently Mr. Jost doesn't read his email messages or call other board members IF he really is confused about the time and date of meetings.  I have received a copy of the email sent to him by Secretary Sharon Meyer on 5/18/2010.  The header of the email follows:

From: Sharon Meyer pms_meyers3@yahoo.com
To: Ron G. Jost rgjprescommgc@yahoo.com
Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 6:22:01 AM
Subject: Fw: Gasconade County Courthouse Society Meeting - 5/27/10

This email details the time, date and place of the 5/27 board meeting.  Along with the email, the agenda for the meeting and minutes from previous meeting were attached.

No, my friends, Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost was well aware of the scheduled GCCS Board Meeting.  Why then did he feign ignorance of the board meeting during the 5/27 County Commission Meeting.  And why is CNL Publisher Jeff Noedel "carrying water" for Mr. Jost?  Certainly if I (a self-admitted non-journalist and broken-down recovering mechanical engineer) can obtain the facts from the principals involved, Mr. Noedel, who purports to be a "real journalist", should be able to gather these same facts before he shoots off his mouth and publishes untruths!  I mean if I can pick up the phone and call Sharon Meyer and Glenn Warnebold to get their side of the story, one would think that an accomplished "journalist" like Noedel could do something so simple

Second of all, if Mr. Noedel wishes to file a complaint with the Office of the Missouri Attorney General regarding his assertion that the GCCS is somehow violating the Missouri Sunshine Laws, Mr. Noedel should pursue that avenue rather than waste time grandstanding during a County Commission Meeting and distract the County Commissioners from their official duties of office.  Mr. Noedel asked Jost and Lairmore their opinions on the matter.  This had no doubt been pre-arranged among the three of them.  Jost and Lairmore apparenly relished the opportunity to take an unprofessional swipe at the GCCS.  When Northern District Commissioner Matt Penning was asked by Noedel to respond his question, Penning appropriately and professionally responded "No comment".  Penning's response was made to look negative in Noedel's report, something Noedel has attempted to do on numerous occasions.

It is Hermann Hearsay's opinion that Commissioner Penning was wise to offer NO comment.  I contacted Commissioner Penning today to get his take on Noedel's grandstanding during the County Commission Meeting.  Penning told me he thought Noedel was out of line in bringing that discussion into the Commission Meeting.  He felt it was inappropriate and not a part of the County Commission's legitimate business.  Further, Commissioner Penning told me that he recognizes that he himself is not an attorney and that Noedel, Jost and Lairmore are not attorneys either.  Therefore, it doesn't really matter what any of them think about this fine legal point.

It seems to me that Mr. Noedel, Mr. Jost and Mr. Lairmore are "teaming up" to discredit the Gasconade County Courthouse Society, its directors and its members and that they are attempting to obtruct any constructive progress toward restoration of the County Courthouse by so doing.  People of Gasconade County, I urge you to look beyond Mr. Noedel's sensational smokescreen reporting on CNL and ask yourself why he is "carrying water" for Commissioners Jost and Lairmore and why he is attempting to publicly discredit the GCCS.  Hermann Hearsay will stand guard against such sensational yellow journalism and biased reporting, and we will report the truth when we see others reporting untruths!

The real story which everyone in Gasconade County should be discussing is:  "Why are Noedel, Jost and Lairmore conspiring to publicly discedit the GCCS and why do Jost and Lairmore continue to drag their heels and obstruct any meaningful progress by a growing group of concerned Gasconade County citizens who sincerely want to restore and upgrade the current Gasconade County Courthouse so that it can better serve the citizens of this generation and of future generations?"

Hermann Hearsay urges citizens to contact Noedel, Jost and Lairmore and express your thoughts.  We have expressed ours!

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

GCCS Board Meeting

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The GCCS (Gasconade County Courthouse Society) Board met on Thursday night for the first time since the Annual Membership Meeting of August 10, 2009.  Thursday night's meeting was held in the second floor courtroom.  The board elected its officers who will serve one, two and three year terms from board members elected during the 2009 Annual Membership Meeting.  The GCCS officers elected are:

Dale Ridder - President
Olan Stemme - Vice-President
Sharon Meyer - Secretary
Glenn Warnebold - Treasurer

The group worked through a meaty 2.5 hour agenda, and there was a lot of great discussion.  The impression of this reporter and GCCS member is that this board will become a very cohesive and effective team under the able leadership of their new President, Dale Ridder.

The only disappointment for the board members and this reporter was the fact that Ron Jost, Gasconade County Presiding Commissioner and ex-officio member of the GCCS board, failed to make the meeting.  This reporter hopes that this is not a harbinger of problems yet to come.

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BREAKING NEWS - "Confusion" Reigns In County Commission Meeting

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

The Gasconade County Commissioners met in their regular weekly meeting this morning at the County Courthouse.  "Confusion" (or perhaps "feigned confusion" or perhaps something else) seemed to reign with regard to a number of topics that were discussed:
  1. There seemed to be confusion regarding tonight's GCCS board meeting and whether ex-officio board member and Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost had been invited to attend the meeting as the county commission's official representative. Commissioner Jost professed that he knew nothing about tonight's meeting and made a comment that perhaps he is not welcome to attend.  C'mon Ronnie!  You're supposed to be an adult.  Pick up the damned phone and ask one of the GCCS board members!  Simple as that!  Get on the "team" Ronnie!  If you don't, you are just playing your obstructionist "games" and should be immediately replaced by a county commissioner who really wants to work cooperatively with the GCCS to develop a plan for the courthouse restoration.  Because of these child-like games, it is not known who from the county commission will be in attendance to unlock the courthouse prior to tonight's meeting.  It should be the responsibility of Ron Jost as ex-officio board member to do so.  But will he attend?  What's going on here?
  2. There seemed to be confusion regarding the county's tire contract.  No big surprise here!  Commissioners Jost and Lairmore, despite their first-hand experience in the tire business, have been confused about how to write up comprehensive bid specifications for the county's tire contract for years!  This morning, Southern District Commissioner Lairmore professed to be confused about Northern District Commissioner Penning's modification of the bid specifications to stipulate that credit be given to the county for tire carcasses.  Central Tire Company has been paying a credit for tire carcasses this past year due to Penning's insistence.  Those credits were NOT paid during previous years when Jost Tire Company had the county tire contract.
  3. There seemed to be confusion regarding what is and what is not legitimate county business.  CNL publisher and self-described "journalist", Jeff Noedel, inappropriately injected himself into the county commision meeting discussion when he asked the commissioners their "opinions" regarding whether or not the Missouri Sunshine Laws should apply to the GCCS meetings.  As if on que and as if this question was fully anticipated, Commissioners Jost and Lairmore offered their opinion that the GCCS meetings should be open to the public.  Commissioner Penning, seeking not to be drawn into the controversy which Noedel is stirring and recognizing that Noedel's question has no legitimate place in a county commission meeting anyway, declined to comment.  The question we at Hermann Hearsay have is this:  "Is Noedel stirring this pot because he has a valid legal point?  Or is Noedel stirring this pot because of his past open disagreements with and business partnership dissolution with GCCS Treasurer, Glenn Warnebold?
"Confusion" seems to reign within the Gasconade County Commission quite often.  There has been obvious "confusion" within the County Commission for far too many years, for far too many county meetings.  Commissioners who are "confused" should resign and pursue alternate work more suitable to their talents and capabilities in the private sector. Herman Hearsay urges Commissioners Jost and Lairmore to do the honorable thing and resign their positions immediately.  Hermann Hearsay also urges CNL's Jeff Noedel to stop trying to "make the news" and instead just "report the news".

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Photo Of The Day - Thursday, 5/27/2010

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Hermann Feral Cat
(Or is it a Hermann Bearcat?)

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Laugh Of The Day - Thursday, 5/27/2010

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"Be the ball."  ~ Chevy Chase as Ty Webb, in “Caddyshack”

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