New Poll Open ..... What new excuses will Commissioners Jost and Lairmore offer for NOT moving ahead with construction of the courthouse emergency access road?

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,358

A new poll is now open.  You are welcome to enter your vote at the polling location in the far right column of the home page.

The poll question is:

"Now that the GCCS has voted to transfer the Roethli properties to Gasconade County, thereby eliminating that excuse for NOT constructing the courthouse emergency access road, what new excuses will Commissioners Jost and Lairmore offer for NOT moving ahead?"

The answers which may be selected are as follows:

• Starting road construction in the winter is not a good idea.
• The county road department employees cannot be freed up for this project due to other priorities.
• The county's budget is tight and money is not available at this time.
• The state will not grant a permit to construct the new entrance from Hwy. 100.
• Missouri S&T engineering student, Horace Brown, has graduated and will not be available to manage the road construction project.
• The Mayan calendar indicates the world will come to an end on 12/21/2012 rendering it unwise to begin construction until we know for sure that we will all be alive after that date.
• Shot rock is very expensive. We need to pay off Commissioner Lairmore's and former Commissioner Aubuchon's legal bills first.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

Please note that you may select multiple answers.


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Song Of The Day - Tuesday, 12/28/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,357

GO TIGERS!



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Photo Of The Day - Monday, 12/28/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,356

Tune into ESPN at 9:00 p.m. central time to watch
Iowa Hawkeyes vs. #12 Missouri Tigers.

MIZZOU rah!  GO TIGERS!

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Laugh Of The Day - Tuesday, 12/28/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,355

"For his part, Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost has also made smaller steps toward reconciliation.  Jost reluctantly agreed to sit on the GCCS Board as an ex-officio non-voting member.  Feeling snubbed by late invitations or invitations sent by e-mail (he says he's not an e-mail person), Jost skipped a number of GCCS meetings."  ~ Jeff Noedel, CNL Publisher, in 12/27/2010 report on GCCS meeting

Grow up Mr. Jost!  Don't be so hyper-sensitive!  Enter the 21st century of electronic communications ol' boy!  Don't throw a temper tantrum!  You weren't being snubbed!  You were being treated just like all other members of the GCCS Board of Directors!  Are you sooooo special (or inept) that you require your meeting invitations be delivered on a silver platter by Pony Express or some other special courier service?!

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Quotes Of The Day - Tuesday, 12/28/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,354

Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel confirmed he is talking to MU officials about extending his coaching contract beyond Dec. 31, 2015.

“There’s just been some initial discussion on that,” Pinkel said.

“And, you know, I’m going to be at Missouri. There’s no question about that.”

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Bible Verse Of The Day - Tuesday, 12/28/2010

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Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,353

When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, – Matthew 2:13-14

It’s interesting that the only way that Joseph hears God is through dreams. The first recorded dream is when God tells Joseph to take Mary, who was pregnant, as his bride. His obedience to the first dream positioned him to obey when the dreams had even greater significance. It seems that how we respond to God’s promptings today set the stage for how much God can entrust to us in the future. Are we willing to take steps of faith toward God today?

Today’s commentary by Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org


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Gasconade County Courthouse Society Meeting - 12/27/2010

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer; Amateur Investigative Reporter; and Aspiring Photo-Journalist

Date:  12/28/2010
Post:  1,352

Last night, Monday, 12/27, the Board of Directors of the Gasconade County Courthouse Society (GCCS) met at 7 p.m. in the Gasconade County Courthouse at the request of GCCS President Dale Ridder.  The purpose of the board meeting was to discuss and consider the conveyance of property adjoining the Courthouse property and valued at approximately $700,000 to Gasconade County.  The property was purchased by and deeded to the GCCS by Joe and Judy Roetheli.  After a serious and deliberate discussion of the wishes of Mr. and Mrs. Roetheli and consideration of statements made on behalf of the Roethelis by former Hermann City Administrator Steve Mueller, the GCCS voted unanimously to initiate the legal work necessary to transfer ownership of the property to the county with local attorney Donald K. Althauser.  The motion to procede was made by GCCS Vice-President Olan Stemme and seconded by GCCS Secretary Sharon Meyer.  Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost (and ex-officio member of the GCCS) was in attendance at the meeting, and he agreed to accept the property on behalf of Gasconade County subject to a review of the legal instrument of conveyance and the property use stipulations therein by the county's attorney and a subsequent vote of approval by the Gasconade County Commission.

I was in attendance at the meeting.  The foregoing is a bried and factual accounting of the meeting discussion and outcomes, without inclusion of my own personal editorial comments and opinions.  The foregoing is "hard news" reporting.

We have in our community a person who represents himself as a "news publisher", a journalist of sorts.  He publishes his "news reports" at http://www.countynewslive.com/.  This "news publisher" went way beyond reporting the facts of this important story, including his own personal opinions, his own personal interpretations of past and present actions and motives of certain individuals in attendance at the meeting as well as his own personal observations of people attending the meeting, all of which have little or nothing to do with the facts of the story.  He seems to have used the occasion of the meeting to praise and promote certain individuals with whom he is known to be unusually "friendly" while taking gratuitous swipes at others with whom he is definitely not.

Take a look at this so-called "news report" (link provided hereinbelow) which was posted at CNL last night and evaluate it.  You be the judge!  Does it represent fair and balanced, factual "hard news" reporting?  Is it "hard news" coverage or is it an "op/ed" piece with an obvious personal agenda?   Is it a political promotion piece favoring persons with whom the publisher is known to be "friendly"?  Is it "muckraking", "excrement agitation", "sensationalism" for the purpose of increasing readership?  Again I say to our readers, read the CNL account of the meeting, and you be the judge!

http://countynewslive.com/content/2010/dec/27/historic-event-courthouse-society-votes-unanimously-deed-all-land-gasconade-coun

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