Great show last night guys! You rocked the ‘Lou real hard! I am so impressed! Get to Austin ASAP!

The grafitti, the brick buildings, the parks, the art on the streets, the yummy diners, the huge churches, the cops wearing blue. Here are some shots of a few….

What a fun day we had educating Missouri voters about this upcoming vote. Missouri will be the first state to challenge the federal government’s mandates regarding health insurance!!!

Tracy Ward of the Liberty Restoration Project, an anti-Big-Brother organization best known for protesting the city's red-light cameras, has been trying to schedule a meeting with Councilwoman Cathy Jolly since April 14. Ward and the LRP oppose the red-light cameras as well as the proposed use of Shotspotter technology, in which microphones are placed in high-crime locations to trace the sound of a gunshot to its origin.But after three months of requests, Ward has yet to see the councilwoman face-to-face. As chairwoman of the Public Safety and Neighborhoods Committee, Jolly has repeatedly voiced her support for the cameras and the Shotspotter. Additionally, Ward lives in Jolly's district. It's only natural for Ward to request a meeting with Jolly to try to sway her to the LRP's point of view.On April 14, Ward e-mailed Jolly's chief staff assistant, Lisa Sturgeon: Hello Lisa, I met with you today about visiting with Cathy Jolly sometime next week. Could you possibly give me a few available times and we can hopefully work something out? Thanks so much for your time. In Liberty, Tracy Ward.After receiving no response, she tried again on April 20: Hello Lisa, I spoke with you last week and also emailed you regarding setting up a meeting with Cathy Jolly. Is it possible to meet her this week on Thursday or Friday? I know you stated Monday through Thursday worked best, but I'm free on Friday as well. Gabe Grider will also be attending the meeting with me. Please let me know if that will work. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Tracy Ward.cathtracy.jpgWard right and Catherine Bleish just want to talk.​Sturgeon responded April 20: You mentioned that you wanted to discuss Shotspotter with Councilwoman Jolly. She informed me that there is a federal grant that is being applied for through the Green Impact Zone through Congressman Cleaver's office and that his office would actually be the point of contact for that project.On April 21, Ward wrote, Thank you for getting back to me, Lisa. However, I would still like to set up a time to visit with Mrs. Jolly. I am one of her constituents and I do reside in her district. Please let me know if Friday or sometime next week would work. Thank you so very much for your time. Sincerely, Tracy WardSturgeon wrote back April 23 to tell Ward that the councilwoman had an opening the morning of Wednesday, May 28. Ward agreed to the date and time and planned on meeting Jolly, but Sturgeon canceled the meeting via e-mail on May 14. Sorry Tracy. That time is no longer open due to the homeless task force that has been scheduled that day. What about Wed. the 19th at 1:00 p.m.?Ward agreed to the new time, but on May 18, Sturgeon asked to change it up again, this time to 11 a.m. the same day. The new time didn't work for Ward, who asked for Jolly's next availability. After some back-and-forth, Sturgeon wrote, "Tracy we are trying to squeeze this in this week, but I can look at other dates next week. Can you tell me what it is in regard to, so I'll know how much time to schedule?"Ward responded, "I think we can cover all of our issues in about 30 minutes. Next week would be fine, if she's available." After receiving no response for two weeks, Ward asked again for a meeting time.Sturgeon responded on July 14: Tracy, Please let me know what the topic of discussion for the meeting [is] and who will be attending.Ward explained in an e-mail that she wanted to talk about alternative means for public safety other than surveillance, and that the time of the meeting would determine who else from the LRP would attend. Sturgeon sent back two more suggested meeting times, and Ward chose the option of Thursday, July 22, listing two other LRP members who would also be there.On Wednesday, Ward received another cancellation from Jolly, via Sturgeon. "However, I can respond to your requests for information if you will give me a call," Sturgeon wrote.Ward is understandably frustrated — she's met with Mayor Mark Funkhouser, Missouri state Sen. Jolie Justus and her state representative, Michael Brown, with no problem. "I just don't get why [Jolly's] so

via Need to meet with Councilwoman Cathy Jolly? Good luck – Kansas City News – Plog.

by The Associated Press and KY3 News

By Gene Hartley

* Department of Defense Homeland Response Force fact sheet

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri is one of 10 states chosen to host a National Guard outfit responsible for responding to homeland security threats. State and federal officials said Tuesday that the Homeland Response Force will be established during the federal government's 2012 fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2011 – Sept. 30, 2012.

Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton said each of the 10 regional Guard outfits will consist of about 570 personnel able to respond within six to 12 hours to an emergency event. Gov. Jay Nixon says Missouri's selection could result in as many as 90 new full-time National Guard positions in the state.

Nixon says the new Guard group could respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and other explosive incidents.

A spokeswoman for the Missouri National Guard says the location of the unit isn't determined. She says there will be an analysis process to determine the best place for the Missouri National Guard, the state, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency region that this outfit will support.

via Missouri will host new regional homeland security National Guard group | KY3 News, Weather, Sports – Springfield, MO | Local News.

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Pt.1 Wheels Off Liberty Speech at the MO Lib convention

Wheels Off Liberty Keynote speech at the Missouri Libertarian convention. It is all the drunken trash talk you could expect.
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Two citizens told the Columbia City Council their ideas for changing the Police Department as part of the council’s scheduled comment session Monday. Later in the meeting, Mayor Bob McDavid called for a report on the incident and a review of the department’s policies, saying they need “to be formally presented and articulated.”

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Spencer Pearson and Holly Henry speak out during the City Council meeting on Monday against the February SWAT team raid by Columbia police. The SWAT team entered Jonathan Whitworth’s house with a warrant and killed his pitbull and injured another dog in the house. Whitworth pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for drug paraphernalia and was fined for $300. “No one is going to take this seriously unless we stand up,” Henry said.

Kelly Maddy, center, from Joplin, attended the Columbia City Council meeting on Monday night. “I am here to stand in solidarity against police brutality,” Maddy said. Greg Williams, right, is also in opposition to the actions of the Columbia Police Department’s SWAT team during a raid of a house in February.

These documents, obtained by the Missourian through a Missouri Sunshine Law records request, contain the participating officers’ individual reports of the Feb. 11 SWAT raid on 1501 Kinloch Court in which police officers shot and killed a pit bull.
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By rule, the council can only hear a scheduled comment from two speakers on a single issue. But when MU student Spencer Pearson, 19, asked a packed audience to stand up if they came to hear about Columbia’s SWAT team, almost half the room got out of their seats.

Most remained standing as Pearson acknowledged that he was a single advocate speaking on behalf of a big tent — one that includes animal lovers, marijuana advocates, defense attorneys and taxpayers, among others.

Pearson noted each group’s disparate concerns regarding confidential informants, violent tactics and the use of limited police resources to fight nonviolent crime.

“We want to be able to trust the police to protect us and to serve us, and we’ve come up with simple, straightforward policy changes … that we believe will ensure incidents like this one won’t happen again,” Pearson said.

Read the full article here:http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2010/05/17/citizens-suggest-swat-changes-city-council/

kmbctv — April 29, 2008 — The owner of a dog shot and killed by police is wondering if something else could have been done instead.

Monday afternoon, police came to a home on Roberts Street looking for a man with outstanding warrants. Officers are accused of pepper-spraying the dog before they searched a duplex.

“They had guns drawn when they first got up here. Dog was on his leash, and they pepper sprayed him,” neighbor Helen Spencer told KMBC’s Bev Chapman.

The dog broke free from his chain and rushed the officers when they emerged from the building.

“He’s a fairly strong dog. He managed to break the chain,” said Jim Conaway, the dog’s owner.

Neighbors said they watched as police shot the dog, a 5-year-old Labrador mix named Smokey.

“I was standing by the fence. When they shot him, they just unloaded on him,” Spencer said

“I saw blood shoot up and I thought, ‘Oh, man.’ All the kids were over there screaming,” neighbor Dave Breakstraw said.

“If they had not sprayed him, or made sure somebody was home, he wouldn’t have broke his leash. That would not have happened,” Spencer said.

Conaway said animal control officers took his dog away.

“He was also a very lovable companion,” Conaway said. “I didn’t even have a chance to bring the dog’s body home and to bury him.”

Dispatch records indicate Smokey was gone within 30 minutes, removed and cremated.

Conaway, who is a teacher for the Kansas City School District, said he works about 15 minutes away from home. Neighbors called to tell him what happened and he was able to get home within an hour. However, the dog was already gone by then.

Conaway said that officers came to his house on Tuesday morning to apologize.

The man police were looking for is wanted on two felony warrants and lives on the block.
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kmbctv — December 21, 2009 — (Editor’s Note: Some viewers may find the following video upsetting.) A neighbor recorded home video of Kansas City police officers shooting a dog during a standoff. KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney reports.
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pscyhostyle — May 03, 2010 — This video shows a search warrant served by the Columbia Mo. police department. The cops bust in this guys house in the middle of the night and shoot his two dogs (one a pit bull that was caged in the kitchen and the other a Corgi) with children in the home. it turns out that rather than a big time drug dealer, this guy had a small pipe with some resin in it, a grinder, and what the cops here call “a small amount of marijuana” (meaning less than a few grams). We here in Comlumbia want everyone to know what kind of police department we have here, check out our “finest” in action.