Vol. 2(Adobe PDF files)
NSN02_01.pdf(IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY)
September 18, 2003
Council approves $659,085 deficit budget. Justice - a Cash Cow. The Morrison Appointment. The Autopsy Report .
NSN02_01.pdf(IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY)
September 18, 2003
Council approves $659,085 deficit budget. Justice - a Cash Cow. The Morrison Appointment. The Autopsy Report .
NSN02_02.pdf(When is a Bribe not a Bribe? When it’s a “reimbursement in advance”)
September 29, 2003NSN02_03.pdf(Bend Over Rolla (“If the TIF proposal along Williams Road falls through, you can kiss future development
in Rolla good-by.” – John Petersen, RDN “Special report: TIF” 10/26/03))
November 3, 2003NSN02_04.pdf(ROLLA S.O.S. (Stuck On Stupid)
November 29, 2003NSN02_05.pdf(There are EIGHTEEN TIF areas!)
The “TIF Master Plan” threatens 1,502 residents, 626 homes and
Businesses in 407 acres over 10% of Rolla’s total land area!
December 13, 2003NSN02_06.pdf (THE MORGAN MANIFESTO)
Or, How Joe and Karl met and became Comrades
December 30, 2003NSN02_07.pdf(The “Carnage” Strategy)
District creates phony budget for political demonstration
January 13, 2004NSN02_08.pdf(Rolla District Has 6-Day “Blow-Off Education” Holiday
for Seniors;
City Council to get court order to examine their own dirt )
February 6, 2004NSN02_09.pdf(Show Us the Cash-flow!)
March 5, 2004NSN02_10.pdf (Secret TIF Contract: City Hall gives Kaplan their “deep pockets”
and will pay developer 7% interest on $15.5 million for 23 years!)
March 25, 2004NSN02 11.pdf (Terry’s Big Adventure with Burgundy Demi-Glaze *Legislation for Liars * Piecemeal School Budgeting
* What Conflict of Interest Isn’t – a story about Sonny’s roofing contract * Annie Grabs the Gavel – again ?
Quest for the Perfect Yuppie Child * Citizens for Drain Pipes * City Audit Committee * Trucks not allowed *
The Missing Sugar Tree Road Drugs )NSN02_12.pdf (Now we’re the “Outlaw County of the Ozarks”)
June 14, 2004NSN02_13.pdf(Questions from the bunker)
June 28, 2004NSN02_14.pdf(Law and Disorder)
July 16, 2004NSN02_15.pdf (We feel another WACO coming on)
August 6, 2004NSN02_16.pdf (Welcome to the Municipal Follies)
September 3,2004NSN02_17.pdf(Celebrating the Constitution with Flag-flyin,’
Horn-honkin’ and Ear-candle Therapy)
October 1, 2004NSN02_18.pdf (The Price of Settlements and Secrecy)
October 18, 2004NSN02_19.pdf("C.O.R.E. is L.A.Z.Y.")
November 22, 2004NSN02_20.pdf(“WE ARE ONE VOICE WHEN AT WAR…er…WHEN AT VOTES.”)
January 8, 2005NSN02_21.pdf ("The EEZ and the ‘County of Rolla’'
The Board’s Dirty Little Secret ? Bass at War -The Rape of Buehler Park – again -
A Kaplan Co. sighting - “Why waste time planning?” -
The RFP has an ethics problem - What price apathy? -
In “other business” at the RMU/ City Council meeting -
The PTO arms race
February 4, 2005NSN02 22.pdf ("Chief Buehler’s ‘vision’ was to sell his memorial park?')
February 19, 2005NSN02_23.pdf(Is the Board’s Dead Web Site telling us something?
(Some advice for the winners on April 5th)
March 18, 2005NSN_24..pdf(GROUND ROUND AND DA VINCI’S FOR SALE!)
April 11, 2005NSN_25_.pdf (RMU’S WELCOME TO ROLLA)
April 29, 2005NSN_26.pdf (Why the Phelps County Sheriff's Department received the
Bramlett-Light Respect for Law Award this year:)
June 14, 2005NSN_27.pdf (Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment
How 38 years of Secrecy and Abuse of Power Stunted
Rolla’s Growth and Enriched the RCDC)
June 22, 2005NSN_28.pdf (Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment - Part 2
The Industrial Park Giveaway - RCDC’s Mystery Methods)
June 27, 2005NSN_29.pdf(Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment - Part 3
How RCDC Created Industrial Stagnation during an Industrial Boom)
July 14, 2005NSN_30.pdf (The Chicken-killing Council)
July 28, 2005NSN_31.pdf (Hy Point - The Black Hole of Tax Assessment – Part 4
RCDC Cleans Up on the $906,000 s Incubator and the $2.25 Million Schwitzer Deal)
August 4, 2005NSN_32.pdf (Is the RMU “fee wrapped in a tax” a tax or a ruse?
What the Rolla Council hasn’t been told about the Hancock Amendment
• Did RCDC ‘short’ the City 10 acres on the Incubator trade? • Shop
Lebanon First!)
August 9, 2005NSN_33.pdf ("Milking the Electric Cow")
August 19, 2005NSN_34.pdf (Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment – Part 5
RCDC Masquerades as a Charity but Flunks the Three-Prong Test)
August 24, 2005NSN_35.pdf(Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment – Part 6
Avoiding the constitutional question)
September 8, 2005NSN_36.pdf (The City of Rolla’s Faith-Based Budgeting)
September 22, 2005NSN_37.pdf (Hy Point –The Black Hole of Tax Assessment – Part 7
The RREC’s “Creative Development Opportunities)
September 29, 2005NSN_38.pdf (Hy Point -The Black Hole of Tax Assessment Conclusion
"Special Interests have been Bleeding Rolla for 38 Years")
October 14, 2005NSN_39.pdf (TIF II – Another Morgan Fur Ball)
October 28, 2005NSN_40.pdf(Is Brewer Science a “Crown Jewel” or cheap rhinestone?)
December 9, 2005NSN_41.pdf(Eminent domain - A “significant tool” in the city’s “toolbox”
January 20, 2006NSN_42.pdf(The Tale of the Deficit Pea…City Hall’s $465,154 Secret Park Purchases…Chamber Pork Ready for More Sauce –
how the Chamber of Commerce became City Hall’s Poodle.)
February 2, 2006NSN_43.pdf (What is it about “No” Morgan doesn’t understand?...Is City Government LD?...The Rolla Public Library -
Victim of City Hall’s real estate politics… Wiggins’ wagging finger… Promote Rolla tourism – hand out a bagel today.)
February 17, 2006NSN_44.pdf (Whose “Useful Idiots” are they?)
March 3, 2006NSN_45.pdf (Playing Pin the Tail on the TIF)
March 17, 2996NSN_46.pdf(“A Litany of Lawsuits” – True Stories of the Free Lunch)
March 31,2006NSN_47.pdf (SAVE OUR CITY; SELL OUR UTILITIES)
May 6, 2006NSN_48.pdf (RMU’s not-quite full disclosure letter
RMU will charge us 10¢ per kWh for the same “juice” they’re selling to
Memphis, Tennessee for 7¢ per kWh! )
May 26, 2006NSN_49.pdf(Buying Corporate “Pork Parks”)
June 14, 2006NSN_50.pdf(Buying Corporate “Pork Parks” (part 2)
June 28, 2006NSN_51.pdf (Can Jenks get the $2.2 million deficit and city spending under control?
August budget hearings will set the tone for the new ‘Jenks Administration’)
August 2, 2006NSN_52.pdf (It’s time to repeal the so-called “Tourism” tax)
September 11, 2006NSN_53.pdf (The cost/benefit analysis of the Chamber ‘rental’
contract - the one the council didn’t get
Why the Chamber of Commerce contract will cost
taxpayers $2,087,200 over the next 20 years)
September 15, 2006NSN_54.pdf (No memorial for ‘Chief’ Buehler, just an “identification element”)
September 26, 2006NSN_55.pfd (The Anti-Pork Amendment and the myth of “Public/Private Partnerships”)
October 11, 2006NSN_56.pdf (Chamber gets the cream - city employees get table scraps)
October 24, 2006NSN_57.pdf (Chamber gave away a $280,000 building to the Forestry Service?
and now they want Rolla taxpayers pay for the building twice!)
Novembe 26, 2006
NSN_58.pdf (Desperately Seeking Sales Taxes)
February 2, 2007NSN_59.pdf(Development for Dummies
Chapter three: Creating a CID taxing district)
February 19, 2007NSN_60.pdf(The Development Agreement - another "tool in our toolbox")
March 16, 2007NSN_61.pdf (RMU blinked - but not enough)
March 27, 2007NSN_62.pdf ( TDD - a Private Sales Tax for Big Landowners)
April 9, 2007NSN_63.pdf(Part II: Rolla West Bypass is NOT on MoDOT's list!)
April 16, 2007NSN_64.pdf(More Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them)
May 4, 2007NSN_65.pdf (They came...they heard...they ran
Council refused to talk with constituents about RMU rates)
June 1, 2007NSN_66.pdf (It's his private business?)
June 18, 2007NSN_67.pdf (Conflict of Interest alive and well in Rolla West project)
July 11, 2007NSN_68.pdf(Watson reveals MoPEP investments total HALF BILLION!
RMU board concealed massive debt loaded into electric rates)
July 23, 2007NSN_69.pdf(Mayor Jenks has Hissy Fit
Mayoral order forbids all talk of MoPEP contract!)
August 11, 2007
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NSN 70.pdf (WHY ARE THEY SO AFRAID OF INTERCOUNTY?)
September 26, 2007NSN_71.pdf (How could she tell...she's just a beautician)
November 13, 2007NSN_72.pdf (Why is Walgreens ripping Rolla off?)
December 24, 2007NSN 73.pdf (RCDC "Pillars of the Community" get a whitewash)
March 19,2008NSN 74.pdf (Council considers another "Don't ask, don't tell" RMU contract
RMU board withholds key documents from Council, fears terrorist plot )
May 30, 2008NSN 75.pdf (C.O.R.E.?s fundraiser Major D. Hammett II, being sued for bank
fraud )
July 10,2008NSN 76.pdf (New Council Conduct creates Uniform Standard of Stupidity
for Rolla City Council members)
September 8, 2008NSN 77.pdf ( "Now is not the time'")
February 9, 2009NSN 79.pdf ( RDN poll slaps city GOB‘s in the face)
July 23, 2009NSN_80.pdf (The EEZelots strike again - Part 1
All of St. James now is officially ?blighted?? Rolla
next?)
September 7, 2009NSN_81.pdf(The EEZelots strike again - Part 2 )
September 26, 2009NSN_82.pdf (EEZ or nothing? Who decided the EEZ
was our only choice?)
October 13, 2009NSN 83.pdf (he City EEZ hearing wasn't the last word after all
Advice to politico's: When they start having "No EEZ" tee-shirts
printed up it's a really bad sign)
October 20, 2009NSN_84 pdf (Drooling for Dollars:
City Council hands out
2010 pork to Rolla's corporate freeloaders)
Februry 12, 2010NSN_85 pdf (HANGING NOODLES ON THEIR EARS
The April 6, 2010 ballot issues - Part 1)
April 6, 2010
NSN_86 pdf (HANGING NOODLES ON THEIR EARS
The April 6, 2010 ballot issues - Part 2)
April 3, 2010NSN_87 pdf (The RMU "Slime Brief" "Like nasty little boys scribbling on toilet walls.")
May 18, 2010