The Call Newspapers and the Law

I’m sure most of you are aware of Missouri’s Sunshine Law. Our weakly newspaper mentions it often in their self-promoting articles. When a public entity, such as the City of Crestwood, gets a request for a record, they must produce that record within 72 hours. There are a few exceptions, but that’s the general idea. When the Call doesn’t get their request in 72 hours, they start threatening litigation and sometimes waste a lot of time and money on lawsuits. In the last two years, over one hundred thousand of your tax dollars have been wasted due to this frivolity. Recently I noticed the Call had not paid their property taxes. After contacting the Call repeatedly, they paid them on July 3, 2007. That was 180 days or 4,320 hours late. It amazes me how Mr. Milligan and Mr. Anthony can concentrate on one law, yet have such little respect for all the others. See below for other laws they ignore.