In 1891, a Salvation Army captain in an Fransisco resolved to provide a free Christmas dinner to the area's poor.
From his days as a sailor in Liverpool, England, the captain remembered a large pot, displayed on the Stage Landing, called" Simpson's Pot," where passerby would toss charitable donations. The captain presented his idea to the city authorities and received permission to place a similar pot at the Oakland ferry landing at the foot of San Fransisco's Market Place. In its conspicuous position, the pot drew the attention of people going to and from the ferry boats. Another urn, in the ferryboat waiting room, also attracted donations. Thus, Captain Joseph McFee launched a tradition that spread throughout the United States and then the world.
By Christmas 1895, thirty Salvation Army corps in the West Coast area used the kettle. That year, The Sacramento Bee published a description of the Army's Christmas activities and mentioned the contributions. Two young Salvation Army officers, William A. McIntyre and N.J. Lewis, instrumental in the original use of the kettle, took the idea to the East Coast. In 1897, McIntyre prepared his Christmas plans for Boston around the kettle.
Other Army officers did not want to participate for fear of " making spectacles of themselves."
Nevertheless, McIntyre, with his wife and sister set up three kettles on Washington Street in the heart of the city. That year the kettle effort in Boston and other locations nationwide resulted in 150,000 Christmas dinners for the needy.
In 1898, the New York World hailed the Salvation Army kettles as "the newest and most novel device for collecting money. The newspaper also observed, "There is a man in charge to see that contributions are not stolen."
In 1901, kettle contributions in New York City provided funds for the mammoth sit-down dinner in Madison Square Garden, a custom that continued for many years. Today, families are often given grocery checks or food baskets so they can prepare dinner at home. The homeless poor are still invited to share holiday dinners and festivities at hundreds of Salvation Army centers.
Kettles now are used around the world, including Korea, Japan, Chile and Europe.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Friday, December 5, 2008
Mehlville Fire Board Meeting This Tuesday
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting December 9, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
Aaron Hilmer Bonnie Stegman Ed Ryan
Chairman Treasurer Secretary
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS NOVEMBER 24, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Pumper Bids
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 12/5/2008 @ 1600
Directors' Meeting December 9, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
Aaron Hilmer Bonnie Stegman Ed Ryan
Chairman Treasurer Secretary
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS NOVEMBER 24, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Pumper Bids
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 12/5/2008 @ 1600
A Reply From the Mehlville Fire Department
Mr. Heins:
Please note that Chief Silvernail receives a salary of $100,000.00 per year. At one point, I believe the Chief turned down a raise, but the contract inaccurately reflected the proposed salary rather than the actual salary of $100,000.00 per year. I apologize for the confusion.
Matt Hoffman
Hoffman & Slocomb, LLC
1115 Locust Street, 4th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63101
Please note that Chief Silvernail receives a salary of $100,000.00 per year. At one point, I believe the Chief turned down a raise, but the contract inaccurately reflected the proposed salary rather than the actual salary of $100,000.00 per year. I apologize for the confusion.
Matt Hoffman
Hoffman & Slocomb, LLC
1115 Locust Street, 4th Floor
St. Louis, MO 63101
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Failure to Reply
As I mentioned previously, I wrote to Chief Silvernail of the Mehlville Fire Department about the numerous problems related to his new contract that was approved by the Board of Directors on Oct. 29th, 08 but dated April 4th. The chief turned my request over to the district's attorney Matt Hoffman who has refused to address the gifts that violate Missouri's laws. This is unfortunate as the district will continue to waste our tax dollars responding to the state's attorney general's office which I'm told recently admonished the department for numerous violations of Missouri's Sunshine Laws.
Saturday, November 29, 2008
A Win-Win Bankruptcy Reform
By Rich Leonard
Friday, November 28, 2008;
I watched a middle-aged widow lose her home recently.
Her story was familiar. She owned her simple brick residence outright until four years ago, when a mortgage broker stopped by and offered her a loan too good to be true. In exchange for taking on a modest monthly payment, she could make some needed repairs and consolidate other debts.
More sophisticated than many borrowers, she realized she was getting an adjustable-rate mortgage. What she didn't realize was that, in the biggest "bait-and-switch" ever pulled by an entire industry, her ARM was not tied to the prime rate or any other index, as adjustable-rate mortgages have traditionally been. Her rate simply adjusted periodically, ever upward. When it hit 14 percent, her social worker's salary could no longer cover the payments.
I watched this story unfold in court, from my seat in a bankruptcy judge's chair. While a Chapter 13 filing temporarily stopped the foreclosure on this woman's home, it did little more than buy a few months' time.
Under existing law, bankruptcy courts cannot modify the terms of home mortgages. To keep her home, this debtor needed to demonstrate sufficient income not only to make her ongoing payments at 14 percent but also to cover, during her five-year repayment plan, the payments she had defaulted on. Her proposed plan was clearly not feasible based on her salary, so I had no choice but to lift the stay and allow the foreclosure to continue.
Homeowners are the only ones who cannot modify the terms of their secured debts in bankruptcy. Corporate America flocks to bankruptcy courts to do precisely this -- to restructure and reamortize loans whose conditions they find onerous or can no longer meet. Airlines are still flying and auto parts makers still operating because they have used this powerful tool of the bankruptcy process. Lehman Brothers will surely invoke it. But when the bankruptcy code was adopted in 1979, the mortgage industry persuaded Congress that its market was so tightly regulated and conservatively run that it should be exempted from the general bankruptcy rules permitting modification.
How far we have come.
For more than a year, a number of legislators, academics and judges have advocated removing this ban on home mortgage modification to help stem the increasing number of foreclosures. I have twice participated in briefing sessions organized by the House Judiciary Committee, where I was lectured by lobbyists for the mortgage industry about the sanctity of contracts. I have listened to their high-priced lawyers make fallacious constitutional arguments based on discredited cases from the 1930s. (This is, incidentally, an industry that is not particularly concerned about its own contractual obligations as it tries, through various Treasury-aided programs, to stay afloat.)
Allowing modifications is a solid solution, as evidenced by my example. This homeowner could have restructured her loan to terms resembling those of a conventional mortgage. If the court found that the market value of her home had fallen below what she owed, the secured portion that must be repaid in full would be reduced to the house's actual value; otherwise, the amount to be repaid would stay the same. The interest rate would be adjusted to reflect the prevailing market. However, because this homeowner is a riskier borrower than most, I would have raised her rate to account for that increased risk, as Supreme Court precedent requires. Instead of 14 percent, the rate would probably have been in the high single digits. This homeowner -- with her steady income -- could have made the reduced payments.
Such a solution would have been better for everyone. Obviously, it would have been good for the homeowner and the community in which she lives. Instead of another abandoned house tied up in foreclosure, her residence would be owned by a taxpaying citizen. More important, it would have been good for the lender. Whatever unknown mortgage syndicates hold pieces of this loan, they are never going to get their 14 percent return. Instead, the total recovery will be limited to the proceeds from a foreclosure sale in a depressed market. Any deficiency owed by the homeowner will be discharged as part of her bankruptcy. No one has been able to explain to me why it is not better for mortgage holders to get a fair return of principal back, albeit at a lower interest rate, than to take a lump sum through foreclosure that is probably much less than the value of the note.
There is a simple answer to the frequent, hyperbolic assertion that such a process would be abused: Chapter 13 is no walk in the park. It requires public disclosure of every aspect of your life, examinations under oath by a trustee and creditors, allowing creditors to haul you into court on any objection, and relinquishment of control of your financial life for up to five years. If you falter, your case will be dismissed and you will lose the entire benefit of the bankruptcy law, including having your original contract terms reinstated. That is precisely why allowing mortgage modifications is such a good approach. It would elegantly separate those homeowners who desperately need to stay in their homes and have sufficient incomes to make reasonable payments from those investors who bet on lax regulation, easy credit and an appreciating market in buying residential properties. Those in the latter category will have no use for this process, but for the first category, it could be a powerful step back to financial stability.
The writer is a judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Friday, November 28, 2008;
I watched a middle-aged widow lose her home recently.
Her story was familiar. She owned her simple brick residence outright until four years ago, when a mortgage broker stopped by and offered her a loan too good to be true. In exchange for taking on a modest monthly payment, she could make some needed repairs and consolidate other debts.
More sophisticated than many borrowers, she realized she was getting an adjustable-rate mortgage. What she didn't realize was that, in the biggest "bait-and-switch" ever pulled by an entire industry, her ARM was not tied to the prime rate or any other index, as adjustable-rate mortgages have traditionally been. Her rate simply adjusted periodically, ever upward. When it hit 14 percent, her social worker's salary could no longer cover the payments.
I watched this story unfold in court, from my seat in a bankruptcy judge's chair. While a Chapter 13 filing temporarily stopped the foreclosure on this woman's home, it did little more than buy a few months' time.
Under existing law, bankruptcy courts cannot modify the terms of home mortgages. To keep her home, this debtor needed to demonstrate sufficient income not only to make her ongoing payments at 14 percent but also to cover, during her five-year repayment plan, the payments she had defaulted on. Her proposed plan was clearly not feasible based on her salary, so I had no choice but to lift the stay and allow the foreclosure to continue.
Homeowners are the only ones who cannot modify the terms of their secured debts in bankruptcy. Corporate America flocks to bankruptcy courts to do precisely this -- to restructure and reamortize loans whose conditions they find onerous or can no longer meet. Airlines are still flying and auto parts makers still operating because they have used this powerful tool of the bankruptcy process. Lehman Brothers will surely invoke it. But when the bankruptcy code was adopted in 1979, the mortgage industry persuaded Congress that its market was so tightly regulated and conservatively run that it should be exempted from the general bankruptcy rules permitting modification.
How far we have come.
For more than a year, a number of legislators, academics and judges have advocated removing this ban on home mortgage modification to help stem the increasing number of foreclosures. I have twice participated in briefing sessions organized by the House Judiciary Committee, where I was lectured by lobbyists for the mortgage industry about the sanctity of contracts. I have listened to their high-priced lawyers make fallacious constitutional arguments based on discredited cases from the 1930s. (This is, incidentally, an industry that is not particularly concerned about its own contractual obligations as it tries, through various Treasury-aided programs, to stay afloat.)
Allowing modifications is a solid solution, as evidenced by my example. This homeowner could have restructured her loan to terms resembling those of a conventional mortgage. If the court found that the market value of her home had fallen below what she owed, the secured portion that must be repaid in full would be reduced to the house's actual value; otherwise, the amount to be repaid would stay the same. The interest rate would be adjusted to reflect the prevailing market. However, because this homeowner is a riskier borrower than most, I would have raised her rate to account for that increased risk, as Supreme Court precedent requires. Instead of 14 percent, the rate would probably have been in the high single digits. This homeowner -- with her steady income -- could have made the reduced payments.
Such a solution would have been better for everyone. Obviously, it would have been good for the homeowner and the community in which she lives. Instead of another abandoned house tied up in foreclosure, her residence would be owned by a taxpaying citizen. More important, it would have been good for the lender. Whatever unknown mortgage syndicates hold pieces of this loan, they are never going to get their 14 percent return. Instead, the total recovery will be limited to the proceeds from a foreclosure sale in a depressed market. Any deficiency owed by the homeowner will be discharged as part of her bankruptcy. No one has been able to explain to me why it is not better for mortgage holders to get a fair return of principal back, albeit at a lower interest rate, than to take a lump sum through foreclosure that is probably much less than the value of the note.
There is a simple answer to the frequent, hyperbolic assertion that such a process would be abused: Chapter 13 is no walk in the park. It requires public disclosure of every aspect of your life, examinations under oath by a trustee and creditors, allowing creditors to haul you into court on any objection, and relinquishment of control of your financial life for up to five years. If you falter, your case will be dismissed and you will lose the entire benefit of the bankruptcy law, including having your original contract terms reinstated. That is precisely why allowing mortgage modifications is such a good approach. It would elegantly separate those homeowners who desperately need to stay in their homes and have sufficient incomes to make reasonable payments from those investors who bet on lax regulation, easy credit and an appreciating market in buying residential properties. Those in the latter category will have no use for this process, but for the first category, it could be a powerful step back to financial stability.
The writer is a judge with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Mehlville Fire Board Meeting Monday
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting December 1, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
OLD BUSINESS
Open Pumper Bids
Health Insurance Renewal
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/26/2008 @ 1600
Directors' Meeting December 1, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
OLD BUSINESS
Open Pumper Bids
Health Insurance Renewal
NEW BUSINESS
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/26/2008 @ 1600
Monday, November 24, 2008
Mehlville Fire Meeting Tonight
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting November 24, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2008
TREASURER'S REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Open Bids for Computer Network Analysis
NEW BUSINESS
Health Insurance Renewal
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/21/2008 @ 1600
Directors' Meeting November 24, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2008
TREASURER'S REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Open Bids for Computer Network Analysis
NEW BUSINESS
Health Insurance Renewal
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/21/2008 @ 1600
Friday, November 21, 2008
Mehlville Fire Board Needs to Answer Some Questions
To: Mehlville Fire District Board of Directors and Chief James Silvernail,
Having requesting Chief Silvernail's last several contracts under Missouri's Sunshine Law, I have some questions about them.
1. The latest contract which was approved Oct. 29th by the BOD is dated 4/4/2008. I assume this is a clerical error. I would like a new copy after it is corrected.
2. As I understand it, the Chief agreed to a two year contract starting 4/25/08 at $100,000 a year and $11,000 in lieu of pension. Then, on Oct 29th it was changed to $103,000 and $11,330 again beginning 4/25/08. This would be a gift to give a salary increase for time already completed and a violation of Missouri statutes.
3. Also, 3.g it appears another gift was given to Chief Silvernail in the form of payment of legal expenses, "including litigation prior to this agreement."
4. It appears the district violated the Sunshine Law in not stating that the were going into closed session to discuss hiring, firing, etc. I can't be sure of this because the district does not take take minutes of the meetings, nor provide them, in violation of Missouri's Sunshine Law and 321.200.
Please provide some explanation for what appears to be egregious and wilful violations of Missouri's laws.
Mike Heins
Having requesting Chief Silvernail's last several contracts under Missouri's Sunshine Law, I have some questions about them.
1. The latest contract which was approved Oct. 29th by the BOD is dated 4/4/2008. I assume this is a clerical error. I would like a new copy after it is corrected.
2. As I understand it, the Chief agreed to a two year contract starting 4/25/08 at $100,000 a year and $11,000 in lieu of pension. Then, on Oct 29th it was changed to $103,000 and $11,330 again beginning 4/25/08. This would be a gift to give a salary increase for time already completed and a violation of Missouri statutes.
3. Also, 3.g it appears another gift was given to Chief Silvernail in the form of payment of legal expenses, "including litigation prior to this agreement."
4. It appears the district violated the Sunshine Law in not stating that the were going into closed session to discuss hiring, firing, etc. I can't be sure of this because the district does not take take minutes of the meetings, nor provide them, in violation of Missouri's Sunshine Law and 321.200.
Please provide some explanation for what appears to be egregious and wilful violations of Missouri's laws.
Mike Heins
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tesson Ferry Democrats Meeting
The next meeting of the Tesson Ferry Democratic Organization is:
Monday, November 24, 2008 7 P.M.@ Frailey's on Butler Hill (next to Schnucks)
Club Business is on the agenda
Upcoming event: Christmas Party, Monday, December 15th, 2008 6 P.M. @ Genesis Banquet Center on Telegraph Free to Members
(No Tesson Ferry Meeting that month)
Hope to see you all there.
Tom Organ
Secretary
TFDO
Monday, November 24, 2008 7 P.M.@ Frailey's on Butler Hill (next to Schnucks)
Club Business is on the agenda
Upcoming event: Christmas Party, Monday, December 15th, 2008 6 P.M. @ Genesis Banquet Center on Telegraph Free to Members
(No Tesson Ferry Meeting that month)
Hope to see you all there.
Tom Organ
Secretary
TFDO
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Mehlville Fire Protection District Meetings Update
Mehlville Fire Protection District
2008 Board Meeting Dates
7:00 p.m.
November
24
5:00 p.m.
December
1
5:00 p.m.
December
18
7:00 p.m.
2008 Board Meeting Dates
7:00 p.m.
November
24
5:00 p.m.
December
1
5:00 p.m.
December
18
7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Governor Blunt Ordered the Code Red
In the movie, A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson's character would not acknowledge that he ordered the unauthorized disciplinary procedure which lead to the death of a young marine. I don't know how others feel when watching the movie but it doesn't bother me all that much. The fact is military leaders me decisions all the time that lead to injuries and deaths of their troops. It's a tough part of the job. The problem with Colonel Jacob was that he was going to let two enlisted men stand before a court martial for something that was his responsibility. This conduct is truly unbecoming for a United States Military Officer.
But that's a movie. What we had at Governor Blunt's office was reality. He was responsible for the e-mail problems at his office. They had numerous problems retaining the state's business records and also attempted to destroy those records. For that mess, I can't get too worked up, but I can not excuse the firing of the attorney who tried to stop it and the attempt to ruin his reputation with slander.
It's a shame Gov. Blunt doesn't think we can handle the truth!
But that's a movie. What we had at Governor Blunt's office was reality. He was responsible for the e-mail problems at his office. They had numerous problems retaining the state's business records and also attempted to destroy those records. For that mess, I can't get too worked up, but I can not excuse the firing of the attorney who tried to stop it and the attempt to ruin his reputation with slander.
It's a shame Gov. Blunt doesn't think we can handle the truth!
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Judge/Commissioner Time Day Setting Event
THOMAS C GRADY
9:00 AM Jury Trial
Event Text: Location:Division 1 City of St. Louis
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009
Judge/Commissioner Time Day Setting Event
THOMAS C GRADY
9:00 AM Jury Trial
Event Text: Location:Division 1 City of St. Louis
Saturday, November 15, 2008
21st Annual Budweiser Guns 'N Hoses
Scott Trade Center Nov. 26th (Thanksgiving Eve)
17 Boxing matches featuring local police officers and firefighters
Tickets are $30, $25 and $20
and can be purchased at the box office or at ticketmaster.com
Proceeds go to Backstoppers
Friday, November 14, 2008
Delay Again in Diehl vs. Fred Weber
This time the Diehl team has asked for the delay:
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
11/12/2008 Docket Entry:
Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
10/24/2008 - Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
12/15/2008 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
02/09/2009 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Motion for Extension of Time
Text:
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME T O FILE RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT CALLED HEARD AND SUSTAINED. PLAINTIFF GRANTED UNTIL JANUARY 5, 2009 IN WHICH TO FILE HER RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. BY CONSENT AND FOR GOOD CASUE SHOWN CAUSE REMOVED FOR TRIAL DOCKET OF DECEMBER 15, 2008 TO BE RESET IN ITS NORMAL COURSE. SO ORDERED:JUDGE DAVID DOWD
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
11/12/2008 Docket Entry:
Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
10/24/2008 - Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
12/15/2008 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
02/09/2009 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Motion for Extension of Time
Text:
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME T O FILE RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGEMENT CALLED HEARD AND SUSTAINED. PLAINTIFF GRANTED UNTIL JANUARY 5, 2009 IN WHICH TO FILE HER RESPONSE TO MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. BY CONSENT AND FOR GOOD CASUE SHOWN CAUSE REMOVED FOR TRIAL DOCKET OF DECEMBER 15, 2008 TO BE RESET IN ITS NORMAL COURSE. SO ORDERED:JUDGE DAVID DOWD
Upcoming Mehlville Fire Board Meeting
As of this week, I've been added back to the Mehlville Fire District's media notification list. You should now be able to get timely information about your fire district's business.
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting November 18, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS OF OCTOBER 27, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Seniority/Vacancy Bidding Process
NEW BUSINESS
AED Program
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/14/2008 @ 1600
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting November 18, 2008
MFPD Conference Room
11020 Mueller Road
CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M.
PAYMENT OF BILLS OF OCTOBER 27, 2008
OLD BUSINESS
Seniority/Vacancy Bidding Process
NEW BUSINESS
AED Program
PUBLIC COMMENTS
BOARD VOTE ON CLOSED SESSION
OPEN SESSION ADJOURNMENT
CLOSED SESSION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING OPEN SESSION
Personnel
Legal
CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT
(Individuals wishing to make comments should fill out a Speaker's Card and turn it in to the Chairman before the meeting. )
The District's Training Facility and Conference Room are handicapped accessible. If you need any special accommodations, please contact 314.894.0420, extension 1713 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Posted 11/14/2008 @ 1600
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Congratulations to the St. Anthony's Emergency Room
I must give credit where it's due. Our St. Anthony's Medical Center's emergency room was not the worst of the areas hospitals turning away patients in September. They were on diversion 18.4 hours or 2.6% that month. Three other hospitals had worse turn- away numbers out of 23 reporting centers in the St. Louis area. That's much improved over recent months. Just this last April, they were turning away patients 32% of the time. This still isn't great patient care, coupled with the problems we are having with our fire district, but I'm glad they are moving forward.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Mehlville Fire Protection District Meeting Dates
Mehlville Fire Protection District
2008 Board Meeting Dates
7:00 p.m.
November
18
7:00 p.m.
November
25
5:00 p.m.
December
1
5:00 p.m.
December
18
7:00 p.m.
2008 Board Meeting Dates
7:00 p.m.
November
18
7:00 p.m.
November
25
5:00 p.m.
December
1
5:00 p.m.
December
18
7:00 p.m.
Happy Veterans' Day
From: "David
To: "'Jeff, "Mike Heins"
Subject: Veteran's Day
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:31:45 -0500
Gentlemen:
I read this today and thought of the two of you.
Sacrifice is a word that we have heard during the recent campaign. The word
has the same root as "sacred." We are told that we will be asked to
sacrifice more in the future.
Today on Veterans Day, let us acknowledge the sacrifice that the military
men and women, and their families, make daily. They sacrifice time, income,
relationships, health and often the supreme sacrifice, life.
Their commitment can serve as an example. It can help us to keep things in
perspective as we make sacrifices in our daily life.
We already know this. What I found interesting is that it was written by a
woman who had never served in the military. It is nice to know that some
non-veterans out there "get it".
Hope you are doing well. Take care, Dave
To: "'Jeff, "Mike Heins"
Subject: Veteran's Day
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:31:45 -0500
Gentlemen:
I read this today and thought of the two of you.
Sacrifice is a word that we have heard during the recent campaign. The word
has the same root as "sacred." We are told that we will be asked to
sacrifice more in the future.
Today on Veterans Day, let us acknowledge the sacrifice that the military
men and women, and their families, make daily. They sacrifice time, income,
relationships, health and often the supreme sacrifice, life.
Their commitment can serve as an example. It can help us to keep things in
perspective as we make sacrifices in our daily life.
We already know this. What I found interesting is that it was written by a
woman who had never served in the military. It is nice to know that some
non-veterans out there "get it".
Hope you are doing well. Take care, Dave
Friday, November 7, 2008
Mehlville Fire Department Chooses to Spend More Money on Litigation
As I'm sure most of you know by now, the firefighters wrongfully fired by the Mehlville Fire Protection District have filed their lawsuit. Our district will be wasting valuable resources on this indefensible lawsuit.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
Defendant Fred Weber appears to to stay on the offensive.
10/31/2008 Docket Entry:Motion for Summary Judgment
Text:
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE PRIMA FACIE TORT COUNT.
Filing Party: FRED WEBER INC
10/31/2008 Docket Entry:Motion for Summary Judgment
Text:
MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON THE PRIMA FACIE TORT COUNT.
Filing Party: FRED WEBER INC
Voting for Judges in St. Louis County
Vote No
Dale W. Hood
Family Court Judge
According to Patrick M. O'Connell's article in the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Family Court judge is unfit, review panel says, we need to vote no on Dale W. Hood.
An expanded statewide review has recommended all judges be retained in St. Louis County except for Judge Dale W. Hood. He scored low in several areas including weighing evidence fairly and impartially.
To keep Missouri's non-partisan court system working, we must let go of those judges that don't meet high standards.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
No on Proposition A
I can't vote for Prop A for a variety of reasons. I'm not buying that our casinos can't compete without loss limits removed. I'm still waiting for new money promised to our schools from when we allowed casinos into Missouri. Even if this promised money would come to our St. Louis County Schools, there's nothing to stop the legislature from taking other money away.
Monday, October 27, 2008
South County Prepares to Vote
I was listening to Sarah Palin's speech yesterday about how Senator Obama was taking an upcoming victory for granted. We were told he was already measuring the White House for new drapes. Millions of Americans are worried how they'll pay their mortgage and we're hearing about drapes. I'm sure I laughed aloud. No, he's not taking anything for granted. He's been preparing for these last couple of weeks for at least a year. He's had people scouring our neighborhoods looking for old and young to join his team. This is what the ground game is all about. That's why he called his Grasso Plaza office last evening. He thanked everyone for all their hard work and challenged them to to complete the mission that they had undertaken together. Senator Obama's campaign has brought an unprecedented organization to the state of Missouri and especially here in South County. We'll be seeing them blanket our neighborhoods between now and election day. This massive Get Out The Vote effort will be fun to watch.
Missouri
Friday, October 24, 2008
YES on Proposition C
Dear Friend,
On November 4th, you have a chance to vote ''yes'' to bring clean, renewable energy to Missouri?On Election Day, please join me in Voting ''Yes'' for Proposition C -- the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative. Passing Prop C will make Missouri the 27th state with a renewable electricity standard which guarantees 15% of Missouri's electricity will come from renewable sources, like wind and solar, by 2021.This policy is good for Missouri's economy, public health, and the environment. Plus, it will help protect us from the increasing electric costs and is expected to save ratepayers $331 million over the next twenty years.
On November 4th, you have a chance to vote ''yes'' to bring clean, renewable energy to Missouri?On Election Day, please join me in Voting ''Yes'' for Proposition C -- the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative. Passing Prop C will make Missouri the 27th state with a renewable electricity standard which guarantees 15% of Missouri's electricity will come from renewable sources, like wind and solar, by 2021.This policy is good for Missouri's economy, public health, and the environment. Plus, it will help protect us from the increasing electric costs and is expected to save ratepayers $331 million over the next twenty years.
Vote yes on Proposition C!
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
10/24/2008 Docket Entry:Order Text: DEFENDANT'S MOTION AND AFFIDAVIT FOR CONTINUANCE OF TRIAL FROM OCTOBER 27,2008 IS HEREBY GRANTED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
dDocket Entry:Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
12/15/2008 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
dDocket Entry:Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
12/15/2008 , 09:00:00 - Jury Trial
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Thanks to Walt Bivins and Jim Lembke
http://columbiaheartbeat.blogspot.com/2008/07/assessor-shocker-millionaire-tax-breaks.html#links
All around Missouri properties are under assessed, yet Representatives Bivins and Lembke refuse to acknowledge the problem. If these properties paid their taxes, we could have lower taxes, better schools, roads and health care. Why won't they fight for the middle class?
All around Missouri properties are under assessed, yet Representatives Bivins and Lembke refuse to acknowledge the problem. If these properties paid their taxes, we could have lower taxes, better schools, roads and health care. Why won't they fight for the middle class?
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
From: Thomas Diehl [mailto:tdiehl@charter.net] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 12:32 PMSubject: John Doe requestHey folks,After almost four years of fighting and delaying, our trial to recover our costs from Fred Weber, Inc. for their meritless SLAPP suit is scheduled for next Monday. However, Weber's attorneys are asking for a fourth continuance to delay our day in court. The hearing on the continuance is scheduled for tomorrow (Thursday) at 12:30 p.m. in Division 2, on the fourth floor of the Civil Courts Building (downtown at the corner of Market and Tucker). If you can attend to show the judge just how many "John Does" are interested in seeing justice done, it would be appreciated. So far, Weber's attorneys have used the lack of day light shining on the trial to their advantage.Please pass this on to those folks you know are on our side.Tom Diehl
Apost 11:38am
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
As you can see, things aren't looking real good for Tom Diehl the week before his case against Fred Weber is scheduled to go to trial. My sources tell me even though the trial's scheduled for this coming Monday, it will be delayed. Currently it's slated for 8:59 am on 10/27/08 in Div 19 of the 22nd Judicial Court. That's in downtown St. Louis.
10/20/2008 Docket Entry:Order Text:
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO VACATE PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS HEREBY DENIED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Order Text: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE THE PLAINTIFFS' AMENDED PETITION, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO DENY PLAINTIFFS' LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED PETITION IS GRANTED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Order Text: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR RETURN OF INADVERTENTLY PRODUCED DOCUMENTS IS HEREBY DENIED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing Text: COPIES OF THREE ORDERS DATED OCTOBER 20,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON OCTOBER 20,2008.
10/20/2008 Docket Entry:Order Text:
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO VACATE PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT IS HEREBY DENIED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Order Text: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO STRIKE THE PLAINTIFFS' AMENDED PETITION, OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE TO DENY PLAINTIFFS' LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED PETITION IS GRANTED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Order Text: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR RETURN OF INADVERTENTLY PRODUCED DOCUMENTS IS HEREBY DENIED. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing Text: COPIES OF THREE ORDERS DATED OCTOBER 20,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON OCTOBER 20,2008.
Absentee Ballot Request Deadline
Don't forget that absentee ballot
application requests must be
received by 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 29. For
information, check out the Board of
Elections website at:
http://www.stlouisco.com/elections/.
application requests must be
received by 5:00 p.m. on
Wednesday, October 29. For
information, check out the Board of
Elections website at:
http://www.stlouisco.com/elections/.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Can You Imagine What the Call Would Do?
What would the Call do if one of our area's elected officials sponsored one of the state's most anti-public records bills?
What if this law helped corporations hide the fact that they spilled toxic chemicals into our drinking water?
What if the law even gave immunity to those who might be poisoning your grandchildren?
I'm guessing that the Call will endorse Walt Bivins. The other candidate is a woman.
http://www.moenviron.org/pdf/OtherIssuesFactsheet.pdf See Audit Privilege HB 1854
This is what's known as the "Dirty Little Secrets" bills that corporations have been pushing in state legislatures around the country. Our own Walt has been carrying the (toxic) water for his former(?) employer, DOW Chemical.
Closing records that impact human health and the environment is a recipe for trouble and devastating to environmental protection. Walt should be ashamed of himself!
What if this law helped corporations hide the fact that they spilled toxic chemicals into our drinking water?
What if the law even gave immunity to those who might be poisoning your grandchildren?
I'm guessing that the Call will endorse Walt Bivins. The other candidate is a woman.
http://www.moenviron.org/pdf/OtherIssuesFactsheet.pdf See Audit Privilege HB 1854
This is what's known as the "Dirty Little Secrets" bills that corporations have been pushing in state legislatures around the country. Our own Walt has been carrying the (toxic) water for his former(?) employer, DOW Chemical.
Closing records that impact human health and the environment is a recipe for trouble and devastating to environmental protection. Walt should be ashamed of himself!
What If Things Were Switched Around?
This sure makes you think (or at least it should!)
What if things were switched around? Think about it. Would the country's collective
point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit???? [this most certainly must be a rhetorical question!]
What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, following the debate,
including a three month-old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his college graduating class?
What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?
What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married?
What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also
acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five
United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political
scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)
What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included
discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?
What if Obama was the one who was known to publicly display a serious anger management problem?
What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?
You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected a reality,if the tables were turned,
do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes qualities in one candidate
and emphasizes negative characteristics in another when there is a color difference.
And, think of this - the candidates' educational backgrounds:
Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in
International Relations. Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
John McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
Sarah Palin: Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism Matanuska-Susitna
College - 1 semester University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices
in the land as well as our standing in the world.
You make the call.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Be a Prepared Voter
Ladies and Gentlemen,
With election day less than 20 days away, I'd like to make a request. Please prepare yourselves to vote. There are going to be long lines at the polls* and you can do your part to make them move faster by knowing what will be on the ballot. If you live in St. Louis County, you may visit this link for a sample ballot:
http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/scripts/elections/index.cfm
* Voters will not be allowed to vote a straight ticket due to a new law passed by Missouri's Republican controlled legislature and signed by Governor Matt Blunt.
With election day less than 20 days away, I'd like to make a request. Please prepare yourselves to vote. There are going to be long lines at the polls* and you can do your part to make them move faster by knowing what will be on the ballot. If you live in St. Louis County, you may visit this link for a sample ballot:
http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/scripts/elections/index.cfm
* Voters will not be allowed to vote a straight ticket due to a new law passed by Missouri's Republican controlled legislature and signed by Governor Matt Blunt.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Catching Up in South County
I know, I'm tardy. Accept my apologies. I went fishin.
Things are heating up in the area races. It looks like the Dems are going to capture the presidency and the Missouri governorship.
Saturday was National Come Out of the Closet Day. I told myself that if Peter Kinder had the courage to announce his true sexuality, I'd vote for him. Since that didn't happen, I'll stick with the Democrat in the race. Dr. Sam Page is a better choice, but I was prepared to reward courage.
I see the Campisi campaign has been busy posting their signs all over the public roads. This is a good sign for his opponent. Signs don't mean much anymore. They help a little with name recognition, but Campisi already has that. By putting them on public property, the county should take them down soon. Also, by not putting them in yards, it looks like they haven't been working very hard. This doesn't look good for John Campisi.
To the question I received on the last post about John Wayne Tucker, he was a losing candidate in this last Republican primary for the 3rd congressional district.
And to the query about Jim Lembke's irresponsibility, I could go on for days. How about trying to impeach a judge for a fellow politician's daughter? Trying to end temporary transplants with animal organs. How about tax credits to people who could send their children to schools that advocate overthrowing the United States. Abolishing the tax assessors office, is this a mature way to govern?
Has anyone seen Mike Leara's arrest record?
Things are heating up in the area races. It looks like the Dems are going to capture the presidency and the Missouri governorship.
Saturday was National Come Out of the Closet Day. I told myself that if Peter Kinder had the courage to announce his true sexuality, I'd vote for him. Since that didn't happen, I'll stick with the Democrat in the race. Dr. Sam Page is a better choice, but I was prepared to reward courage.
I see the Campisi campaign has been busy posting their signs all over the public roads. This is a good sign for his opponent. Signs don't mean much anymore. They help a little with name recognition, but Campisi already has that. By putting them on public property, the county should take them down soon. Also, by not putting them in yards, it looks like they haven't been working very hard. This doesn't look good for John Campisi.
To the question I received on the last post about John Wayne Tucker, he was a losing candidate in this last Republican primary for the 3rd congressional district.
And to the query about Jim Lembke's irresponsibility, I could go on for days. How about trying to impeach a judge for a fellow politician's daughter? Trying to end temporary transplants with animal organs. How about tax credits to people who could send their children to schools that advocate overthrowing the United States. Abolishing the tax assessors office, is this a mature way to govern?
Has anyone seen Mike Leara's arrest record?
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Lembke Likes to Party
I wonder if Rep. Lembke will have his buddy, Mr. Family Values, Rep. Scott Muschany, over to his party on Friday. And will they cancel the party if Senator McCain fails to show up for the debate? Update 09/29/08 Senator McCain has changed his mind and will be at the debate this evening.
The Missouri Republican Party just sent out its list of watch parties around the state for Friday night’s first presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
Lembke for Senate
6124 S. Lindbergh St. Louis, MO 63123
(314) 845-8900
When: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
The Missouri Republican Party just sent out its list of watch parties around the state for Friday night’s first presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
Lembke for Senate
6124 S. Lindbergh St. Louis, MO 63123
(314) 845-8900
When: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Court Updates
This one keeps going and going and going.
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
09/15/2008 Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing
Text: COPIES OF AMENDED ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 15,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. WUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON 9/15/08.
09/17/2008
Docket Entry:Petition: Text:
AMENDED PETITON - JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
Filing Party: Notice of Hearing Filed
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Memorandum for Clerk - Comes Now Plaintiff's and, pursuant to Mo. S. Ct. Rule 52.11(a), file herewith as of right their Amended Petition.
Docket Entry:
Motion to Reconsider
Text:
Motion to Reconsider Partial Summary Judgment
Docket Entry:
Motion to Reconsider
Text:
Motion to Reconsider Partial Summary Judgment
QUINLAN , MICHAEL D
Docket Entry:
and it looks like the Call finally decided to pay their bill instead of facing the judge, just in the nick of time.
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
09/22/2008 Docket Entry:Dismissed by Parties
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
09/15/2008 Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing
Text: COPIES OF AMENDED ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 15,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. WUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON 9/15/08.
09/17/2008
Docket Entry:Petition: Text:
AMENDED PETITON - JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
Filing Party: Notice of Hearing Filed
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Memorandum for Clerk - Comes Now Plaintiff's and, pursuant to Mo. S. Ct. Rule 52.11(a), file herewith as of right their Amended Petition.
Docket Entry:
Motion to Reconsider
Text:
Motion to Reconsider Partial Summary Judgment
Docket Entry:
Motion to Reconsider
Text:
Motion to Reconsider Partial Summary Judgment
QUINLAN , MICHAEL D
Docket Entry:
and it looks like the Call finally decided to pay their bill instead of facing the judge, just in the nick of time.
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
09/22/2008 Docket Entry:Dismissed by Parties
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
McCain Loses his Head
Channeling his inner Queen of Hearts, John McCain furiously, and apparently without even looking around at facts, said Chris Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, should be decapitated.
See the entire Washington Post article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/22/AR2008092202583.html
Monday, September 15, 2008
Major Rulings in Diehl Vs Fred Weber, Inc.
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
09/12/2008 Docket Entry:Order Text:
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS IS HEREBY GRANTED AS FOLLOWS. PLAINTIFFS' CLAIM FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN COUNT I OF THEIR PETITION IS DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
09/12/2008
Docket Entry:
Proof of Mailing
Text:
COPIES OF ORDER DATED SEPTEMBER 12,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE HARTSTEIN, ROBERT T. HAAR AND PAUL KOVACS ON 9/12/08.
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT DEFENDANT THOMAS DIEHL'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO COUNTS II AND III IS HEREBY GRANTED. JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT AND AGAINST PLAINTIFF THOMAS DIEHL AS TO COUNTS II AND III OF PLAINTIFFS' PETITION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. SOWD
Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing Text:
COPIES OF ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 12,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON 9/12/08.
09/12/2008 Docket Entry:Order Text:
WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED THAT DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS IS HEREBY GRANTED AS FOLLOWS. PLAINTIFFS' CLAIM FOR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS IN COUNT I OF THEIR PETITION IS DISMISSED FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CAUSE OF ACTION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD
09/12/2008
Docket Entry:
Proof of Mailing
Text:
COPIES OF ORDER DATED SEPTEMBER 12,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE HARTSTEIN, ROBERT T. HAAR AND PAUL KOVACS ON 9/12/08.
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT: WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT DEFENDANT THOMAS DIEHL'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO COUNTS II AND III IS HEREBY GRANTED. JUDGMENT IS ENTERED IN FAVOR OF DEFENDANT AND AGAINST PLAINTIFF THOMAS DIEHL AS TO COUNTS II AND III OF PLAINTIFFS' PETITION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE DAVID L. SOWD
Docket Entry:Proof of Mailing Text:
COPIES OF ORDER AND PARTIAL JUDGMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 12,2008 AND SIGNED BY JUDGE DAVID L. DOWD WERE MAILED TO ATTORNEYS MICHAEL D. QUINLAN, LAWRENCE F. HARTSTEIN AND WINTHROP B. REED ON 9/12/08.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Business Week on Taxes
First Round to Obama
According to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, two Washington think tanks, this round goes to Obama. The TPC took a look at the various tax proposals put forth by the two candidates and estimated that Obama's plan would lead to a boost in aftertax income for all but the highest earners, while taking a smaller bite out of government tax revenues than would McCain's plans.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db20080611_220050.htm
According to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint venture between the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, two Washington think tanks, this round goes to Obama. The TPC took a look at the various tax proposals put forth by the two candidates and estimated that Obama's plan would lead to a boost in aftertax income for all but the highest earners, while taking a smaller bite out of government tax revenues than would McCain's plans.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db20080611_220050.htm
Friday, September 5, 2008
Is Paying Your Bills Important?
As we wait for Pelarious to wrap up their collection lawsuit against Milligan and the Call Newspapers, I guess it's easy to understand why The Call doesn't report on elected officials and their financial problems. Who will pay first, the guy who has already had the judgement go against him or the guy who'll lose in court in next next couple of months?
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
(Milligan and The Call)
05/27/2008
Docket Entry:
Trial Setting Scheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
07/22/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Events:
07/22/2008 , 10:00:00 - Trial Setting
07/22/2008
Docket Entry:
Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
05/27/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
05/27/2008 - Trial Setting Scheduled
Associated Events:
07/22/2008 , 10:00:00 - Trial Setting
Docket Entry:
Hearing Scheduled
Associated Events:
09/23/2008 , 09:00:00 - Hearing
Displaying 19 thru 21 of 21 records for all dockets returned for case 2107AC-29218.
07SL-AC06081 - WORLD MARTIAL ARTS V JOHN CAMPISI
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record.
Judgment
Date:
02/21/2008
Description:
Judgment Entered
Against:
CAMPISI, JOHN
Amount of Judgment:
$2,093.00
Date of Satisfaction: not yet on file
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
(Milligan and The Call)
05/27/2008
Docket Entry:
Trial Setting Scheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
07/22/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Events:
07/22/2008 , 10:00:00 - Trial Setting
07/22/2008
Docket Entry:
Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
05/27/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
05/27/2008 - Trial Setting Scheduled
Associated Events:
07/22/2008 , 10:00:00 - Trial Setting
Docket Entry:
Hearing Scheduled
Associated Events:
09/23/2008 , 09:00:00 - Hearing
Displaying 19 thru 21 of 21 records for all dockets returned for case 2107AC-29218.
07SL-AC06081 - WORLD MARTIAL ARTS V JOHN CAMPISI
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record.
Judgment
Date:
02/21/2008
Description:
Judgment Entered
Against:
CAMPISI, JOHN
Amount of Judgment:
$2,093.00
Date of Satisfaction: not yet on file
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Are South County Republicans Ashamed?
I mentioned earlier that I didn't see a slogan on Councilman Campisi's billboard. There's something else I didn't see, the word Republican. I think there might have been a tiny elephant in the corner, but that was it. This last week, I saw literature for two Republican State Representatives running for office, Jim Lembke and Walter Bivins. Both propaganda sheets didn't indicate that they were Republicans. Has the complete lack of leadership from the governor's office and sexual scandals from the Missouri House of Representatives completely embarrassed these elected officials that they don't even want to be associated with their own party?
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Mehlville Fire District Willfully Violates the Law
To: Mehlville Fire Protection Board of Directors, Chief Silvernail, and Carla Juelfs (Records Custodian)
During the last year I have informed, instructed and pleaded with the district to comply with Missouri's open Records laws.
Last week, I clarified with your attorney your violations. This week, your records custodian confirmed your lack of compliance.
As of this morning, you are still in violation of not posting your meetings at the district firehouses. This can be accomplished by simply taping a copy of your meeting dates and times on the glass doors of the firehouses just as you do at the district's headquarters. This should have been accomplished 241 days ago.
The BOD has a meeting tonight with a tax rate hearing. It has not been posted as required by law. It's not posted on your website. The date is but there is nothing to indicate it is a tax rate hearing.
I have also requested to be notified as media about meetings as required by Missouri Sunshine Law. This has not happened either as I have been removed from your media notification list for expressing my opinions about the district.
At this point, I can only assume by your actions that the BOD, the chief and the records custodian desire to willfully violate these laws.
Mike Heins
South County News
Update; Here's what I received this afternoon.
Date:
Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:14 AM
From:
C Juelfs
To:
Mike Heins
Subject:
RE: MFPD meetings in violation of MO law
Size:
6 KB
The agenda, meeting dates and tentative tax rates will be posted at the
engine houses this afternoon.
During the last year I have informed, instructed and pleaded with the district to comply with Missouri's open Records laws.
Last week, I clarified with your attorney your violations. This week, your records custodian confirmed your lack of compliance.
As of this morning, you are still in violation of not posting your meetings at the district firehouses. This can be accomplished by simply taping a copy of your meeting dates and times on the glass doors of the firehouses just as you do at the district's headquarters. This should have been accomplished 241 days ago.
The BOD has a meeting tonight with a tax rate hearing. It has not been posted as required by law. It's not posted on your website. The date is but there is nothing to indicate it is a tax rate hearing.
I have also requested to be notified as media about meetings as required by Missouri Sunshine Law. This has not happened either as I have been removed from your media notification list for expressing my opinions about the district.
At this point, I can only assume by your actions that the BOD, the chief and the records custodian desire to willfully violate these laws.
Mike Heins
South County News
Update; Here's what I received this afternoon.
Date:
Thursday, August 28, 2008 11:14 AM
From:
C Juelfs
To:
Mike Heins
Subject:
RE: MFPD meetings in violation of MO law
Size:
6 KB
The agenda, meeting dates and tentative tax rates will be posted at the
engine houses this afternoon.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
What Does Councilman Campisi Have to Hide?
The case of Diehl vs Fred Weber is heating up. John Campisi has called in some serious help to fight being deposed in this case of David suing Goliath. We have to wonder why Campisi is trying to avoid a deposition and why he's trying to keep it under wraps with an order of protection. Does he want to delay giving testimony till after the election or just until his pool season closes? I also wonder who's paying his legal bills. Is it his campaign or St. Louis County? And is attorney Lester Stuckmeyer too busy with his multiple trash lawsuits to represent him?
Stay tuned.
08/20/2008
Docket Entry:
Entry of Appearance Filed
Text:
LORENA MERKLIN VON KAENEL ENTERS HER APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF ST, LOUIS COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER JOHN CAMPISI.
08/21/2008
Docket Entry:
Filing:
Text:
ST LOUIS COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER JOHN CAMPISI'S FURTHER OBJECTIONS FOR TAKING DEPOSITION DIRECTED TO JOHN CAMPISI AND MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
Stay tuned.
08/20/2008
Docket Entry:
Entry of Appearance Filed
Text:
LORENA MERKLIN VON KAENEL ENTERS HER APPEARANCE ON BEHALF OF ST, LOUIS COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER JOHN CAMPISI.
08/21/2008
Docket Entry:
Filing:
Text:
ST LOUIS COUNTY COUNCILMEMBER JOHN CAMPISI'S FURTHER OBJECTIONS FOR TAKING DEPOSITION DIRECTED TO JOHN CAMPISI AND MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Does Councilman John Campisi Need a Slogan?
I saw a billboard for County Councilman, John Campisi last night on the way home. There was no slogan, just John Campisi for St. Louis County Council. It reminded me of Richard Nixon's, "I'm not a crook!" At least Nixon had the guts to take a stand, Campisi never does. But what can he run on, his business experience. No, he's not a successful businessman. He ran their family business in the ground. How about service to the community? No, lip service is what you get when you seek help from his office. How about integrity? He was caught stealing and refused to say who (conspired with) loaned or gave him the equipment. How about this for a slogan?
"I'm Not a Crook, Anymore!
John Campisi
for
St. Louis County Council
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Mehlville Fire District Continues to Violate the Law
I wish to share with all of you the e-mail I sent to our fire chief today:
Chief Silvernail,
I visited Mehlville firehouses 1,3,4, yesterday August 16th and requested to see
the posting of the dates and times for the Mehlville Fire Protection BOD's
regularly scheduled meetings. There were none posted at the firehouses. As I'm
sure you're are well aware, Missouri statutes mandate this posting.
As I'm sure you are also well aware, I have complained about numerous violations
of Missouri's open records laws, by the district, to the district's records
custodian The district has continued to violate these laws, as well as to take
punitive action against me for asserting my rights.I have been removed from the
media notification list, refused copies of BOD minutes and e-mails that I
requested.
Please advise me when the MFPD has complied with the meeting posting
requirements of the MO statute and an explanation for such punitive actions
Mike Heins
South County News
And here's what I got back.
Mr. Heins: I am in receipt of your e-mail with regard to the above matter. Please note, with regard to the posting of a meeting notice, Section 610.020(1) of the Missouri Revised Statutes states the following: 610.020. 1. All public governmental bodies shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each meeting, and its tentative agenda, in a manner reasonably calculated to advise the public of the matters to be considered, and if the meeting will be conducted by telephone or other electronic means, the notice of the meeting shall identify the mode by which the meeting will be conducted and the designated location where the public may observe and attend the meeting. If a public body plans to meet by Internet chat, Internet message board, or other computer link, it shall post a notice of the meeting on its web site in addition to its principal office and shall notify the public how to access that meeting. Reasonable notice shall include making available copies of the notice to any representative of the news media who requests notice of meetings of a particular public governmental body concurrent with the notice being made available to the members of the particular governmental body and posting the notice on a bulletin board or other prominent place which is easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the body holding the meeting, or if no such office exists, at the building in which the meeting is to be held. (emphasis added). The MFPD posts notice of each meeting on the web site and at its principal office pursuant to the Sunshine Law. Let me know if you have any questions. Matt Hoffman
So here's what I sent today:
Mr. Hoffman, As I'm sure you're aware, other Missouri statutes mandate activities by fire districts and while you may not be aware of them, I'm sure the chief is. Missouri statutes require meetings be posted at all of the district's firehouses. The Mehlville Fire Protection District is a political subdivision of the State of Missouri similar to a school district or library district. As a subdivision of the State of Missouri, the Fire District operates under the guidelines set forth in the Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 321. I am again also requesting that the punitive actions taken against me for asserting my rights cease. I expect requests I make be given to me as required by law and that I be added back to the media notification list. I can not possibly cover the district with these actions taken against me.
Mike Heins South County News
and later I sent:
Mr. Hoffman,
Below is part of the statute to which I was referring.
Mike Heins
Board meetings, quorum, vacancy--employment, suspension, discharge of employees. 321.200. 1. The board shall meet regularly, not less than once each month, at a time and at some building in the district to be designated by the board. Notice of the time and place of future regular meetings shall be posted continuously at the firehouse or firehouses of the district. Additional meetings may be held, when the needs of the district so require, at a place regular meetings are held, and notice of the time and place shall be given to each member of the board. Meetings of the board shall be held and conducted in the manner required by the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo. All minutes of meetings of the board and all other records of the fire protection district shall be available for public inspection at the main firehouse within the district by appointment with the secretary of the board within one week after a written request is made between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day except Sunday.
Chief Silvernail,
I visited Mehlville firehouses 1,3,4, yesterday August 16th and requested to see
the posting of the dates and times for the Mehlville Fire Protection BOD's
regularly scheduled meetings. There were none posted at the firehouses. As I'm
sure you're are well aware, Missouri statutes mandate this posting.
As I'm sure you are also well aware, I have complained about numerous violations
of Missouri's open records laws, by the district, to the district's records
custodian The district has continued to violate these laws, as well as to take
punitive action against me for asserting my rights.I have been removed from the
media notification list, refused copies of BOD minutes and e-mails that I
requested.
Please advise me when the MFPD has complied with the meeting posting
requirements of the MO statute and an explanation for such punitive actions
Mike Heins
South County News
And here's what I got back.
Mr. Heins: I am in receipt of your e-mail with regard to the above matter. Please note, with regard to the posting of a meeting notice, Section 610.020(1) of the Missouri Revised Statutes states the following: 610.020. 1. All public governmental bodies shall give notice of the time, date, and place of each meeting, and its tentative agenda, in a manner reasonably calculated to advise the public of the matters to be considered, and if the meeting will be conducted by telephone or other electronic means, the notice of the meeting shall identify the mode by which the meeting will be conducted and the designated location where the public may observe and attend the meeting. If a public body plans to meet by Internet chat, Internet message board, or other computer link, it shall post a notice of the meeting on its web site in addition to its principal office and shall notify the public how to access that meeting. Reasonable notice shall include making available copies of the notice to any representative of the news media who requests notice of meetings of a particular public governmental body concurrent with the notice being made available to the members of the particular governmental body and posting the notice on a bulletin board or other prominent place which is easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the body holding the meeting, or if no such office exists, at the building in which the meeting is to be held. (emphasis added). The MFPD posts notice of each meeting on the web site and at its principal office pursuant to the Sunshine Law. Let me know if you have any questions. Matt Hoffman
So here's what I sent today:
Mr. Hoffman, As I'm sure you're aware, other Missouri statutes mandate activities by fire districts and while you may not be aware of them, I'm sure the chief is. Missouri statutes require meetings be posted at all of the district's firehouses. The Mehlville Fire Protection District is a political subdivision of the State of Missouri similar to a school district or library district. As a subdivision of the State of Missouri, the Fire District operates under the guidelines set forth in the Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 321. I am again also requesting that the punitive actions taken against me for asserting my rights cease. I expect requests I make be given to me as required by law and that I be added back to the media notification list. I can not possibly cover the district with these actions taken against me.
Mike Heins South County News
and later I sent:
Mr. Hoffman,
Below is part of the statute to which I was referring.
Mike Heins
Board meetings, quorum, vacancy--employment, suspension, discharge of employees. 321.200. 1. The board shall meet regularly, not less than once each month, at a time and at some building in the district to be designated by the board. Notice of the time and place of future regular meetings shall be posted continuously at the firehouse or firehouses of the district. Additional meetings may be held, when the needs of the district so require, at a place regular meetings are held, and notice of the time and place shall be given to each member of the board. Meetings of the board shall be held and conducted in the manner required by the provisions of chapter 610, RSMo. All minutes of meetings of the board and all other records of the fire protection district shall be available for public inspection at the main firehouse within the district by appointment with the secretary of the board within one week after a written request is made between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. every day except Sunday.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Leadership in St. Louis County
Our subdivision recently started with the new recycling program. I was amazed to see the amount of households participating. This was the result of great leadership on the part of our County Executive Charlie Dooley. As the trash districting plan is implemented, we will have fewer trucks on our streets, using less energy and reducing waste that is sent to landfills.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Stonebraker's not an Idiot
I really mean that. James Stonebraker is not an idiot. Jim Lembke's not a sexual predator and John Campisi's not a thief. Two out of three aint bad. As regular readers know, I have attributed the Truth Spot to James Stonebraker, Arron Hilmer's mentor, but he tells me that he's not solely responsible for the Truth Spot . I'm starting to believe him. Someone sent me a section where the Spot was harping on some school board members for missing a meeting or two. It's funny that the Spot notices that a non-paid elected official misses a meeting and doesn't mention how often County Councilman Campisi misses important votes. He also mentioned that one board member attended a meeting by telephone and that they couldn't vote by phone. Yes, they can. Even Stonebraker is smart enough to know that. Someone else must have been the author of that nonsense, perhaps Burke Wasson . Also, to the fellow told me I should apologize to Lembke, no way. I didn't say he was a sexual predator. But if you vote with one and party with one, you're only guilty by association. As to Councilman Campisi, the record speaks for itself.
Friday, August 8, 2008
South County Car Washes Saturday
Good Afternoon -
Is your car dirty and you do not have time to wash it? Do I have a solution for
you!
Mehlville High School's Pantherette Dance Team is having a car wash this
Saturday, August 9th, 9:00am - 2:00pm at the Office Depot on South Lindbergh.
Donations will be accepted.
Profits from the Car Wash will be used to purchase much needed costumes for the
dance team.
Thank you for your support.
MHS Pantherettes
Is your car dirty and you do not have time to wash it? Do I have a solution for
you!
Mehlville High School's Pantherette Dance Team is having a car wash this
Saturday, August 9th, 9:00am - 2:00pm at the Office Depot on South Lindbergh.
Donations will be accepted.
Profits from the Car Wash will be used to purchase much needed costumes for the
dance team.
Thank you for your support.
MHS Pantherettes
Also, the MFPD will hold a carwash from 10-4 on Saturday at Telegraph's Advance Auto Parts near JB. The proceeds will go towards the construction of the new fire house.
I think I'll support the kids.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
In Search of the Truth
Now we know why this shitbag was quitting.
State rep charged with assaulting teenRep. Scott Muschany, R-Frontenac, was indicted today in a reported sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Jefferson City the day after this year’s Legislative session ended. Get more on this exclusive story from STLtoday.com. [more]
I'm waiting for the truth from the governor's office on why Gov. Blunt quit.
Monday, August 4, 2008
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Drury Hotels
Handyman Connection
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AWS Awnings, Windows & Siding
Clean USA Air Duct Cleaning
AndyOnCall Home Improvements
The Tan Company
Sybergs' Eating & Drinking Co.
Custom Cuts
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Gravois Auto Repair
ALDI
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Designer checks
Casa Gallardo
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
Happy Birthday Mr. Lembke
Jim Lembke: No Steward of My $$!!
July 28th, 2008 by StopLembke Posted in Committee, Jim Lembke No Comments »
Jim Lembke squandered campaign contributions for his birthday party! Lembke: “being a good steward of the people’s money is job number one.” Then Lembke flip-flopped and burned a hole in his pocket spending $1248.50 of the people’s money on a party and $2674.47 of the people’s money on cheese and wine! Was a party what those people contributing to his campaign had in mind? We don’t think so Jim. Jim Lembke is out of touch with Missouri values. Stop Lembke today before another one of your hard earned dollars goes to buy Jim Lembke another bottle of French wine!
See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBxbj38GJg
July 28th, 2008 by StopLembke Posted in Committee, Jim Lembke No Comments »
Jim Lembke squandered campaign contributions for his birthday party! Lembke: “being a good steward of the people’s money is job number one.” Then Lembke flip-flopped and burned a hole in his pocket spending $1248.50 of the people’s money on a party and $2674.47 of the people’s money on cheese and wine! Was a party what those people contributing to his campaign had in mind? We don’t think so Jim. Jim Lembke is out of touch with Missouri values. Stop Lembke today before another one of your hard earned dollars goes to buy Jim Lembke another bottle of French wine!
See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBxbj38GJg
Monday, July 28, 2008
In Good Taste
I have to agree with a couple of comments I got about an insensitive post, so I've deleted it. I shouldn't have posted it. I don't edit the posts. I try to leave most of them in, even the ones the don't speak highly of me. To those who were offended, I'll apologize on behalf of the writer. Remember readers, just because someone says they belong to an organization doesn't mean that's who they really are. Posting anonymously allows people to pretend they are other people. Let's move on.
Friday, July 25, 2008
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC Update
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
Filing Party:
FRED WEBER INC
Docket Entry:
Notice of Hearing Filed
Text:
DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SET FOR HEARING ON AUGUST 11,2008 AT 10:00 A.M.
Filing Party:
FRED WEBER INC
07/25/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
MOTION OF COUNTY COUNSELMAN CAPISI TO QUASH NOTICE OF DEPOSITION CALLED, HEARD AND DENIED. DEFENDANT AND ATTORNEY FOR COUNSELMAN CAPISI TO ATTEMPT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEABLE PROTECTIVE ORDER TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THE DEPOSITION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE
Filing Party:
FRED WEBER INC
Docket Entry:
Notice of Hearing Filed
Text:
DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SET FOR HEARING ON AUGUST 11,2008 AT 10:00 A.M.
Filing Party:
FRED WEBER INC
07/25/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
MOTION OF COUNTY COUNSELMAN CAPISI TO QUASH NOTICE OF DEPOSITION CALLED, HEARD AND DENIED. DEFENDANT AND ATTORNEY FOR COUNSELMAN CAPISI TO ATTEMPT TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEABLE PROTECTIVE ORDER TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THE DEPOSITION. SO ORDERED: JUDGE
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Firefighter Benefit This Thursday
A benefit will be held this Thursday for the firefighter and paramedic fired by the Mehlville Fire Department for participating in union activities. It's sponsored by the International Association of Firefighters 2665 and 73. The event will kick off at 7 pm at the Phoenix, located just north of Lindbergh on Lemay Ferry. The $20 entry will get you a few drinks and go a long way to help a couple of our dedicated public servants who have had to struggle through this harassment.
Bring a couple extra dollars for the raffles and to play me in some billiards. Please pass this info along to others.
Update: For those who can't make it,
Checks should be payable to: Local 2665 Gerri and Bob Fundraiser
Mail to:
Local 2665 Bob and Gerri Fundraiser
115 McMenamy St. Peters, MO 63376
Mehlville Fire Legal Bills to Rise
The Mehlville Fire Department decided Thursday evening to spend more of your tax money in court. In a closed session vote, they voted unanimously to appeal their loss of a pension lawsuit by Capt. Don Hoskins. It would be a lot less expensive if this board would just follow the law.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
06/27/2008
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN'S MOTION TO DISMISS COUNT II OF THE THIRD PATY PETITION AND TO STRIKE COUNT I AS AN IMPROPER THIRD PARTY CLAIM
07/08/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
Original transcript of deposition of Thomas Dunn Jr., previously lodged with the court is released to attorney Michael Quinlain, plaintiff's counsel, who had filed it. So Ordered: Judge Thomas C. Grady
Docket Entry:
Hearing/Trial Cancelled
Associated Docket Entries:
11/08/2007 - Motion Hearing Scheduled
Associated Events:
11/20/2007 , 09:00:00 - Motion Hearing
Docket Entry:
Hearing/Trial Cancelled
Associated Docket Entries:
03/10/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
03/10/2008 - Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
05/12/2008 , 08:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
08/18/2008 , 08:59:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF GALLOP, JOHNSON & NEUMAN'S MOTION TO DISMISS COUNT II OF THE THIRD PATY PETITION AND TO STRIKE COUNT I AS AN IMPROPER THIRD PARTY CLAIM
07/08/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
Original transcript of deposition of Thomas Dunn Jr., previously lodged with the court is released to attorney Michael Quinlain, plaintiff's counsel, who had filed it. So Ordered: Judge Thomas C. Grady
Docket Entry:
Hearing/Trial Cancelled
Associated Docket Entries:
11/08/2007 - Motion Hearing Scheduled
Associated Events:
11/20/2007 , 09:00:00 - Motion Hearing
Docket Entry:
Hearing/Trial Cancelled
Associated Docket Entries:
03/10/2008 - Hearing Continued/Rescheduled
Associated Docket Entries:
03/10/2008 - Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
05/12/2008 , 08:00:00 - Jury Trial
Docket Entry:
Jury Trial Scheduled
Associated Events:
08/18/2008 , 08:59:00 - Jury Trial
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record.
Displaying 1 thru 4 of 4 docket records returned for case 22052-07589 from June 15, 2008 until today.
06/16/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
DEFENDANT FRED WEBER GRANTED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008 IN WHICH TO FILE RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIM. SAID MOTION SET FOR HEARING, JUNE 23, 2008. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Docket Entry:
Motion to Sever Case
Text:
PLANITIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AND TO RETURN CASE TO DIVISION 1 FOR TRIAL ASSIGNMENT
06/27/2008
Docket Entry:
Motion to Dismiss
Text:
DEFENDANT HUSCH BLANKWELL SANDERS LLP'S MOTION TO DISMISS.
Docket Entry:
Certificate of Service
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record.
Displaying 1 thru 4 of 4 docket records returned for case 22052-07589 from June 15, 2008 until today.
06/16/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
DEFENDANT FRED WEBER GRANTED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008 IN WHICH TO FILE RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIM. SAID MOTION SET FOR HEARING, JUNE 23, 2008. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Docket Entry:
Motion to Sever Case
Text:
PLANITIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AND TO RETURN CASE TO DIVISION 1 FOR TRIAL ASSIGNMENT
06/27/2008
Docket Entry:
Motion to Dismiss
Text:
DEFENDANT HUSCH BLANKWELL SANDERS LLP'S MOTION TO DISMISS.
Docket Entry:
Certificate of Service
Monday, June 30, 2008
Continued Conflict of Interest at the Mehlville Fire Department
MFPD Director Bonnie Stegman continues to serve two masters and only one seems to be served well. At the last Mehlville Fire Board meeting, Deputy Chief Walk presented his concerns that St. Anthony's Medical Center was using our ambulances as medical taxis. He complained about transferring of patients within St. Anthony's system. He has written the hospital but has not received a response. He told the board that if this continues, he thought they should be billed. The board told him to write another letter and Stegman agreed to help with the letter. Can we expect Stegman to aggressively pursue this matter when she is employed by St. Anthony's? I don't think so. She has yet to stand up for the district while St. Anthony's emergency room diverts our ambulances to other St. Louis hospitals. Stegman needs to stand up or step down.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589 Update
The saga continues:
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
06/16/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
DEFENDANT FRED WEBER GRANTED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008 IN WHICH TO FILE RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIM. SAID MOTION SET FOR HEARING, JUNE 23, 2008. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Docket Entry:
Motion to Sever Case
Text:
PLANITIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AND TO RETURN CASE TO DIVISION 1 FOR TRIAL ASSIGNMENT
22052-07589 - DIEHL VS FRED WEBER INC
06/16/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
DEFENDANT FRED WEBER GRANTED UNTIL MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008 IN WHICH TO FILE RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIM. SAID MOTION SET FOR HEARING, JUNE 23, 2008. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Docket Entry:
Motion to Sever Case
Text:
PLANITIFFS' MOTION TO SEVER THIRD PARTY CLAIMS AND TO RETURN CASE TO DIVISION 1 FOR TRIAL ASSIGNMENT
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Mehlville Fire Protection District Meeting
Mehlville Fire Protection District Agenda
Directors' Meeting June 19, 2008
MFPD Conference Room 11020 Mueller Road
Directors' Meeting June 19, 2008
MFPD Conference Room 11020 Mueller Road
Thursday 7pm
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Mr. Stonebraker's Inaccuracies
This morning,I was sent some comments from the South County Truth Spot that needed correcting:
An outside consulting firm was hired to revamp the management and culture of the Mehlville FPD. The South County Truth Spot sees this action as a very positive step to provide a harassment-free workplace and a change of the District's culture. While the MFPD moved forward with their proposal, the only one submitted, there is no contract, so no one was hired. Also, please note, the only one found guilty of harassing anyone has been the department's chief, James Silvernail. He was hired by Bonnie Stegman and Aaron Hilmer on the sole recommendation of James Stonebraker.
We are also told that two of South County's biggest losers, failed write-in candidate Dennis "Jaw Breaker Skelton" and former Mehlville Board of Education Secretary, Mike Heins (TruthDetector: Heins was defeated for reelection by a strip club owner) were sitting together observing the official proceedings. Mr.Ocello is the president of a company that owns many of these clubs, he's not the owner. If being defeated by someone he doesn't respect is a knock on me, what does he think about John Ashcroft being defeated by someone who was deceased? Perhaps, I can get appointed as the next United States Attorney General?
An outside consulting firm was hired to revamp the management and culture of the Mehlville FPD. The South County Truth Spot sees this action as a very positive step to provide a harassment-free workplace and a change of the District's culture. While the MFPD moved forward with their proposal, the only one submitted, there is no contract, so no one was hired. Also, please note, the only one found guilty of harassing anyone has been the department's chief, James Silvernail. He was hired by Bonnie Stegman and Aaron Hilmer on the sole recommendation of James Stonebraker.
We are also told that two of South County's biggest losers, failed write-in candidate Dennis "Jaw Breaker Skelton" and former Mehlville Board of Education Secretary, Mike Heins (TruthDetector: Heins was defeated for reelection by a strip club owner) were sitting together observing the official proceedings. Mr.Ocello is the president of a company that owns many of these clubs, he's not the owner. If being defeated by someone he doesn't respect is a knock on me, what does he think about John Ashcroft being defeated by someone who was deceased? Perhaps, I can get appointed as the next United States Attorney General?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Mehlville Fire Posting
Below is the posting which has been on the district's website since Monday and was published in the paper this week. This is a terrific example of how the district tries to deceive the public. They already know who they want for this work. What credible agency offers a request for proposal that needs to be responded to in 3 days (which includes time for mailing)? It's hard to believe this could be allowed by law. If any other public entity tried this bull$h#% the Call would be all over them, with good reason. Even though the district knows they're having a meeting this Friday, they still haven't posted it.
MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
11020 Mueller Road St. Louis, Mo. 63123
Advertisement for Bids & Legal Notice
Sealed bids will be received by Mehlville Fire Protection District for:
EMPLOYMENT CONSULTING
The Board of Directors of the Mehlville Fire Protection District, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, is seeking an employment consultant with experience in the Emergency Services. The scope of the work involves a management audit and cultural analysis of the Mehlville Fire Protection District.
The District has 123 employees and operates out of seven (7) stations in an urban/suburban response coverage area of fifty-two (52) square miles. It is a 100% career department that services a resident population of over 110,000 people.
Bids will be received at the office of Hoffman & Slocomb, LLC, 1115 Locust Street, Missouri 63101, up to the hour of 2:00 p.m. prevailing central time on Friday, June 13, 2008. Bids received after said time will be returned un-opened. Accepted bids will be opened and read at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Mehlville Fire Protection District, 11020 Mueller Road St. Louis, Mo. 63123. Faxed bids will also be accepted at the following number: (314) 231-0323. Additional questions may be directed to Mathew E. Hoffman at (314) 436-7800.
The Mehlville Fire Protection District hereby notifies all bidders it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities therein and to accept the bid most advantageous to the Mehlville Fire Protection District.
MEHLVILLE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
11020 Mueller Road St. Louis, Mo. 63123
Advertisement for Bids & Legal Notice
Sealed bids will be received by Mehlville Fire Protection District for:
EMPLOYMENT CONSULTING
The Board of Directors of the Mehlville Fire Protection District, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, is seeking an employment consultant with experience in the Emergency Services. The scope of the work involves a management audit and cultural analysis of the Mehlville Fire Protection District.
The District has 123 employees and operates out of seven (7) stations in an urban/suburban response coverage area of fifty-two (52) square miles. It is a 100% career department that services a resident population of over 110,000 people.
Bids will be received at the office of Hoffman & Slocomb, LLC, 1115 Locust Street, Missouri 63101, up to the hour of 2:00 p.m. prevailing central time on Friday, June 13, 2008. Bids received after said time will be returned un-opened. Accepted bids will be opened and read at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the Mehlville Fire Protection District, 11020 Mueller Road St. Louis, Mo. 63123. Faxed bids will also be accepted at the following number: (314) 231-0323. Additional questions may be directed to Mathew E. Hoffman at (314) 436-7800.
The Mehlville Fire Protection District hereby notifies all bidders it will affirmatively ensure that any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, sex, or national origin.
The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities therein and to accept the bid most advantageous to the Mehlville Fire Protection District.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Go MIZZOU!
http://blogs.columbiatribune.com/football/
My neighbor was telling me about this BLOG the other day. It's the most visited MIZZOU blog in the nation. It has a great story today about the success of student athletes at MIZZOU.
My neighbor was telling me about this BLOG the other day. It's the most visited MIZZOU blog in the nation. It has a great story today about the success of student athletes at MIZZOU.
Friday, June 6, 2008
D-Day
Sixty four years ago, men much braver than I, stormed the beaches of Normandy beginning the land invasion to re-claim Europe. I salute their service and sacrifice.
Mike
Mike
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
South County has a Medical Problem Continued
St. Anthony's Hospital was ranked number 1 of the St. Louis Metropolitan area's 24 hospitals. Unfortunately, they lead St. Louis in turning away patients from their emergency room. In May, St. Anthony's was turning away patients 29.3% of the time. The next highest diversion rate for a hospital in St. Louis was 6.5%. This is the second month in a row and the fourth out of the last six months they have lead the region.
One would think that having a registered nurse on our fire board would be a good thing, but it appears Mrs. Stegman cares more about pleasing the bottom line then patient care. At the very least, we should expect a nurse director to be an advocate for patient care. Frankly, it doesn't appear she cares about patients at all. Perhaps she feels she can't speak out because she is employed by St. Anthony's Hospital. If she can't do her job, she needs to step down. South County deserves better care.
One would think that having a registered nurse on our fire board would be a good thing, but it appears Mrs. Stegman cares more about pleasing the bottom line then patient care. At the very least, we should expect a nurse director to be an advocate for patient care. Frankly, it doesn't appear she cares about patients at all. Perhaps she feels she can't speak out because she is employed by St. Anthony's Hospital. If she can't do her job, she needs to step down. South County deserves better care.
Monday, June 2, 2008
South County Businessman Facing Jail Over Property Violations
I received this e-mail about a friend's father. I know there are two sides to every story but I have suffered through trying to communicate with Councilman Campisi's office before. It would be nice if the media would cover this before it went to extremes.
Hey everyone - Sorry to bother you all with this. I usually don't do this kind of stuff but I really need your help. My Father In-Law, whom all you know, I think the world of has been continually persecuted & prosecuted over the last three (3) years by St. Louis County and it is totally out of hand. Although our companies property has been zoned M1 Commercial since the 1940's our neighbors would like this area turned into a nice park. I would also like a park next to my house. These neighbors have been working with County Councilman John Campisi to get our business moved from this property. Campisi has spearheaded an effort to trump up property violations against Larry. Larry has been trying to get Mr. Campisi to visit our plant and see the type of operation that we run for almost three years. Campisi has promised to show up but never does and only trumps up additional charges. Larry has been willing to work with the county but I believe they only want our company to move out and appease a few neighbors and in turn get a few votes (please keep in mind this is an election year). NOW GET THIS! Mr. Campisi is trying to put Larry in jail for 90 Days because he won't cop a plea and admit to things he hasn't done wrong. I have known Larry for over 20 years and he is the most honest people I have ever met. He cares about people and is an upstanding businessman. Our companies Custom Rollform Products, Custom Panel Systems, and Ductformer have done business in every state in the country and on nearly every continent (minus Antarctica) but we are having trouble doing business in St. Louis County. We have nearly 40 employees and if this moves forward this may change. One would think the county and Mr. Campisi would want to work with local businesses but that is not the case. He thinks Larry stands alone. Now Larry doesn't know I sent this but I am asking all of you to send Mr. Campisi a quick e-mail and let him know that Larry doesn't stand alone. Just a few words and just a few minutes of your time to show you support him and small business. Please let him know that Larry is not a criminal. Here is his e-mail address: http://ssomail.charter.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=jcampisi%40stlouisco.com Any help in this matter would be a big help. Please pass this onto your friends and family. I would very much like to fill his inbox by Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Chris Pleimann 314-210-2520 http://www.customrollformproducts.com/ http://www.ductformer.com/ http://www.custompanelsystems.com/
Hey everyone - Sorry to bother you all with this. I usually don't do this kind of stuff but I really need your help. My Father In-Law, whom all you know, I think the world of has been continually persecuted & prosecuted over the last three (3) years by St. Louis County and it is totally out of hand. Although our companies property has been zoned M1 Commercial since the 1940's our neighbors would like this area turned into a nice park. I would also like a park next to my house. These neighbors have been working with County Councilman John Campisi to get our business moved from this property. Campisi has spearheaded an effort to trump up property violations against Larry. Larry has been trying to get Mr. Campisi to visit our plant and see the type of operation that we run for almost three years. Campisi has promised to show up but never does and only trumps up additional charges. Larry has been willing to work with the county but I believe they only want our company to move out and appease a few neighbors and in turn get a few votes (please keep in mind this is an election year). NOW GET THIS! Mr. Campisi is trying to put Larry in jail for 90 Days because he won't cop a plea and admit to things he hasn't done wrong. I have known Larry for over 20 years and he is the most honest people I have ever met. He cares about people and is an upstanding businessman. Our companies Custom Rollform Products, Custom Panel Systems, and Ductformer have done business in every state in the country and on nearly every continent (minus Antarctica) but we are having trouble doing business in St. Louis County. We have nearly 40 employees and if this moves forward this may change. One would think the county and Mr. Campisi would want to work with local businesses but that is not the case. He thinks Larry stands alone. Now Larry doesn't know I sent this but I am asking all of you to send Mr. Campisi a quick e-mail and let him know that Larry doesn't stand alone. Just a few words and just a few minutes of your time to show you support him and small business. Please let him know that Larry is not a criminal. Here is his e-mail address: http://ssomail.charter.net/do/mail/message/mailto?to=jcampisi%40stlouisco.com Any help in this matter would be a big help. Please pass this onto your friends and family. I would very much like to fill his inbox by Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Chris Pleimann 314-210-2520 http://www.customrollformproducts.com/ http://www.ductformer.com/ http://www.custompanelsystems.com/
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Call Newspapers and the Law
I know I need to update this as there are more lawsuits and protection orders against Milligan and the Call, but as always, I wanted to give them an opportunity to comment on these public records. Do you have anything to say Mr. Anthony? Mr. Milligan? Master Wasson?
Litigation versus William & Deborah Milligan
& Concord Publications, Inc
doing business as Call Publishing & Call Newspapers
aka the Oakville Call, Concord Call Green Park Call & Sun Crest Call
Case #21C94-18795 Landlord, Darrel D. Climer back rent for over $11,000 Release of Garnishment Oct 27, 1995.· Case # 21C97-23879 State of Missouri Failure to pay taxes,· Case #681813 Alonzo Potts- Former Business Partner with Call Publications sues the Milligans and the Call for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Contract, and Fraud ($30,000).· Case # 97CC-001749 continued action to settle previous case by Alonzo Potts- Judgment #781307, March 26th, 2003.· Case # 21S90-02371 Small claims by Lockos, hostile work environment· Case #21S90-02372 by Voyles· Case # 21S96-01019 by Service Assurance Corporation AgainstWilliam T. Milligan· Case # 21B901359 07/17/90 Adult Abuse brought by Deborah S. Baker (spouse)· Case #21C98-04554 Failure to pay account Commercial Phone Marketing· Case #931976939 Failure to register vehicle· Case # 932000078 speeding· Case #96010990 Failure to register· Case #76151990 Failure to appear· Case #90030990 speeding· Case #7651990 Failure to appear· Case #21-94TR-011892 speeding· Case #94TR-11892· Case #95TR-7291· Case # 90TR TR-26455 Disobeyed red light· 2 cars were totaled in 1990!AgainstDeborah (Baker) Milligan· Case # 613949 Dissolution of marriage 08/14/90
Litigation versus William & Deborah Milligan
& Concord Publications, Inc
doing business as Call Publishing & Call Newspapers
aka the Oakville Call, Concord Call Green Park Call & Sun Crest Call
Case #21C94-18795 Landlord, Darrel D. Climer back rent for over $11,000 Release of Garnishment Oct 27, 1995.· Case # 21C97-23879 State of Missouri Failure to pay taxes,· Case #681813 Alonzo Potts- Former Business Partner with Call Publications sues the Milligans and the Call for Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Contract, and Fraud ($30,000).· Case # 97CC-001749 continued action to settle previous case by Alonzo Potts- Judgment #781307, March 26th, 2003.· Case # 21S90-02371 Small claims by Lockos, hostile work environment· Case #21S90-02372 by Voyles· Case # 21S96-01019 by Service Assurance Corporation AgainstWilliam T. Milligan· Case # 21B901359 07/17/90 Adult Abuse brought by Deborah S. Baker (spouse)· Case #21C98-04554 Failure to pay account Commercial Phone Marketing· Case #931976939 Failure to register vehicle· Case # 932000078 speeding· Case #96010990 Failure to register· Case #76151990 Failure to appear· Case #90030990 speeding· Case #7651990 Failure to appear· Case #21-94TR-011892 speeding· Case #94TR-11892· Case #95TR-7291· Case # 90TR TR-26455 Disobeyed red light· 2 cars were totaled in 1990!AgainstDeborah (Baker) Milligan· Case # 613949 Dissolution of marriage 08/14/90
Friday, May 30, 2008
Trash District Plan for St. Louis County
From the May 29, 2008 St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Thank you for keeping faith in Charlie Dooley's Trash District plan. The bid to pick up trash in South St. Louis County came in at a rate of $11.31 for one trash pick up and one recycling pick up per week, and twice yearly bulk pickup. For me this is about half the price I was paying with the added bonus of helping the environment through recycling, saving landfill space and creating jobs!
I like my new big black container.
Thank you for keeping faith in Charlie Dooley's Trash District plan. The bid to pick up trash in South St. Louis County came in at a rate of $11.31 for one trash pick up and one recycling pick up per week, and twice yearly bulk pickup. For me this is about half the price I was paying with the added bonus of helping the environment through recycling, saving landfill space and creating jobs!
I like my new big black container.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Murder Threats in Mehlville?
Obviously, things are getting hotter with the Mehlville Fire District's inquisition!
The Post Dispatch had an article in today's Metro Section.The board started this investigation April 22nd. Individual firefighters have been asked if the had knowledge about some murder threats. I've got some questions for the fire board. If there are some allegations about serious crimes, shouldn't you call the county police or maybe the federal prosecutor's office. Is Catherine Hanaway too busy to take your call? Why are the taxpayers paying some fly by night investigative firm when we have these county and federal professionals who should be providing this service for free?
The Post Dispatch had an article in today's Metro Section.The board started this investigation April 22nd. Individual firefighters have been asked if the had knowledge about some murder threats. I've got some questions for the fire board. If there are some allegations about serious crimes, shouldn't you call the county police or maybe the federal prosecutor's office. Is Catherine Hanaway too busy to take your call? Why are the taxpayers paying some fly by night investigative firm when we have these county and federal professionals who should be providing this service for free?
Call Newspapers is Back in Court Again
In a hearing this morning, the Bill Milligan decided he'd rather go to court than pay his debts. Court has been set for July 22nd at 10 am.
This should be fun!
21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record. If an event is continued or cancelled it will not appear on this calendar.
Displaying 1 thru 1 of 1 scheduled hearings and trials returned for case 2107AC-29218.
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
Judge/Commissioner
Time
Day
Setting
Event
PATRICK CLIFFORD
9:00 AM
1 OF 1
Hearing
Event Text:
Location:DIVISION 39 St Louis County
Displaying 1 thru 1 of 1 scheduled hearings and trials returned for case 2107AC-29218.
This should be fun!
21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)
2107AC-29218 - PELARIOUS INC A CORP V CONCORD PUBLICATIONS
This information is provided as a service and is not considered an official court record. If an event is continued or cancelled it will not appear on this calendar.
Displaying 1 thru 1 of 1 scheduled hearings and trials returned for case 2107AC-29218.
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2008
Judge/Commissioner
Time
Day
Setting
Event
PATRICK CLIFFORD
9:00 AM
1 OF 1
Hearing
Event Text:
Location:DIVISION 39 St Louis County
Displaying 1 thru 1 of 1 scheduled hearings and trials returned for case 2107AC-29218.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Diehl vs Fred Weber, Inc. 22052-07589
Perhaps the biggest story in South County over the last ten years was the legal battle between Tom Diehl and Fred Weber, Inc.
For those who were living elsewhere, let me summarize the case.
Fred Weber wanted to put a trash transfer station near Diehl’s house. Diehl joined with others to oppose the station. Diehl distributed fliers calling Weber a trash terrorist. Weber sued Diehl for defamation. Weber was seen as a bully in this David and Goliath battle. Weber was not successful in their lawsuit.Diehl’s fundraising business was apparently failing during this period. Diehl filed a lawsuit on 7/25/05 alleging that Weber hurt his reputation and that hurt his business. Diehl ran for the school board in the spring of 2006 with campaign materials citing his business experience and his ability to stand up to Weber. Diehl was elected with the most votes out of six candidates. A story appeared in the Call several months after the election. Below is the current status of the case. For those who followed the first battle, you might want to follow this one, but I would't bother looking for it in the Call.
05/19/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
PLAINTIFF GRANTED UNTIL JUNE 2, 2008 TO FILE RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. DEFENDANT'S COUNSEL CONSENTS. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Update 6/4/8
06/03/2008
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Plaintifff granted leave to file out of time, their responsive pleadings in opposition to defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant's cereusel has cerseuted to leave. So Ordered - Judge Thomas C. Grady
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Come now plaintiffs and file herewith underseal their Response to FWI's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts and Memorandum in Opposition to FWI's Motion for Summary Judgment.
Filing Party:
QUINLAN , MICHAEL D
For those who were living elsewhere, let me summarize the case.
Fred Weber wanted to put a trash transfer station near Diehl’s house. Diehl joined with others to oppose the station. Diehl distributed fliers calling Weber a trash terrorist. Weber sued Diehl for defamation. Weber was seen as a bully in this David and Goliath battle. Weber was not successful in their lawsuit.Diehl’s fundraising business was apparently failing during this period. Diehl filed a lawsuit on 7/25/05 alleging that Weber hurt his reputation and that hurt his business. Diehl ran for the school board in the spring of 2006 with campaign materials citing his business experience and his ability to stand up to Weber. Diehl was elected with the most votes out of six candidates. A story appeared in the Call several months after the election. Below is the current status of the case. For those who followed the first battle, you might want to follow this one, but I would't bother looking for it in the Call.
05/19/2008
Docket Entry:
Order
Text:
PLAINTIFF GRANTED UNTIL JUNE 2, 2008 TO FILE RESPONSE TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT. DEFENDANT'S COUNSEL CONSENTS. SO ORDERED: MICHAEL B. CALVIN
Update 6/4/8
06/03/2008
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Plaintifff granted leave to file out of time, their responsive pleadings in opposition to defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment. Defendant's cereusel has cerseuted to leave. So Ordered - Judge Thomas C. Grady
Docket Entry:
Memorandum Filed
Text:
Come now plaintiffs and file herewith underseal their Response to FWI's Statement of Uncontroverted Material Facts and Memorandum in Opposition to FWI's Motion for Summary Judgment.
Filing Party:
QUINLAN , MICHAEL D
Monday, May 19, 2008
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Hoax Fooled Call's Cub Reporter
From the Daily Egyption:
A former editor's apology: When I first heard last week that Dan Kennings may not be real, I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach. I also remembered two stories I wrote in the spring of 2004 for the DAILY EGYPTIAN. I thought if what the Chicago Tribune and the DE are saying is true, then I can't guarantee that these two stories I wrote are 100 percent correct. I guess you could say I was duped, too. And I want everyone to know. By the time both of these stories ran, the DE had published numerous Kodee Kennings columns for almost a year. Her opinion columns had become so much a part of the newspaper and she was loved by so many people that I never even considered the possibility that her situation may not be true. I don't think anyone else at the DE did either. Sad to say, if Jaimie Reynolds had never "killed off" the character of Dan Kennings, I don't believe anyone would have ever investigated the matter. I was doing a story based on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. war with Iraq. I had interviewed some members of the Southern Illinois Peace Coalition at the Carbondale town square, and I wanted to get some input from some soldiers to widen the story's angle. I figured it would be only half the truth if all I did was talk to protesters. I told who I thought was "Colleen Hastings" that I was interested in interviewing some of the guys in Dan's unit of the 101st Airborne in Fort Campbell, Ky. She told me she'd be glad to help. She also said that because of their busy training schedules at the base, I wouldn't be able to contact any of these soldiers through the base's land lines. So, she arranged for them to call me at the DAILY EGYPTIAN. The phone rang, and it was the voice that I had come to know as Dan Kennings. I told him I couldn't use him in the story because I felt like I knew him and his daughter, so he passed the phone around to at least three other guys. They all gave their names and ranks, and I did phone interviews with each of them. It certainly wasn't the first phone interview I ever gave, so I didn't think there was anything weird about it. Besides, I'd never had any prior knowledge of how to contact people at military bases and I was clearly unfamiliar altogether with the whole military lifestyle. I suppose my unfamiliarity was something that Jaimie Reynolds preyed on. I took these interviews and a separate phone interview I also did with a woman who I thought was the wife of one of these soldiers and put them into the story. I also used some quotes from the soldier's wife in a follow-up story. Looking back on it, it was a totally stupid interviewing method on my part ˘ definitely something I would not do today. I thought I could trust "Colleen." We all did. I never heard one person say otherwise. She just seemed like too nice of a person to orchestrate something this evil. Who would believe that hours and hours of phone conversation with Kodee was actually someone else? I never meant to to intentionally deceive anybody. I thought everything I was doing was accurate. I'm sorry to the readers of the DE that I wrote two stories that are probably not true. It certainly wasn't done intentionally. I always try to tell the truth in my stories. But I guess that's the reality of any college newspaper. You're in college. You're still learning. I know it sounds cold to say, but in journalism, it's healthy not to trust anyone. The DE and I learned the hard way.
Burke Wasson, a 2004 SIUC graduate, was the DAILY EGYPTIAN's editor-in-chief in the summer of 2004.
BLOG editor's note: I had a request for some info about the Call's youngest incompetent writer so I decided to repeat this from July 2007.
A former editor's apology: When I first heard last week that Dan Kennings may not be real, I felt like I'd been kicked in the stomach. I also remembered two stories I wrote in the spring of 2004 for the DAILY EGYPTIAN. I thought if what the Chicago Tribune and the DE are saying is true, then I can't guarantee that these two stories I wrote are 100 percent correct. I guess you could say I was duped, too. And I want everyone to know. By the time both of these stories ran, the DE had published numerous Kodee Kennings columns for almost a year. Her opinion columns had become so much a part of the newspaper and she was loved by so many people that I never even considered the possibility that her situation may not be true. I don't think anyone else at the DE did either. Sad to say, if Jaimie Reynolds had never "killed off" the character of Dan Kennings, I don't believe anyone would have ever investigated the matter. I was doing a story based on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. war with Iraq. I had interviewed some members of the Southern Illinois Peace Coalition at the Carbondale town square, and I wanted to get some input from some soldiers to widen the story's angle. I figured it would be only half the truth if all I did was talk to protesters. I told who I thought was "Colleen Hastings" that I was interested in interviewing some of the guys in Dan's unit of the 101st Airborne in Fort Campbell, Ky. She told me she'd be glad to help. She also said that because of their busy training schedules at the base, I wouldn't be able to contact any of these soldiers through the base's land lines. So, she arranged for them to call me at the DAILY EGYPTIAN. The phone rang, and it was the voice that I had come to know as Dan Kennings. I told him I couldn't use him in the story because I felt like I knew him and his daughter, so he passed the phone around to at least three other guys. They all gave their names and ranks, and I did phone interviews with each of them. It certainly wasn't the first phone interview I ever gave, so I didn't think there was anything weird about it. Besides, I'd never had any prior knowledge of how to contact people at military bases and I was clearly unfamiliar altogether with the whole military lifestyle. I suppose my unfamiliarity was something that Jaimie Reynolds preyed on. I took these interviews and a separate phone interview I also did with a woman who I thought was the wife of one of these soldiers and put them into the story. I also used some quotes from the soldier's wife in a follow-up story. Looking back on it, it was a totally stupid interviewing method on my part ˘ definitely something I would not do today. I thought I could trust "Colleen." We all did. I never heard one person say otherwise. She just seemed like too nice of a person to orchestrate something this evil. Who would believe that hours and hours of phone conversation with Kodee was actually someone else? I never meant to to intentionally deceive anybody. I thought everything I was doing was accurate. I'm sorry to the readers of the DE that I wrote two stories that are probably not true. It certainly wasn't done intentionally. I always try to tell the truth in my stories. But I guess that's the reality of any college newspaper. You're in college. You're still learning. I know it sounds cold to say, but in journalism, it's healthy not to trust anyone. The DE and I learned the hard way.
Burke Wasson, a 2004 SIUC graduate, was the DAILY EGYPTIAN's editor-in-chief in the summer of 2004.
BLOG editor's note: I had a request for some info about the Call's youngest incompetent writer so I decided to repeat this from July 2007.
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