Your constitutional right to free trash?

In Owensby’s most recent flyer, he states (on page 2) that the city council majority had “denied you of your constitutional rights to vote on the trash issue 4 times.”

I’ve studied both the US and Missouri constitution. No where does it state that citizens of Overland are entitled to vote on whether the city will pay for trash. In fact, both constitutions provide for representatives to be elected who shall make such “day-to-day” decisions.

Hate Group?!

Richard Knode, Ken Owesnby and Ann Purzner have all used the term “Hate Group” in reference to the overwhelming number of citizens that support the recall of Ann Purzner from the mayor’s office. Why “hate group” when it is so apparent that these are citizens that truly love and care about their city?

What is a hate group? To hate is defined as "to loathe; detest" and group as "a number of persons or things gathered, located, or classified together." Thus, a hate group is two or more people who are part of a club, organization, religion, etc. whose purpose is to promote the agenda of what is the subject of their hate.


I do not believe that COGG or any other citizen who supports the recall is coming from a position of hating Purzner, Knode or Owesnby. The may dislike their actions. But, it really is just people with a different opinion on how the city should be run. Different does not equal hate. To equate them would be overly simplistic in a city with 60 years of governance.

Do not let the tactics of Owensby, et. al. sway you from the real reasons Purzner should be recalled.

http://overlandrecall.com/

Owensby and Scare Tactics

Yesterday, several Ward 3 residents received this flyer via the mail. As usual, Owensby is using scare tactics to get the residents of Overland to vote against their own self interest.

For example, the portion about Rob Herman (I can only assume he means Bob Herman, but is probably Owensby's backwards way of trying to CYA). What happened at that meeting (and I was there!) was that Bob Herman proposed, at the strong suggestion of our auditors, an Investment Policy for the city. This is a legitimate proposal, again done at the suggestion of our auditors, regardless of the actual policy contained therein. However, there were questions about the policy. And it was Jeff O'Connell (not Ann Purzner) who made the motion to send the proposal to the Legislative Committee.

The above is on the record and can be found on the city's website here. (pg. 4)
Thus, Owensby's quote of "Thank GOD Mayor Purzner was there to stop this madness!" is a complete falshood. Actually, it was the fiscally responsible man who has been in charge of multiple budgets, Ward 2 Council Member Jeff O'Connell, for whom we should be thanking God!

Then Owensby ties these actions to the stock market crash (is 417 points really considered a "crash"?) and states that Ann possibly saved their homes. This is hogwash! I have never heard of a city that lost its pension plan and they came after the homeowners within the city.

The question shouldn't be "Will Overland be another Enron?" since that comparison is null and void. The question should be "Why don't we have an Investment Policy in the city of Overland?"!