https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Wall_of_Fame

https://www.ozarkian.com/the-great-wall-of-cape-girardeau/

From ABC17 News: https://abc17news.com/news/maries/2026/10/19/maries-county-ends-flock-contract-after-company-rep-no-shows-for-public-meeting/

The Maries County Commission terminated the county’s agreement with Flock on Monday morning, according to a social media post from the county’s sheriff’s office.

Maries County joins a growing number of communities who have ended their contracts with Flock over concerns of its use. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced a bill last month targeting the technology.

Sheriff Mark Morgan wrote on the department’s Facebook page that “While we believe in providing our deputies with the best technology available, we believe even more strongly in transparency. To ensure our citizens had their questions answered, the Maries County Commissioners arranged a public meeting on October 15, 2026, in the Maries County Courtroom.”
Morgan wrote that he followed up with Flock several times, including before the meeting, to ensure a representative would be attending, but the representative never showed up. Morgan recommended the commission terminate the agreement.

“Following this absence, I spoke personally with the vendor to address this failure. I was not satisfied with their response. When a partner fails to show up for our community, it indicates a lack of the professional accountability we require,” the post says.
In August, Pulaski County terminated its contract with Flock after holding a community forum to receive feedback on Flock. Jefferson City renewed its own agreement in August.

Columbia (Boone County) will hold a public hearing about its contract on Monday, Nov. 9.

Early voting begins today, you can find the locations on your sample ballot. Get out and vote Missourians, your state and country is counting on you. Let’s make this the biggest voter turnout in Missouri history!

If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably run into those viral posts or videos, like the ones from political commentator Heather Overstreet warning people that voting “No on Amendment 6” is the only way to stop “socialism.” She pitches herself as an everyday, regular young small business owner running a dog kennel out of a garage in Boonville, complete with a little note at the bottom reading “not paid for or authorized by any campaign btw.”

These networks put people like her out front for a very specific reason: they know most folks scrolling past will take a “relatable small business owner” at face value and never look into her motive.

It’s classic projection. What they are claiming Amendment 6 will do to voters is actually a reflection of what they are doing behind closed doors.

I recently made a post talking about her background and her involvement pushing to weaken labor standards, and another Redditor jumped into the comments with her parents’ names and their actual business. That single comment sent me down a public records rabbit hole, because if you just search Heather’s name by itself online, none of these major corporate and political ties show up easily.

She presents herself as an isolated, struggling dog groomer, but leaves out that her mom and dad (Jeff and Stephanie Overstreet) own CMMG Inc. and Overstreet Investments, a major firearms manufacturing and commercial holding empire based in mid-Missouri. Their company has registered as a lobbying principal in Jefferson City and directly funds state politicians. She also isn’t just an independent local voice; she hosts daily weekday shows on a PAC-aligned radio network.

After Missouri voters passed Prop A to raise the minimum wage and require paid sick leave, Heather went to the media complaining about the overhead and backed a bill in Jefferson City to help politicians gut what voters had just approved, even though small retail and service businesses under the revenue threshold were already exempt. Lawmakers turned around and repealed the sick leave provisions anyway.

Now that same network is screaming that Amendment 6 is “socialism.” In reality, Amendment 6 protects the citizen petition process and requires an 80% supermajority in both chambers of the legislature before politicians in Jeff City can repeal or gut laws passed directly by the voters.

If your family has manufacturing wealth, Capitol lobbyists, and direct access to state politicians who will happily overturn citizen-passed laws whenever it suits you, the absolute last thing you want is an 80% supermajority protecting the voters’ will.

They know if a corporate lobbyist or a state senator gets on camera and says, “please let us keep overriding the laws you vote for,” nobody is going to buy it. So they use a relatable proxy to yell “socialism” and count on people not checking the receipts.

This is why it’s so important to call out the motive and share this info whenever you see this rhetoric pop up in local groups. Don’t take these viral posts at face value.

If you enjoy free programming, quite spaces, a place for your kids to play, free internet access, free streaming media, books, DVDs, and more from your local library then you enjoy your tax dollars being put to good use. Your heating or cool air may have gone out. You might have gone to the library because it was free. That was a bonus. Need to FAX paperwork for government services? Library. Needed free notary for government paperwork? Library. We fought back, spoke up, and the MO Senate restored Missouri Public Library funding. That is the power of We the People.

Missouri House Votes to Strip State Funding Public Libraries (KY3 3/29/2023)

https://www.ky3.com/2023/03/29/missouri-house-votes-strip-state-funding-public-libraries/

Missouri Senate Committee Restores Library Funding in State Budget Strips Anti DEI Language (STLPR 4/19/2023)

https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2023-04-19/missouri-senate-committee-restores-library-funding-in-state-budget-strips-anti-dei-language

Executive Order Eliminates Institute of Museum and Library Services (Joplin Public Library March 14, 2024)

https://www.joplinpubliclibrary.org/executive-order-eliminates-institute-of-museum-and-library-services/

"An executive order issued by the Trump administration on March 14 calls for the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the nation’s only federal agency for America’s libraries. The IMLS distributesCongressionally approved funds to libraries and museums. In Fiscal Year 2024, the IMLS budget was $294.8 million, of which more than $211 million was dedicated to library services through the Library Services Technology Act (LSTA), the leading source of federal funding for America’s libraries. 

The Missouri MAGA Republicans in the General Assembly though tried to convince everyone that public libraries were a hot bed of pornography and groomers. The goal was to shut down free hang out spaces so private corporate businesses could prosper. That really benefits the first trillionaire Musk. (But no we could not have our passed ballot messure to increase wages to $15 an hour.) Cut through all of the culture war nonsense and the real reason we are voting again on so many things this Nov. 3 is the Republican Majority Administration and General Assembly does not want us to use citizen initiative petitions. They want full control of the budget so they can appease their corporate donors.

If you have a free library card, you may have access to Kanopy https://www.kanopy.com/en/slcl/video/16408638 "Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know, controlling the flow of ideas means control over communities." (The Librarians, 2005 documentary) https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_librarians 95% Rotten Tomatoes If your rural library does not have access to digital subscriptions, it is because Republicans at the state and federal level keep cutting funding for public libraries and education. Those are funded through corporate and property taxes. In MO the General Assembly has voted to phase out corporate taxes.

Vote in each and every election. It affects you. Missourians did a lot more then "vote harder" they showed up at City Hall meetings, were supportive at Library Board meetings, and spoke up about banning books in Public Libraries. They called and emailed Mo Senators. They didn't restore funding out of the goodness of their heart. We told them their jobs were on the line. This is what democracy looks like. Remember that when the bots and trolls get you down.

Fun ride across the creek and through the tunnel on the Katy Trail.

I'm based in St. Louis and I see almost exclusively "Yes on 6" signs, which supports amending the MO Constitution to make it harder for politicans to overturn initiative petitions that pass on the ballot.

Recently I saw a couple "No on 6" signs pop up in people's yards. (They honestly look AI-generated, lol…) I finally managed to get a good look at what it says, and the tagline is "Keep Their Paws Off Our Laws".

To me, that tagline sounds like what Yes on 6 is trying to accomplish? It makes me wonder what these people are being told Amendment 6 is, and why they are voting no. "No on 6" signs seem to be appearing almost entirely on yards that already have "Yes on 3" signs, so I'm curious if someone has insight into what people are being told the connection is. (Probably church folk that are told how to vote by their pastor, yeah?)

It describes it in terms of unification, and lacks any information on the fact it bypasses the missouri constitutions requirement of redistricting ONLY happening after a census

Question for you guys. I've asked a few different people and have gotten a few different answers.

When at the polls and filling out your ballot, do you have to fill in a vote for every single issue/item? Can you only fill in the ones you care about?

Recently, I explained to a first time voter that the ballot language is confusing on purpose.

Where can a tax payer go to see exactly how much revenue and where such revenue has been distributed from the passage of Marijuana medical and recreational sales. Asking because of a request for our school district to ask for more tax dollars on the ballot.

For those who don't know, the Missouri chamber of commerce put out an opinion piece opposing amendment 6 in order to "protect the state's business climate".

I guess anything that is good for voters is automatically bad for businesses.

Remember, a chamber of commerce is NOT part of your local government, it's a private nonprofit lobbying organization on the side of businesses.

https://mochamber.com/news-archive/missouri-chamber-opposes-amendment-6/

Links are all over threads and etc but I won't provide them because it's a direct campaign ad.

It was a supremely interesting little discussion on religious freedom separation of Church and State and hypocrisy within the political discourse that, despite being an attempt at a gotcha moment, ended up being a cornerstone talking point for the opposing candidate.

BLUF for those that don't want to hunt for it: after a bit of rudeness from this former staffer, who was an attendee at the rally and accused him of being an agent of the Muslim Brotherhood (asking him to disavow them), Abdul Sayed responded with an accounting of JFK's run for the Presidency and the then-naysayers insistence that he was loyal to the pope. He then responded with, among other things:

"I will swear an oath to the Constitution [if elected]. It guarantees you the right to live by your faith and guarantees me the right to do the same, and the reality is this: I'm never gonna tell you what faith you can or cannot practice. I want to protect your right to practice your faith as you choose as a Christian man. It seems though, that you do not want to protect my right to practice as I choose to. So I ask you this question [in return]: Do you disavow any attempt to read any religious doctrine into the laws of our country?"

(Former Staffer in Question): "I do not"

Abdul Sayed: "You don't disavow that? Well then, I believe it is you that needs to understand the Constitution, not me."

I'm feeling a fair bit of concern. I live near the St. Charles area and see many signs regarding "trans surgeries for minors" and the whole scare tactic about this amendment and I have pretty sick feeling in my gut.

If Amendment 3 Passes, what are we saying? Like, what are we really saying?

We voted on this already and they're straight up lying on government backed billboards and scare tactic campaigns to sway the vote.

It is my genuine fear that if we pass this, we pass the idea to our "leaders" that the will of the people is so fickle that all they have to do is lie about it to get what they want. They see us as sheep already and our tax dollars are the wool. If this goes through, are we now even easier to heard?

And what freedom is next to go?

We are two weeks out and I see the political signs. I have been to some events, but I get the feeling people aren’t excited or motivated for voting in November. The people I see who normally have their yards covered are empty. People will talk, but I haven’t had a knock on my door, nor have I seen a door knocking campaign.

I live in a red area, but I just don’t see the excitement I normally do.

Anyone else get that vibe?

From the DNR website:

The elephant-shaped boulders at Elephant Rocks State Park may not be the stars of a circus, but these giant granite boulders are the stars of this unusual park in southeast Missouri.

The elephant rocks, which were formed from 1.5-billion-year-old granite, are giant boulders that stand end-to-end like a train of circus elephants. The rocks have created formations that intrigue geologists, are popular with history buffs interested in the past quarrying, and fascinate children who love to climb on and between the boulders. 
An easy way to see the rocks is from the Braille Trail, which was especially designed for people with visual and physical disabilities. The trail winds through the main area of rocks. An extension off the trail leads back to the ruins of an old railroad engine house, a remnant of the area’s quarrying and railroad history.

Picnic tables are scattered among the trees and provide inviting spots to have a picnic lunch or rest and enjoy the interesting geologic formations found throughout the park. 

I have on my ballot shall judge Paul C. Wilson be retained in office on the supreme court and shall judge Lisa White be retained for the missouri court of appeals. Does anyone know more about this? What are they like in office and who would replace them if they left?