Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon has outlined presidential caucus information for the Boone County Republican Party, the Boone County Democratic Party and the Boone County Libertarian Party on her website. Counselor Lennon joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”. She tells listeners that the political parties in Missouri will administer their own presidential preference selection process. Clerk Lennon tells listeners that Boone County Republicans will caucus at 10 am on March 2, 2024 at the Family Worship Center on East Boone Femme Church road in Columbia. She says the Boone County Democrats’ selection process includes mail-in voting and in-person voting. Boone County Democrats will host in-person voting on March 23, 2024 from 8 am to noon at a location to be determined. Boone County Libertarians can participate in their state convention on February 24, 2024, Counselor Lennon says:
(LISTEN): CPOA says Columbia police officers have been impacted by compression
Columbia’s mayor says the city council supports and appreciates Columbia police officers.
Mayor Barbara Buffaloe notes the council approved a budget in September that contains a six percent across-the-board increase in pay and a ten percent increase in the starting salary for police officers. Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) president Matt Nichols tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that while he appreciate the raises, inflation and compression have impacted police officers.
“In 2019 I had a 20-year detective who has since retired. A 20-year detective made 26 cents an hour more than a brand-new person starting on the street. And here’s the reality: that brand-new person when they went to midnight shift, they made more than that 20-year detective,” Nichols tells listeners.
Mr. Nichols has called on the council to allocate some federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars as premium/hazard pay for law enforcement officers and other essential workers who were unable to work from home during the COVID pandemic.
You can listen to the full “Wake Up” interview with Mr. Nichols here.
(LISTEN): Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) president Matt Nichols appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
The Columbia Police Department is currently 41 officers short, according to CPD assistant chief Jeremiah Hunter. Columbia Police Officers Association (CPOA) president Matt Nichols is concerned about that number and about staffing levels. Mr. Nichols joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” this morning, telling listeners that one detective left the department because of the way the community is leaning. Mr. Nichols and CPOA are also disappointed because Columbia’s city council has not allocated any federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars as premium/hazard pay for law enforcement officers and other essential workers who were unable to work from home during the COVID pandemic. Mr. Nichols tells listeners that one-time money would help retain Columbia Police officers, as well as bus drivers and garbage collectors. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe has noted Columbia’s city council approved a fiscal year 2024 budget in September that saw an across-the-board increase in pay, and an increase in starting salary for police officers. While Mr. Nichols acknowledges those two points, he says inflation has eaten a lot of that raise:
(LISTEN): Missouri Right to Life executive director Susan Klein discusses Missouri’s 2024 races on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Missouri Right to Life has issued endorsements in Missouri’s 2024 GOP primaries for governor and lieutenant governor. Missouri Right to Life executive director Susan Klein joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” and discussed the organization’s endorsement of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in the GOP gubernatorial primary and former State Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake St. Louis) in the GOP primary for lieutenant governor. She says both candidates stand for life across the board, mentioning abortion and cloning:
(LISTEN): Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
Columbia Police and city manager De’Carlon Seewood say nine of Columbia’s 11 homicides in 2022 involved domestic violence. Columbia’s latest homicide also involved domestic violence. 27-year-old John Williamson III is charged with first degree murder for the weekend killing of his ex-girlfriend Azairah Brownlee, who was shot to death in a street. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey tells 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” that domestic violence victims often end up being killed. General Bailey tells listeners that police must investigate domestic violence cases and that that prosecutors must charge the suspects and keep them behind bars. Another topic that came on during our “Wake Up” interview is the recent call from the Mizzou Democratic Socialists of America for Columbia’s city council to approve a sanctuary city ordinance to protect its LGBTQ citizens. Columbia spokeswoman Sydney Olsen tells 939 the Eagle that Columbia’s legal department and the city’s Commission on Human Rights are currently reviewing that request and a similar one from another Columbia resident. General Bailey says he will not let what he calls progressive city leaders undermine state statute, saying state law preempts local control:
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