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UPDATE: Boone County court rules in favor of Basye in Columbia school board filing case

January 30, 2023 By Brian Hauswirth

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) seeks recognition on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on March 23, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)

A Boone County judge has ruled that Columbia Public Schools (CPS) violated state statute in the Chuck Basye school board filing case. While CPS can appeal Judge Brouck Jacobs’ decision, the Rocheport Republican tells 939 the Eagle that he’s confident and hopeful that name will appear on the April school board ballot.

Judge Jacobs issued his ruling Monday afternoon after a two-hour bench trial at the Boone County Courthouse. The trial was contentious at times.

Former Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee chair Basye filed a 16-page lawsuit against CPS and the board this month, alleging they broke state law when they didn’t accept his candidate filing on December 27. The district says Basye didn’t follow CPS rules about making an appointment by December 22. Judge Jacobs ruled that requiring an appointment violated state law.

The state law in question reads, in part: “If the closing date for filing a declaration of candidacy for any office in a political subdivision or special district is not required by law or charter, the closing filing date shall be 5 pm, the fourteenth Tuesday prior to the election.” CPS attorney Natalie Ann Hoernschemeyer told Judge Jacobs that there is nothing in that statute requiring Columbia Public Schools to be open up until 5 pm on December 27, saying Basye could have made an appointment by December 22. Counselor Hoernschemeyer also says the district didn’t want to make special rules for one candidate.

Bayse attorney Brent Haden told Judge Jacobs that CPS’ refusal to certify Basye’s candidacy exceeded the district and the board’s authority. The court agreed.

CPS could appeal to the Western District, but the deadline for Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon to prepare ballots for the April election is February 7. Judge Jacobs has given Basye until 5 pm tomorrow (Tuesday) to file a judgment.

CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark has issued a statement about Judge Jacobs’ ruling. She notes Missouri lawmakers in 2022 changed state law, moving the closing date for candidate filing to a date that regularly falls around the Christmas holiday. She says CPS’ procedures aligned with those of school districts across Missouri to set business hours and access when districts are closed. She also says the district remained consistent with current procedures for all candidates “rather than change them for certain individuals.”

“The district is pleased that this issue appears to be on the legislative agenda for this session, with the General Assembly already introducing bills to make the candidate filing process for board elections clearer and more uniform for school districts across Missouri,” Baumstark writes, in part.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs, Boone County Courthouse, Chuck Basye school board filing case, Columbia Public Schools (CPS), CPS attorney Natalie Ann Hoernschemeyer, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, post to twitter, Syndicated, Western District Court of Appeals

UPDATE: Boone County court rules in favor of Basye in Columbia school board filing case

January 30, 2023 By Brian Hauswirth

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) seeks recognition on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on March 23, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)

A Boone County judge has ruled that Columbia Public Schools (CPS) violated state statute in the Chuck Basye school board filing case. While CPS can appeal Judge Brouck Jacobs’ decision, the Rocheport Republican tells 939 the Eagle that he’s confident and hopeful that name will appear on the April school board ballot.

Judge Jacobs issued his ruling Monday afternoon after a two-hour bench trial at the Boone County Courthouse. The trial was contentious at times.

Former Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee chair Basye filed a 16-page lawsuit against CPS and the board this month, alleging they broke state law when they didn’t accept his candidate filing on December 27. The district says Basye didn’t follow CPS rules about making an appointment by December 22. Judge Jacobs ruled that requiring an appointment violated state law.

The state law in question reads, in part: “If the closing date for filing a declaration of candidacy for any office in a political subdivision or special district is not required by law or charter, the closing filing date shall be 5 pm, the fourteenth Tuesday prior to the election.” CPS attorney Natalie Ann Hoernschemeyer told Judge Jacobs that there is nothing in that statute requiring Columbia Public Schools to be open up until 5 pm on December 27, saying Basye could have made an appointment by December 22. Counselor Hoernschemeyer also says the district didn’t want to make special rules for one candidate.

Bayse attorney Brent Haden told Judge Jacobs that CPS’ refusal to certify Basye’s candidacy exceeded the district and the board’s authority. The court agreed.

CPS could appeal to the Western District, but the deadline for Boone County clerk Brianna Lennon to prepare ballots for the April election is February 7. Judge Jacobs has given Basye until 5 pm tomorrow (Tuesday) to file a judgment.

CPS spokeswoman Michelle Baumstark has issued a statement about Judge Jacobs’ ruling. She notes Missouri lawmakers in 2022 changed state law, moving the closing date for candidate filing to a date that regularly falls around the Christmas holiday. She says CPS’ procedures aligned with those of school districts across Missouri to set business hours and access when districts are closed. She also says the district remained consistent with current procedures for all candidates “rather than change them for certain individuals.”

“The district is pleased that this issue appears to be on the legislative agenda for this session, with the General Assembly already introducing bills to make the candidate filing process for board elections clearer and more uniform for school districts across Missouri,” Baumstark writes, in part.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs, Boone County Courthouse, Chuck Basye school board filing case, Columbia Public Schools (CPS), CPS attorney Natalie Ann Hoernschemeyer, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, post to twitter, Syndicated, Western District Court of Appeals

Decision expected today from Boone County judge regarding Basye school board candidacy

January 30, 2023 By Brian Hauswirth

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on May 2, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications)

A bench trial is set for this (Monday) afternoon at the Boone County Courthouse in the case of a former prominent Missouri lawmaker who’s trying to get on April’s Columbia school board ballot.

A bench trial is a trial by judge, rather than a trial by jury. Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs has scheduled today’s bench trial for 1 pm, and he announced last week in open court that he expects to issue a decision today.

Former Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee chair Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) has filed a 16-page lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools (CPS) and the board, alleging they broke state law when they didn’t accept his candidate filing on December 27, the final day of filing under state law. However, the Aslin building was closed that day, due to it being a district holiday.

CPS says filing was available by appointment that day, but that appointments needed to have been made by December 22.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, April's Columbia school board ballot, Aslin bulding, bench trial, Boone County Circuit Judge Brouck Jacobs, Boone County Courthouse, columbia public schools, Former Missouri House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee chairman Chuck Basye, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, Rocheport, Syndicated

High-profile Columbia murder trial to begin February 27

January 20, 2023 By Brian Hauswirth

41-year-old Keith Comfort’s jury trial is set to begin on February 27, 2023 (undated file photo courtesy of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department website)

A Boone County judge says 75 to 80 potential jurors will be called to the Boone County Courthouse for late February’s jury selection in a high-profile Columbia murder trial.

41-year-old Keith Comfort is charged with second degree murder for the 2006 death of his wife. Prosecutors say Comfort strangled his wife before putting her body in a garbage bag and throwing it into an apartment dumpster on Amelia street.

939 the Eagle News was in the courtroom for Thursday’s hearing. Judge Jeff Harris told Boone County assistant prosecutor Susan Boresi and defense attorney Kevin O’Brien that Comfort’s five-day jury trial is set to begin on February 27.

Prosecutor Boresi told Judge Harris in open court that she’s recovering from surgery, but should be ready to go for Keith Comfort’s February 27 trial. Ms. Boresi tells Judge Harris she may need a device to assist her with walking during February’s jury trial.

Megan Shultz’s body was located in Columbia’s city landfill years later, after a lengthy search by Columbia Police.

The Columbia Police Department’s probable cause statement quotes Comfort as telling police that his wife was frantic and “swinging” her arms at him, after she allegedly did a drug transaction. Comfort is quoted as telling detectives that he strangled his wife before placing her body in a garbage bag, then throwing it into his Amelia street apartment dumpster. That’s near Old Highway 63 and the Columbia Country Club.

Filed Under: 41-year-old Keith Comfort, 93.9 The Eagle, 939 the Eagle News, Boone County assistant prosecutor Susan Boresi, Boone County Courthouse, Boone County Judge Jeff Harris, Columbia Country Club, Columbia Police Department's probable cause statement, Columbia's city landfill, defense attorney Kevin O'Brien, high-profile Columbia murder trial, Homepage, Megan Shultz, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, Syndicated

Boone County government center and courthouse to close early today

December 22, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Freezing rain and snow have fallen today at the Boone County Courthouse and at the nearby Roger Wilson Government Center in downtown Columbia (December 22, 2022 photo courtesy of Boone County Commissioner Justin Aldred)

Freezing rain, snow and subfreezing temperatures have prompted Boone County commissioners to close the Roger Wilson Government Center and county courthouse early on Thursday afternoon.

Boone County commissioner Justin Aldred says the government center and courthouse will close this afternoon at 2. Any meeting that was scheduled to take place at Boone County buildings after 2 is being canceled, according to Aldred.

Meantime, Boone County emergency managers are urging you to dress in multiple layers today as freezing rain and snow continue to fall as temperatures plummet. The air temperature has dropped about 25 degrees since 3 this morning. Boone County emergency managers are asking you to stay inside and to take precautions to make sure your pipes don’t freeze.

Filed Under: 93.9 The Eagle, Boone County Commissioner Justin Aldred, Boone County Courthouse, Boone County emergency managers, freezing rain, frozen pipes, Homepage, Mid-Missouri News, post to twitter, Roger Wilson Government Center, subfreezing temperatures, Syndicated

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