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Ballot measure would make Missouri National Guard its own department

October 25, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri Governor Mike Parson (left) and Missouri National Guard Adjutant General Levon Cumpton at the state fair’s Military Appreciation Day in Sedalia on August 15, 2021 (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page)

You’ll be casting ballots in November on a proposed constitutional amendment involving the Missouri National Guard.

Amendment five is a fairly short ballot measure. It would amend the state Constitution to make the National Guard its own department called “the Missouri Department of the National Guard.” It would be required to protect the constitutional rights and civil liberties of Missourians, under Amendment five.

The Guard is currently part of the state Department of Public Safety (DPS). The Missouri Secretary of State’s fair ballot language says Amendment 5 would have no impact on taxes, if approved by voters.

The Missouri National Guard answers to both President Biden and Governor Parson. Both the Missouri Army and National Guard are currently exceeding their recruiting goals, according to the Guard’s website, with about 12,000 Guardsmen serving. They come from all 114 Missouri counties.

State Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles) filed the bill to make the Guard its own department. Representative Schnelting serves in the Missouri National Guard.

(AUDIO): Missouri GOP U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt appears on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”

October 20, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri GOP U.S. Senate nominee Eric Schmitt, the state’s attorney general, describes the November Senate election between him and Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine as a contrast in backgrounds and beliefs. Attorney General Schmitt appeared on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, telling listeners that Busch Valentine will push the Green New Deal. Busch Valentine’s campaign is airing numerous television commercials in mid-Missouri, which say Schmitt voted twice to allow China to buy up about 150-thousand acres of Missouri farmland. Busch Valentine says that’s a major risk to Missouri’s economy and to national security. Schmitt tells 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth that the ad misrepresents his vote and that no one will be tougher on China than him. Schmitt also tells listeners that he hopes President Joe Biden (D) travels to Missouri to campaign for Busch Valentine. Election day is November 8:

Columbia eyeing VFW Post property near Business Loop for homeless facility

October 17, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Columbia City Hall (2021 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia)

Columbia’s city council is set to vote Monday evening on a proposal to purchase VFW property near the Business Loop to provide a location for a homeless shelter and services for the homeless.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 280 is willing to sell their building, parking lots and picnic shelter on Ashley street for $865,000. Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars would pay for the purchase and building improvements. President Joe Biden (D) signed ARPA into law in 2021.

The building has about 14,000 square feet. Comobuz.com has reported that a non-profit group hopes to break ground next year on a 100-bed homeless shelter near the city’s power plant on the Business Loop. Publisher Mike Murphy has reported that the project’s construction cost has increased from $11-million to $18-million. Murphy says they project supporters have lined up $6-million in funding from the state.

Murphy told 939 the Eagle’s Fred Parry in September that the proposed 25,000 square foot facility would include laundry facilities, showers, and medical and dental clinics.

American Red Cross has volunteers from central Missouri in Puerto Rico and Alaska

September 23, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Two mid-Missouri men are among the numerous American Red Cross volunteers providing disaster assistance and critical aid to storm victims in Alaska and Puerto Rico.

American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas spokesman Joe Zydlo tells 939 the Eagle that a male Red Cross volunteer from Boone County is helping in Alaska after Typhoon Merbok, while a Red Cross male volunteer from Pulaski County is in Puerto Rico. The Red Cross cannot release the names of the volunteers nor the cities they live in, for legal reasons.

Typhoon Merbok has flooded homes and airport runways, and winter’s freezing temperatures are fast approaching. The “Anchorage Daily News” reports Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy has submitted a request for a federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska. The newspaper reports the typhoon damaged a 1,000 mile stretch of coast.

Meantime, Hurricane Fiona knocked power out to all of Puerto Rico. The Associated Press reports President Joe Biden says the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of the hurricane.

The American Red Cross of Missouri and Arkansas responds to fires, floods, blizzards and hurricanes too. They aim to fulfill the American Red Cross mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies.

Schmitt and Busch Valentine to face off in November in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race

August 3, 2022 By Brian Hauswirth

Missouri’s GOP attorney general is vowing to go Washington to fight socialism. Eric Schmitt won Tuesday’s 21-candidate primary to capture the GOP U.S. Senate nomination with 46 percent of the vote. U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) came in second in the primary, 137,000 votes back and former Governor Eric Greitens came in a distant third. …