Monday, April 1, 2013
Jefferson County Councilman Bob Boyer endorses Doris Borgelt for mayor.
Editor's note: The following letter to the editor was submitted by Jeffesron County Councilman Bob Boyer. Dear Friends, I just read the latest edition of the Arnold-Imperial Leader, and I must say I am shocked! We have number of real problems in the City of Arnold. From failing sewers, to crumbling roads, to small businesses being forced to close, it's no secret that Arnold is a real mess. For some reason, local politicians, and even the editor of the local newspaper, have spent considerable time, money and energy on a smear campaign against my friend, Doris Borgelt. When my wife and I moved to the Arnold area in 2005, I started to pay attention to the local political scene. A good website for news and information at the time was …
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
In a letter to the editor, District 3 Jefferson County Councilman Bob Boyer says Reuter has been instrumental in serving her constituents and changing the culture of county government.
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
At this time two years ago, the people of Jefferson County were about to decide who would represent them on the first ever Jefferson County Council. I and six others were honored with the privilege to serve our community on the new County Council. Once again, it is election time, and the people who reside in Council Districts 2, 4, and 6 will have to make a choice as to who will represent them. For the past 21 months, one council member has worked tirelessly to serve the people of her district. That representative is the first Council Chair, Renee Reuter. I can remember one of the first constituent requests that Renee and I received last year. It was a gentleman who lived in Ward 4 of Arnold, which is in Renee’s district. He had an issue …
Monday, February 20, 2012
Watch the video of the council meeting where Renee Reuter walked out in protest. What do you think? Take the poll!
Jefferson County Council Woman Renee Reuter wrote a blog, published in Arnold Patch on Feb. 16, about leaving a council meeting to protest 46 misnumbered bills. She left the meeting after the council voted to approve the agenda, which included the misnumbered bills. In her blog she compared misnumbered bills to a wrong address on a deed or an incorrect VIN on your car title, which could lead to “long and expensive court battles that will be paid for by our taxes.” “When members of the council whip out a rubber stamp and pretend they’ve been given a lobotomy,” she said, “they ignore the whole purpose of the Charter and the essence of their responsibility to the people they represent.” County Executive Ken Waller responded to Reuter’s …
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Deer Creek Golf Club in House Springs will host the fundraiser to replace the memorial’s outdated technology.
A few Korean War Veterans Association members are hosting a golf tournament on Oct. 15 at Deer Creek Golf Club in House Springs. Funds raised will go toward new technology for Jefferson County's Veterans Wall of Honor in Hillsboro, District 3 Jefferson County Councilman Bob Boyer wrote in an email. The memorial is a computer video display, in the Jefferson County Administration Center, that has needed repairs for a few years, Boyer said. Donors created the current wall to provide the name, rank and hometown of all Jefferson Count residents who served in the U.S. military, the Jefferson County government website said. The new wall will be less expensive because technology has improved since the original wall was created in 2002, Boyer said…
Monday, July 11, 2011
A city ordinance requiring doctors' prescriptions for cold medicines would limit methamphetamine makers in Jefferson County, legislators say.
Jefferson County District 3 Council Member Bob Boyer, District 5 Council Member Teresa Kreitler and County Executive Ken Waller appealed to Arnold City Council members to consider limiting cold medicine sales to people with doctors' prescriptions. The proposed ordinance would limit the making of methamphetamine, also called meth, within Jefferson County, the county legislators said during the Arnold City Council meeting at 2101 Jeffco Blvd., last Thursday. Meth can be made from certain cold medicines containing Pseudoephedrine, a drug that reduces congestion and swelling in the nose, states the Food Marketing Institute website. Arnold is the last city in Jefferson County to consider requiring a prescription for the sale of cold medicines, …
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Third District County Councilman Bob Boyer invited the owners of a proposed horse rehabilitation facility to discuss their new business expected to open summer 2012.
Jefferson County Councilman Bob Boyer wants to make government less burdensome to new and existing businesses. “The more we get out of the way and we help businesses come in and succeed, the more it benefits everybody,” Boyer said to an audience of 20 constituents at his first town hall meeting Wednesday night at Simpson Elementary School in Arnold on Wednesday. Boyer, a Republican, was elected in January to represent the county’s Third District, which includes most of the city of Arnold and unincorporated areas roughly following the boundary of the Fox C-6 School District. As an example of positive business development, Boyer invited Forrest Kennedy and his wife, Jennifer, to discuss their proposed $7.8-million horse-therapy complex off …
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Despite strong opposition in January, Mayor Ron Counts said Arnold's waves of retiring baby boomers will need the bus service to help them live independent lives.
Arnold residents will see a new bus service on March 7. The Arnold City route is an expansion of the existing Jeffco Express bus service, said Dennis Murphy, community coordinator for the Jefferson County Community Partnership. The partnership is a nonprofit in Barnhart, dedicated to solving community problems in Jefferson County. Currently, the Jeffco Express offers cross-county bus service that travels around Jefferson County. It begins in De Soto and travels to Hillsboro, Festus and Arnold between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. The new Arnold service will run in the city only, Murphy said. Passengers can transfer to the cross-county service, from the Arnold route, at four different locations. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the …
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Jefferson County Council seeking to prohibit use of technology in unincorporated areas.
The first of three public hearings on a potential red light camera ban in Jefferson County produced few comments at Monday’s Jefferson County Council meeting. The new seven-member council is considering amending the county’s traffic code to prohibit the use of the cameras in unincorporated parts of the county. The former three-member council approved the use of the cameras late last year. The former council was eliminated Jan. 1 and replaced with the new council as part of the county’s new form of charter government. Three people spoke during the public hearing – two, who were in favor of the ban and one, who was against. Bob Hohmeier, of Arnold, and Greg Zotta, of Imperial, called the cameras a “money grab” by the entities that use them…
Monday, February 7, 2011
Meadows' bill is one of several in the Missouri House of Representatives. He has asked to voters to send letters, emails on the issue.
State Rep. Tim Meadows has proposed a bill, HB 207, to eliminate red-light cameras. A few areas would be exempt from the proposed bill, Meadows said in a community forum at the City of Arnold's City Hall on Jan. 27. Meadows was not opposed to the cameras but wanted to have a conversation about the technology and its implications. He read several letters and e-mails he received on the issue. Some messages strongly opposed and others favored the red-light cameras. Meadows said a ban on red light cameras may lead to a loss of needed goods and services and public safety issues. Meadows, who sits on the House Transportation Oversight Committee, said funding is running out. “Goods and services will be cut eventually,” he said. “It (the state …
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Jefferson County Councilman Bob Boyer, of Arnold, the first city in Missouri to install the traffic cameras, introduced the measure Monday.
Arnold's representative on the new Jefferson County Council is taking aim on the red light cameras that his city installed in 2005. “The changes to the traffic code were run through like an auction house,” said Bob Boyer, new Third District representative on the Jefferson County Council. “I’m seeking a prohibition on the use of red light cameras.” On Monday a measure to repeal an law granting the county permission from the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to install red light traffic cameras was introduced by Boyer at the Jefferson County Council meeting. The original ordinance was approved by the former three-member council, which was eliminated Jan. 1 and replaced by a new seven-member council as part of the county’s new …
Linda Van de Riet
1:57 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
This was a great choice in candidates wasn't it? I have to laugh at the part of Bob Boyer's letter that actually includes "humility" in describing Borgelt. She wouldn't know what humility was if it hit her in the head. I guess now he can add "harassing children when they disagree with her" to his list of attributes he admires about her. It doesn't take courage, strength or a sense of your own … more ›