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Rob "Deleted E-Mails" O'Brian wants your vote.
08/06/2018

Rob "Deleted E-Mails" O'Brian wants your vote.

Rob O'Brian wants to represent Joplin in Jefferson City and is hoping to defeat incumbent Bill White in the race for the 32nd Missouri Senate District. O'Brian was instrumental in bringing the public-private partnership between the City of Joplin and defunct fugitive "Master Developer" Wallace Bajja...

02/25/2016

Spring is just around the corner.

The JOPLIN INDEPENDENT presents its calendar of events for March 2016.

Should CJ Huff be fired?
04/30/2015

Should CJ Huff be fired?

Local celebrity (and Joplin R-8 superintendent) CJ Huff lashed out at board member Debbie Fort in the latest School Board meeting (fireworks start at 3:57) about the problems of the school district and who's to blame. This outburst follows a bizarre scene at the beginning of the month where Dr. Huff…

Dr. CJ Huff owes Jennifer Martucci For Joplin School Board an apology.
04/06/2015

Dr. CJ Huff owes Jennifer Martucci For Joplin School Board an apology.

If you were absent from social media during the Easter holiday, you would have missed an exchange between Joplin R8 Superintendent CJ Huff and School Board Candidate Jennifer Martucci.

What do you think about the Junior Senator of our neighbors to the South?
03/10/2015

What do you think about the Junior Senator of our neighbors to the South?

Tom Cotton, God help him, does not understand what recidivism is. Recidivism (in the American legal system) is the occurrence of a criminal to repeat a crime after incarceration has ended.

Is it time to press pause on Joplin's redevelopment and ask some hard questions?
02/27/2015

Is it time to press pause on Joplin's redevelopment and ask some hard questions?

A FOIA report filed by KOAM adds detail to their reporting and the 22 pages of internal city e-mails help give us some clarity about what has been discussed in the aftermath of the scandal. Here are some observations.

Anyone seen Bruce Anderson, Gary Box, Christine Bryant, or Karen Love? Ask them what Caribbean Island David Wallace has ...
01/26/2015

Anyone seen Bruce Anderson, Gary Box, Christine Bryant, or Karen Love? Ask them what Caribbean Island David Wallace has retired to.

The Joplin City Council may finally be seeing the folly of it's partnership with Wallace-Bajjali at a special emergency closed meeting tonight. The company appears to have up and closed shop without notice.

What do you think about the recent murders at Charlie Hebdo?
01/08/2015

What do you think about the recent murders at Charlie Hebdo?

I really like Vox. They are an intelligent and ambitious group of journalists that have an excellent way of breaking down complicated news and perspectives. They are also an excellent example of classical liberal thought (for better or worse.) In man

Nothing definitively ties North Korea to the Sony Hack.
12/28/2014

Nothing definitively ties North Korea to the Sony Hack.

but they really wish they did.

What do you think about Wallace Bajjali?
11/06/2014

What do you think about Wallace Bajjali?

Wallace Bajjali has been replaced as the contractor for Amarillo's downtown hotel complex according to this report. Is it time for Joplin to move on as well?

Furgeson is 4 hours away.
08/21/2014

Furgeson is 4 hours away.

The state patrol can’t quell the violence in Ferguson. Neither can the national guard. Neither can the FBI, or any other federal agency. What we are seeing in Ferguson is a result of continued systematic oppression of African Americans, the hyper-violent culture of America, and a soteriology of the state.

Some commentary on the redrawing of middle-east political boundaries
07/22/2014

Some commentary on the redrawing of middle-east political boundaries

Most major news outlets missed the June 29th declaration of a caliphate in the newly formed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, a throw-back to ancient Islam and a big statement from a group that currently controls a territory larger than the state of Florida.

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