Hollister Moving to Tourism Model and why the press isn't reporting it

Hollister Missouri will announce a major move into the tourism industry later this week. The fate of a massive development and 900 acres quietly annexed over the last month will be released with instructions from city officials on how to report the move.

The "forget the citizens" method of reporting sheds light on the anti-Branson anti-community and anti-democracy initiative two corrupt reporters drafted called Proposition A (a vote against Proposition A is a vote against corruption). The initiative involves a substantial portion of $90 million dollars in public funds to be funneled into the reporters pet project. Great efforts have been made to deceive Taney County Citizens so money can be laundered into the coffers of the White River Valley Historical Society which two reporters for Branson media outlets control through membership on the board of directors.

Records show correspondence published by unregistered Tax Lobbyist Vonda Sheets is limited to "Official Propoganda" published by Hollister's information officer. At every turn the citizens have been duped.

Documents obtained include detailed instructions on how to "sell a 15% tax increase to the public." A much lower increase at the county level was treated with "hateful disgust." Hollister increased their levy by 15% which they are allowed by state statute to pay debt.

Proposition A, which takes 90 million dollars from tax payers could also result in a massive increase in taxes as the irresponsible measure promises continued debt with no return. Contrary to popular belief, when municipalities act irresponsibly, they can increase tax rates without a vote of the people.

After a sunshine request was filled at City of Hollister administration offices the assistant city administrator demanded at 75 dollar deposit to release "instructions to the press" drafted by city officials. Officials claim the documents are only available on paper and "no digital records exist."

No official documents allowing reporters to admit Hollister is moving to a Tourism Destination Business Model have been released.

Last month, Hollister officials passed their first Tourism Tax.

Branson News Limerick

There once was two papers in Branson
A robber held one motel ransom
Neither reported
With Hilton Cohorted
And slapped all of the citizens back some.

This one's for you News Limerick Guy

Dude where's the beef? The photo above is from what show..? Hilton put out a press release about their grand opening 43 days away. Yesterday was a big news day. The PR folks at Hilton Corp are very good at what they do. It was planned and delivered effectively. Question is, was it the right thing to do? Was it necessary to bump the facts about the robbery? Harrison picked the story up!

City of Branson Corrects Financial Data - Why we didn't respond.

Several readers have commented on Branson's Finance Director Farris Brown's correction. I've been criticized for not coming down hard enough on him.
First off, I didn't report the figure verbally shared by Branson, Missouri City Administrator Terry Dody. I was at the meeting; however, asked for a much broader set of stats from the city two days prior. Brown didn't deliver the stats in the time frame I had anticipated (within three days). The documents were delivered a couple of days after the press release printed below. I'm going to ask Brown, but here's my hunch : Brown had a line item for Ticket Sales and another for Resellers. The line item was doubled up and a preliminary figure was given to Dody. They fixed it quick and put out this press release. I didn't hand the story to a newspaper editor nor published the statement on this site, therefore, I didn't run the correction. The Branson Daily News did. I was waiting for the backup. They made a mistake and fixed it quick. Is it unfair of me to accept this and believe it won't happen again? Your thoughts?




CITY REVISES APRIL TOURISM TAX REVENUES
Revenues less after new finance director
double checks income figures
Branson’s finance director has adjusted his April tourism tax revenue figures downward after he discovered a miscalculation.
Earlier this week, the city released figures showing the tourism tax revenue for April at $1,013,726, a 38 percent increase from April 2006. That would have been the first time tourism tax revenue topped a million dollars in any April. However, a further review by Finance Director Ferris Brown resulted in current collected revenues being $768,484. The new figure is still 5.2 percent ahead of April 2006, and for the 2007 fiscal year, which started in October, tourism tax revenue has increased 12.4 percent over the same time period last year. April 2006 tourism tax revenue was $730,282.
According to Brown, who was hired March 1, he is still learning how the tourism tax collection process works.
In the case of the April tourism tax revenues, Brown said he released the April figures too early before he had the opportunity to conduct the closing procedure that is done each month. The closing procedure takes several days following the end of the month to complete. It was during this closing procedure that Brown said he discovered his error of misreading a journal entry. “In misreading the journal entry, I counted some tax income twice,” Brown said.

Darrell Moore - Greene County Prosecutor - How the media has failed us

Darrell L. Moore spoke out on problems facing the justice system today. The interview took place at the Republican victory party in Springfield proceeding November elections. The shouts in the background are for the benefit of KY3 staff managing a live remote. Moore expresses a transition of responsible informative media to an entertainment focused news as the biggest threat to our legal system and democracy today.
Moore also speaks to the importance of businesses supporting jury duty and the quality of jurors as important to ensuring justice.
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Once upon a time reporters spent extended time at the courthouses.