Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's another look at the break up at Boone Health between the hospital and its cardiologists with new documents and details, a review of the race for the Ward 5 seat on the Columbia city council and a conversation with the winning candidate, Christina Hartman, Boone County returning $1 million in marijuana sales tax to the state, the Columbia City Council’s move to crack down on problem landlords, the planned new safety ambassadors downtown, and the chaos about to ensue  as MoDOT starts ramping up I-70 construction this weekend.

Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's an analysis of the break up at Boone Health between the hospital and its cardiologists, a final look at the race for the Ward 5 seat on the Columbia city council, the Columbia Public School's win in the long-running Wayne Sells/Rock Bridge naming rights lawsuit, a City of Columbia report on outsourcing, and Monday's Columbia City council meeting where the council will address data centers, airport projects and downtown security ambassadors. 

Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's an update on the Ward 5 Columbia City Council election, including clips from interviews with both candidates, Boone County's proposed new building code changes, the lawsuit brought against Boone County by a former court marshal, and Jim Windsor's argument that the city is unfairly covering general fund expenses with transfers from the utilities departments. 

Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's an update on Columbia's $500,000 plan to add private security "ambassadors" downtown, the city's struggle to regulate Airbnbs, a planned definition of data centers, the city's sleight of hand on disclosing its $1.5 million revenue guarantee to American Airlines, upcoming construction on Forum Blvd. and the proposed additional one cent sales tax. 

Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's an update on the city's six upcoming airport projects totaling $13 million, City Manager De'Carlon Seewood's communications overhaul, more I-70 construction disruption in the works, the city's unsigned deal with American Airlines and a proposed re-write on the city's new restrictions on short term rentals.  

Mike's quick, weekly no-nonsense look at civic affairs in Columbia and Boone County, Missouri. This week it's an update on the senior citizen tax freeze, a new price tag on the city's McKinney Building, I-70 construction, a financial report from Boone Health, questions about the city's revenue guarantee to American Airlines and the city manager's plans for a new "Communications Department."