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	<description>Protecting the Natural Rights of the citizens of Columbia, Missouri</description>
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		<title>Asset Forfeiture and the Columbia City Council</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/asset-forfeiture-and-the-columbia-city-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Americans for Forfeiture Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asset forfeiture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BoCoMo Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[civil asset forfeiture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[columbia police department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute for justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Chappelow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Nauser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Trapp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWAT raid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1764</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At its April 1st meeting, the Columbia City Council approved the purchase of a Lenco Bearcat armored personnel carrier with a price tag well over $200k. $36,505 of the cost was to be covered by asset forfeiture funds. For those who are unfamiliar with asset forfeiture, I&#8217;ll try and explain it in a proverbial nutshell. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Samuels and Spencer Pearson Chime In On The 911 Sales Tax Proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/bill-samuels-and-spencer-pearson-chime-in-on-the-911-sales-tax-proposal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/bill-samuels-and-spencer-pearson-chime-in-on-the-911-sales-tax-proposal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1759</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of local politicos have entered the fray on the 911 tax. Republican Committeeman Bill Samuels sent an email far and wide listing all of the reasons why one should vote &#8220;no&#8221; on the tax. From Bills email&#8230; CONSIDER BEFORE VOTING: 1.We have all heard that we need another local tax increase of more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter Claims 911 Joint Comm Mismanagement and Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/letter-claims-911-joint-comm-mismanagement-and-bullying/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/letter-claims-911-joint-comm-mismanagement-and-bullying/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boone County 911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joint Communications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received a mysterious, anonymous letter from an employee of Columbia-Boone County Joint Communications. In the letter the author claims that there are more problems with Joint Communications than money can fix, not even a $20,000,000 lump sum and $9,300,000 every year after, until the end of time. This is not the first time I&#8217;ve heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPOA Executive Director Calls Sexual Assault By TX Troopers &#8220;Customer Service&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/cpoa-executive-director-calls-sexual-assault-by-police-officers-customer-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/cpoa-executive-director-calls-sexual-assault-by-police-officers-customer-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[columbia police department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia Police Officers Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPOA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive Director Dale Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraternal order of police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Bob McDavid]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1745</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The screen shot below was captured on 3/27/2013 at 8:20PM on the personal Facebook page of Dale Roberts, Executive Director of the Columbia Police Officers Association F.O.P. Lodge #26, A private organization that is not part of the Columbia Police Department. Although the CPOA is a lodge of the Fraternal Order of Police, the organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sunset On The 911 Tax Hike</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/no-sunset-on-the-911-tax-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/no-sunset-on-the-911-tax-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boone county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boone county commissioner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Slush Fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1734</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when I thought the list of problems with Boone County Proposition #1, the 911 tax increase, couldn&#8217;t conceivably grow any longer, another problem has come to light. The newest problem might actually be the biggest problem of all. It seems that the authors of the tax increase and funding plan failed to write a sunset provision [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financing Our Own Financial Demise</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/financing-our-own-financial-demise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/financing-our-own-financial-demise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boone County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boone County Missouri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boone County Pachyderms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commissioner Janet Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Robb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Bullard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Spellman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1724</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government is using your tax dollars against you, financing the campaign for a tax increase. Last night I attended the Boone County Pachyderms meeting to listen to the debate about the proposed 911 tax hike. The ever-principled and polite Steve Spellman made well-reasoned arguments against the tax increase and against the hastily ill-conceived plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Columbia Free Opposes New 911 Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/keep-columbia-free-opposes-new-911-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/blog/keep-columbia-free-opposes-new-911-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 01:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boone county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boone County 911 Tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Columbia 911 tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keep Columbia Free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proposition 1]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.keepcolumbiafree.com/?p=1719</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Download printable press release HERE There is little doubt that the Boone County Emergency Management and Joint Communications 911 system faces serious operational challenges and difficulties. Something should be done to address its problems, but a tax hike to fund an exorbitant, unaccountable budget is not the correct approach. Taxes are already high and this [...]]]></description>
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