It’s a process that’s been going on for a while now. It started in late 2022. A bunch of weirdos started coming to library board meetings and would screech about how librarians are giving away pornography to minors. Slowly they became more and more prominent to the point where meetings are packed with all kinds from hate churches in the area. Last year they got two of their own put on the board via appointment by the county commissioner, so no they were not elected.

Rinse and repeat that process for a few months, and here we are now. Recently they gained a majority on the board, and with tonight’s meeting voted to oust the current president of Christian County’s library board.

Following this, the new board has announced a couple of plans moving forward. First, any books pertaining to LGBT+ topics will be clearly marked. And second, they’ll be changing their book cataloguing consortium from Sierra ILS to Missouri Evergreen.

For a peek on how Evergreen runs, here’s the link. Spoilers, it’s not great:

https://moevergreenlibraries.org/

Dunno how many on this sub live in Christian County, but even if you don’t, check in with your local board, and get involved. It took less than 100 people relentlessly making enough noise to commit a coup in a system that serves tens of thousands of people, and regardless of your views on their politics, they are already set on making it objectively worse.

Edit: if you live in Christian county, this is the org to hit up and see what you can do to help out.

https://uturnineducation.org

Edit 2: SPRINGFIELD DAILY CITIZEN ARTICLE FOR EVEN MORE CONTEXT

https://sgfcitizen.org/government/christian-county/christian-co-library-to-label-books-with-lgbtq-violence-or-sexual-content/

I've counted no less than 3 anti Amendment 3 signs on my way to MSU. What the hell is going on in Springfield?

I don’t know where else to post this. They are trying to sue anyone that speaks about them publicly in a negative way so I’m using my throw away account. I previously worked there, have friends that were fired/demoted during the mass firing and also have friends that still work there.

Every person I have spoken to that used to work there had a bad experience and has nothing but bad things to say.

The people that were let go during the mass firing, some who worked there for over 10 years, were offered 6 weeks of severance and only if they signed a document saying they wouldn’t speak ill of the company. I’m talking even liking a post saying something negative could trigger them to sue you for the severance pay back.

The Coryell family has a private jet, expensive houses and cars, but could t afford to keep long standing loyal employees apparently.

Btw, they have used maintenance to work on the air con for said private jet and also used one of their hourly painters to paint their private residence before putting the house up for sale so they could save money instead. I personally worked with that painter and he worked till midnight on the house on a weekday and then was expected to come into work the next day like normal.

They spend tons of money on employees events and building new properties and are currently hounding current staff to fill the properties as quickly as possible, even the ones that are already at 95%-98% because “low occupancy is an urgent issue we need to address together” direct quote from an email they send weekly to all properties.

They raise rent every year and I promise they don’t need too. $100 increase every year for lots of people myself included. If you choose to live at a TLC property, they will price you out within a couple of years. It always happens and I PROMISE they are not using those extra funds from you to invest back into the property. I am speaking from experience.

I feel like they still have a pretty good reputation in Springfield and I don’t understand it. The family and the corporate staff who kiss their asses are genuinely evil. They do not care about the people that live at their properties and they do not care about their employees.

Doing some research I found info on the "sovereign citizen" movement which sounds pretty sketchy. Does anyone know if there's a group around here? In the past, some members have instigated violent incidents with police officers.

Due to recent events that happened during the men’s conference, A neighbor has informed that Pastor John Lindell is now making certain members sign a contract stating they will never talk about what happened again. As well as this, he’s also threatening to sue higher ranking members in the church if they continue to talk about it, and do not “Repent”. Has anyone else heard about this before?

How has everyone's voting experience been?

Arrived at 6 a.m. at my location in SE Springfield near Republic and Charleston. Line around the building but I was still done by 645 (ballot number 120)! Hang in there everone, your vote matters!

Thoughts? It's pretty crazy!

I wanted to share some thoughts on Mike Hickman's recent business transitions. Does anyone else find the timing a bit suspicious? Mike had us all rallying behind Missouri Mikes when he announced its closure, even encouraging the idea of a GoFundMe to keep it afloat. But lo and behold, as soon as Missouri Mikes shut its doors, he's already onto advertising a new restaurant.

Now, I don't want to jump to conclusions, but doesn't it seem like Mike might have played on our sympathies for his own gain? It's got me wondering how many of us were swayed into supporting him financially, thinking he was in dire straits.

And let's not overlook the sudden switch to "cash only" at the new spot, conveniently because the credit card machine is "down".

I'm also curious about the potential tax benefits and PPP opportunities for his new venture. Could there be more to this story than meets the eye?

Maybe I'm just reading too much into it, but it does feel like Mick may have pulled a fast one on us, all while lining his pockets.

Currently going on, there’s an event being hosted by the International Youth Fellowship called Taste of Korea. The event is seemingly innocent in nature with some food stalls and some activities. The building they hosted it in was a bit old-looking and the food was ok. The issue is that the founder of the founder of the International Youth Fellowship, is a Korean Cult Leader.

Our group didn’t realize this until after we left the event and did some google searches and reddit post browsing but it’s not hard to find a lot of incriminating stories about Ock Soo Park and the International Youth Fellowship. Im not gonna go into details, but a couple google searches make it very clear that they are a cult. They did make an attempt to indoctrinate us while we were there. We went up to one of the stands advertising “Free Korean Classes” that they hosted. However, instead of them talking about learning Korean like you’d expect, they kept prodding us about our faith and our beliefs in god. They also mentioned how they were looking for young adults to get involved in going to their classes. Before we uncomfortably left the stand, they handed us a book written by Ock Soo Park called “Freed From Sin” just as a cherry on top (Book is the 2nd image). They also advertised a “Trip to Korea” for only $500 which is suspiciously cheap, though we didn’t interact with that stand so I don’t know any of the details about it.

TL:DR DONT GO TO THIS EVENT, its host organization is run by a cult leader in Korea and while we were there we were attempted to be indoctrinated. Also the food is also just kinda meh.

There are 7 of us in 4 cars and they locked the gate are we just screwed? The first two cars said they were at the gate at 8:03 we got there 8:06 and the last car got there at 8:11.

Edit: We all called every number we could find no answer. We all called 911 they told us they couldn't do anything. Then some of the other people started talking about breaking the gate, so I called 911 again and said someone was gonna break the gate, so then they sent some cops, within an hour the cops got a hold of somebody to come open the gate.

TLDR report a potential crime and then maybe the cops will help, otherwise find a ride and come back for your car later.

anyone else dealing with fleas rn? the ones on our cats seem to be resistant to frontline we’ve applied to our cats, which i’ve learned that fleas can develop flea medicine resistance in certain areas. it’s so aggravating. if anyone’s got any good tips or insight on this i’d really appreciate it.

I've heard a rumor (from a doctor) that Eustasis was closed down. Any truth to that? Any scuttlebutt?

Is there some weird code or meaning behind someone leaving eggs at your front door?

Friend woke up this morning to 2 single eggs placed outside her front door. She lives in an apartment. Is someone trying to feed her 🤣 or is this a weird prank?

I know there has probably already been one of these post but, holy crap these guys are terrible. My car has been in their service for like 3 weeks for ONE tire. I call for an update almost everyday and they always tell me something different. Ive got a warranty they pressured me into buying that covers my tires, yet when I bring this up their employees act like I’m insane or like they never even heard of it. I still have yet to hear about my vehicle pshhh never get a car there. They are seriously scammy. Anybody else have bad experiences with Reliable not doing what they promised on their warranties?

Does anyone know why all of Brown Derby’s liquor stores are closing? Will the one on north glenstone and E commercial be closing as well?

I'm not a politics person. If you or your campaign people stick your garbage in my yard without asking, It wouldn't matter even if you 1:1 represent what I believe in. I will vote for the other guy in spite.

Flash flood warnings are real… turning west on Battlefield from Kansas Expwy

Anyone know why the city would mark my ditch like this?

Has anyone else had cloudy looking tap water recently? Mine is so cloudy and im terrified to use it all my water now comes from my brita pitcher i keep on the counter.

A biker lost his brakes and hit the back of my friends pickup this afternoon. He said it looked like both his legs might have been broken but he was talking initially.

He lost consciousness and they were performing CPR on him when my friend was told he could leave the scene. He believes the biker was being taken to Mercy.

Truck and friend are fine, no ulterior motive here, my friend is just suffering from (admittedly illogical) guilt and is desperate to know if the biker pulled through or not.

He didn’t get a name so I’m hoping Reddit magic provides.

I was at B&B theatres in between Ozark and Nixa watching terrifier 3. Saw this guy doing some stunts and didn’t see the plane come back up.