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County publication stating Adair County learned of the Morris Solar project nearly four years earlier and describing the project location extending toward Kirksville Regional Airport.
County Agendas Minutes source
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Official department page stating that the City pursues community-improvement grants, new government programs and business-development programs.
Municipal Municipal Government source
Municipal Municipal Government source
Municipal Municipal Government source
Publicly available records establish that Rob Small serves on the Greentop Board of Aldermen and has been identified as Mayor Pro Tem, while Lisa Small serves as Schuyler County Clerk. A separate publicly available obituary identifies Lisa Small and her husband Rob of Greentop, establishing the marital relationship. This documents two spouses holding public office in overlapping local-government communities. The relationship itself does not establish favoritism, conflict of interest, improper influence, or wrongdoing. Reporter will track only documented intersections with official duties, votes, contracts, appointments, public spending, elections, or other governmental actions.
Use these official Missouri resources to independently research campaign committees and disclosures, candidate activity by election, state and local government expenditures, public audits, and registered business entities. Start with the Missouri Ethics Commission for campaign finance, but also check the local election authority because MEC states that local candidates who file only with a county clerk or board of election commission are not included in the state search. A family, business, campaign, donor, contract or employment connection is context for further research—not proof by itself of favoritism, wrongdoing or improper motive. A connection is not proof of corruption. It is a reason to follow the records. Publicly posted material may be reviewed and documented when relevant to a public-interest question, while unrelated personal details should not be republished merely because they are online.
SHSMO records Glenwood as laid out in 1868 by Stiles and Alexander Forsha. This expands the Schuyler County settlement timeline and helps compare which communities persisted, declined or shifted around transportation and government centers.
Current K-REDI board and investor page documenting government, institutional, utility, banking, healthcare and business participation.
County Municipal Government source
County County Government source
SHSMO place-name history describing the establishment of county government at Memphis, subsequent town layout, courthouse construction and incorporation milestones.
State State Government source
State State Government source
State State Government source
State State Government source
Missouri DNR says it does not regulate data centers as a facility type; local governments are typically aware of proposed projects before DNR because DNR generally becomes involved when a project applies for an environmental permit. DNR is coordinating with the Public Service Commission on energy regulations and utility practices, and says data-center growth is expected to be the main driver of future Missouri energy-demand growth. A new State Energy Plan is due Sept. 1, 2026, and DNR says its broader data-center findings and recommendations are due to the Governor by Nov. 30, 2026. DNR also states that Missouri does not generally regulate the amount of in-state water use, although major water users capable of withdrawing at least 100,000 gallons per day must register and report annual use.
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State State Government source
State State Government source
Official state hub for Scotland County audit reports, bond registrations, property-tax rates and political-subdivision financial filings.
Official state dashboard listing Schuyler County taxing authorities and submitted financial reports.
SHSMO place-name research says Sand Hill had early stores, settlement and trade, but ceased growing after the county seat was placed at Memphis because Memphis was more centrally located. This is a direct historical example of government-location decisions shifting community growth.
Government-hosted courthouse directory identifying Lisa Small as Schuyler County Clerk.
Official county homepage linking public services, county resources and government information.
Source-verified public records identify Rob Small as a current Greentop alderman/Mayor Pro-Tem and Lisa Small as Schuyler County Clerk. This establishes that two people sharing the Small surname currently hold local public offices in overlapping Greentop/Schuyler County government. The Reporter has not yet located a sufficiently reliable public record independently establishing their marital relationship, so that relationship is not stated as verified here. A connection is not proof of corruption; it is a reason to follow the records.
SHSMO records Tippecanoe as the oldest town in Schuyler County and a strong rival of Lancaster for the county seat before 1854. The entry preserves evidence of early competition over where county government would be centered.
A practical civic-thinking guide for evaluating projects, spending and government decisions without steering the reader toward a predetermined conclusion. For each material issue, examine the best-case explanation, worst-case explanation and most ordinary explanation; who benefits, who pays and who carries the risk; short- and long-term benefits and costs; opportunity cost; what happens if nothing is done; what happens if the plan fails; who is accountable; what supporters and critics say; what the records prove; what remains unknown; and what evidence would change the conclusion. Thinking tools such as Hanlon's Razor, Occam's Razor, Chesterton's Fence, Goodhart's Law, sunk-cost fallacy, survivorship bias, confirmation bias, principal-agent problems, moral hazard and regulatory capture are presented as lenses rather than conclusions. Repetition matters: an initial error may be a mistake; repeated failure after notice may indicate process failure or neglect; continued conduct despite clear knowledge and an available correction may justify examining recklessness, incentives, conflicts or intentional conduct. The standard is: state facts in context, show the source, show what is unknown, follow what happens next, and let the reader decide.
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