News
By Mark McLaughlin
Editor, Citizen-Observer
Public sentiment on the Park Board-City conflict is clear…Matt Arndt should not have sued the City.
But an increasing undercurrent of community support and awareness of what occurred to bring the City to this place, and to a public hearing with the...
Park Board President Matt Arndt detailed to the Citizen-Observer Monday morning that he has received a response to his open letter to Mayor Becky Curtis and the City regarding its accusations against him that they cite as reasons for his removal from the Cameron Park Board.
Arndt declined to go...
The Role Of Park Boards In Missouri
Anthony J. Zito and David W. Ostlund provided this article for the May 1995 issue of the MML Review. This article is a reprint from that issue.
In this article “park board” is a generic term including any board, commission, committee or group responsible for...
What Cameron Gets with Mark Carr on the City Council
By Mark McLaughlin
Editor, Citizen-Observer
Dr. Mark Carr won a seat on the Cameron City Council in last week’s Municipal Election, and what he brings to the Council will be 40-years of experience as a local dentist, a businessman, a...
It was a really hard winter in the “CREATIVE Crossroads of America”, “creative” perhaps pending further City Council action.
The City of Cameron has had plenty of drama on its plate with municipal elections, a court case between the City and one of it’s internal entities, and no small bit of...
The City Hall Advisory Committee, under the leadership of local builders, contractors and trade specialists has reviewed the City’s bid-ready documents, and submitted an interesting and meaningful report to the City Council, following the Council releasing Requests for Bids for the Phase I “...
The Cameron R-I School District Proposition B.E.S.T. passedby a margin of 859-345, a 67% margin to successfully fund the next round of school capital improvements. Current Cameron R-I School Board members, Andi Lockridge and Staci Earley retained their Board seats in turning away challengers Dan...
THE MCLAUGHLIN FILES---WEEKENDER
“Fever Dreams and Mass Freakouts”
While I’ve been busy breaking down local matters of intrigue for the last couple of weeks, Paul Hamby, Bill Arthur and Jack Briggs have carried the ball on the state, national and international geopolitical front beautifully.
So...
CITY OF CAMERON ~ COUNCIL MEETING
REGULAR SESSION
Public Safety Building-Training Room, 101 W. Second St.
6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 7, 2025
Tentative Agenda
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Public Participation with Council *** (Individuals addressing the Council are asked to step
to the...
