League of Women Voters of Columbia-Boone County Election Forums for April 2015 Election Tuesday, March 17, 2015 6:30 p.m. Columbia Public Library Columbia City Council – Wards 2 and 6 Columbia School Board Boone County Hospital Board City of Columbia Ballot Issues and Monday, March 30, 2015 6:30 p.m. Columbia Public Library Columbia City Council…
Too Many Roads and Bridges, Too Little Funding “Lunch and Learn” Tuesday, February 17, 2015 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Hy-Vee Club Room (Nifong store, 2nd Floor meeting room). Travis Koestner, Assistant District Engineer, Missouri Department of Transportation, will be the guest speaker. Missouri has more miles of state-maintained highways than Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas…
Media Ownership and Shaping Public Opinion Wednesday, February 11 at 7:00 p.m. on CAT-TV This program will feature a panel of experts: Andy Waters, General Manager of the Columbia Daily Tribune Mike Jenner, Professor and Houston Harte Chair in Journalism, Missouri School of Journalism and Mark Gordon, President & CEO, Missouri Broadcasters Association, Randy Picht,…
Town Hall Meeting with State Legislators Thursday, February 5 at 7:00 p.m. Columbia Public Library Friends Room (Refreshments and social time will begin at 6:30.) The public is invited to hear area legislators give their views on the priorities of this year’s legislative session. This is an opportunity to hear directly from them about the…
LWV State Program Planning January 28, 2015 7:00 p.m. Columbia Public Library – Friends Room League advocacy begins with our positions. On January 28, we will look at our state League policy positions to determine if any need to be updated or if there are new positions we need to take. Enclosed in your January…