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The Mexico Industrial Development Authority Board hasn’t met in more than five years but did so this week because there may be a need for its services soon. The meeting was held on Monday, …
After identifying his choice, Mexico City Manager Bruce Slagle didn’t waste any time getting new Mexico Police Chief Brice Mesko going in his new position. Slagle made the announcement at …
A.P. Green cleanup, sale is long process Published by admin on Fri, 05/21/2021 - 8:19am By: Editor Mexico city manager Bruce Slagle worries that the A.P. Green site the city purchased at a foreclosure auction earlier this year will not sell for quite some time. “We don’t have a timetable,” he said. “Our goal is to make the place viable again and sell it.” Salvage work continues at the location. There are piles of bricks and other debris. Security fencing was riddled with holes. The city is saddled with $1 million in unpaid NIB bills left whe...
Legal semantics can be tricky. For example, according to Mexico City Manager Bruce Slagle, profanity falls under the legal umbrella of free speech providing it is not obscene. But obscenity is not protected as free speech. So when a number of residents complained to council members about a flag tacked to a front porch of a home on Highway 22 in Mexico that replaces the “u” in a certain “f-word” with the American flag in a not so subtle swipe at President Joe Biden, semantics – and the nation’s valued protection of freedom of speech – became a bone of contention during the Mexico...
Local governments starting to see new revenue from use tax Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:06pm A Supreme Court decision regarding the online store Wayfair led to use taxes approved by voters last year that will pay off Mexico's Aquatic Center loan and provide other budget options around the county. [Dave Faries] By: Editor In its first month, the local option use tax netted Audrain Count a total of 84 cents. In January it brought in $89,147. The city of Mexico received nothing in October, nothing in November. Now a total of $48,290 has c...