Seymour MO in 0.5 miles of 5 mile danger zone for oil/RR shipping explosions

Oil Explosion Lynchburg Virginia

Seymour Missouri is 0.5 target for a BNSF railroad accident carrying OIL within a safe 5 MILE radius. Where are you?Has the dinosaur Board of Aldermen - women too I think - thought about protecting you?

NOPE. Didn't think so.




For full article and MAP here's the LINK LINK
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UPDATE

Just today in Galena IL 

(Reuters) - A BNSF Railway [BNISF.UL] train loaded with crude oil derailed and caught fire on Thursday afternoon in a rural area south of Galena, Illinois, according to local officials and the company.(3-5-15)

LINK

This could have been you Seymour Missouri

And one day it is likely.It is a disaster waiting to happen and the folks you put in office are the ones voting for this. Do not move to Seymour MO or it might be your last move anywhere but in the ground.

Flames 100's feet high can be seen for miles from BNSF crude oil derailment in Galen IL this past week.When will it happen to Seymour MO?

From a former underground environmental activist on saving the planet:

"The dismantling of infrastructure is the most important missing piece right now.  It’s where the system is most vulnerable, so it should be employed right away.  It can be effective, but it has to be responsible, careful, and extraordinarily smart."

No one has to go out to do this, to be an activist.It is doing it to itself. See these explosions.

Seymour Missouri Restaurants

Typical Menu in Seymour Missouri Restaurant

All the worst features of America have drained down to Seymour and concentrated there. In the whole area there is not one good restaurant. The food situation would only be tolerated by people who do not taste what they eat. In Seymour, the restaurants are not operated by people who ARE cookers and purveyors of food. They are opened by somebody who decides that "people always eat" so a restaurant is a "good deal." His/Her place will have a glass front so people can see in, and chromium fixtures. The food is bad U. S. restaurant food. So there he sits in his restaurant and looks at his customers with puzzled  resentful eyes. He didn't much want to run a restaurant anyway. Now he isn't even making money.

This is paraphrased from William Burroughs description of The Valley in Texas between Brownsville and Mission in the 1950's. It fits Seymour Missouri, however, perfectly. 

You will do better stopping at McDonald's  on 60 at the first Seymour traffic light intersection going east. Nothing to see or buy in Seymour.

When You Don't Know What To Do To Make Things Better?

Still stinks around here

Q: What do women do when they don't know what else to do?


A: They clean.


Q: What do city officials do when they don't know what else to do?


A: They futz and harass the citizens.




The City of Seymour is an expert on this. They have no brains, no social skills, no ideas, no vision and have never had any of the above. So for a long time they have been scapegoating on the citizens of Seymour.


Who are these citizens?


Smokers.
The uneducated.
The breeders.
The greedy.
The dog chainers.
The back yard puppy mills.


And all the rest who don't give a damn about the place and just want to be left alone to enjoy their Constitutional Rights.

Apple Festival 2009 Seymour MO 65746

Apple Festival 2009 is coming up. I am wondering if the town gummint has learned anything from the past two years. In 2007 there was a lovely booth featuring little dog clothes on the north side of the square. The lady had a little tiny pocket chihuahua in her pocket, of course. Her little dog was to be used to try on the clothes to show people how adorable they were. She was a happy and entrepreneurial lady.

But she was told that there was an ordinance prohibiting any dogs during park functions. So she was to take the doggie home and not bring her back on opening day (Saturday). They refused to give her her money back, so she sat there on Saturday feeling misused, exploited and unhappy. Needless to say she never came back to a Seymour Apple Festival after that. The next year 2008 there was a dog competition (forget what on) in the park during some function and dogs were allowed . Someone should have complained to the police because the best way to get rid of a poor law is to enforce it.

In 2008 Apple Festival but wait let me give you some history. Apple time started in the mid 1970's. Some booths have been around since the beginning. The two church booths on the southeast corner for example. The rent was $250. They were told their rent would double to $500 since they were selling food. I guess the Lion's Club didn't want any competition. It was finally negotiated back down to $250 if they only served one kind of food. I think it was kettle popcorn but am not sure. People were talking about how the two churches were treated all weekend.

Are these people crazy! Or just plain greedy? In a recession (since turned into a depression) they raise prices by doubling them? Those churches brought lots of people to Seymour to help, set up, buy and just generally to be there spending money. If I were them I wouldn't come back and my congregation and I would go somewhere else that appreciated us and our contribution past and present to Apple Festival. Didn't your mom tell you not to play with mean kids. Just come on home and don't play with them?

There was a new booth there in 2008 selling home made root beer. They served it in glass bottles. Your refills were less so they had lots of repeat sales, were gentle to the environment and very successful. They had a horrendous time setting up just off the northwest corner. It was a mother and son, and he was deaf. They were all set up when policewoman Miller came and told them they would have to move back beyond the yellow curb line. This required about two hours of repositioning the truck and was a difficult thing to maneuver. The rules have to be followed. Unless you have scheduled a dog competition and are a Seymour power broker, then the rules can be set aside. As Orwell said, Some pigs are more equal than others (Animal Farm).

So it will be interesting to see what happens in 2009 in a few weeks. There were lots of disgruntled people last year. But some were quite pleased. The usual. I will not be eating there as it is still all fried and greasy and heart unfriendly. The usual.

This is the way Seymour is so comment away on this. I am sure you will have your own stories to tell. Remember swearing is OK but calling names is not. If you have a disagreement just say so and state why. Name calling will be erased.

Seymour MO Purpose of this blog

is to comment on activities, events, government and specific and general news around Seymour. This is an attempt to make the town government of Seymour more transparent and responsive to the people who live here. It is also intended to provide information to people researching areas to move into and settle down. Will Seymour be a suitable place for residential living and/or starting a business.?

Well it all depends on you. In the comments section you may want to disagree with me or cheer. Any comments that personally attack me or any other person will be removed. So be polite. Profanity is OK as long as it is not in the heading. Why? Headings crop up in search engines. And that brings me to another point. 

Mine and your posts will be scooped up in search engines. You may aid or hinder this process by tagging your comments with labels of subject matter that are relevant;thus enabling people to find out various things they might be interested in knowing about Seymour. You may criticize any aspect of this blog or any comments, including your own if you have a change of heart or mind. This is to ensure that people who want to know more about this town will get a variety of opinions and differing information. Honesty counts. 

This blog is also a wake up call for any aspect of the town government to put its best foot forward because transparency rules. Perhaps this will lead to some positive changes around here. I want you to see how others may look at you and evaluate the town, its schools, its facilities for young adults, its restaurants, and its general atmosphere. What is here that is exceptional in both positive and negative ways. 

What we say here may very well affect real estate prices, present and future ordinances, elections, education, law enforcement, etc. I am sure you will experience conflicts of interest. A criticism may likely affect the value of your property, enhancing it or devaluing it. It is my intention that you become aware of the sub culture and how it promotes or turns off people who might want to come here.  Well, enough. Let's go.