The Columbia Heart Beat

06/25/2026

You will own nothing -- and be happy.

🐱🌱 Small changes can lead to lasting impact.

For Community Resilience Organizer Nina Thomas, sustainability is all about building habits one step at a time. Each summer, she focuses on adopting a few new environmentally friendly practices that can become part of her daily routine.

This year, Nina is finding creative ways to give everyday items a second life by repurposing cardboard tubes, plastic bottles, old t-shirts, and other materials into homemade cat toys. By reusing items before recycling or disposing of them, she is reducing waste while creating something fun for her feline companions.

Nina is also taking on a new challenge by growing vegetables in her very first garden. Growing food at home can reduce packaging waste, lower transportation impacts, and provide fresh, homegrown produce throughout the season.

Whether it's reusing materials, starting a garden, or trying another sustainable habit, every small step helps build a more sustainable future. 🌿

What new sustainable habit are you trying this summer?

06/25/2026

What happens when dumb-a** policy makers flood a community -- city, county, country -- with destitution.

And NO plan.

When you have nothing, you come to a new place to conquer YOURSELF. Not that place. Not its people. You conquer YOU. Make your life better. Make your family's life better.

But for some reason, dumb-a** politicians in many Western nations (and US cities) have tossed that idea out.

Come here and conquer US.

Nothing could be more stupidly self destructive -- and harmful to the newcomers who came to that new place for a better life.

06/24/2026

Lawless .

Where the law-abiding must pay 50% higher sales taxes to fund administrators making Hundreds of Thousands per year to -- Do Nothing.

Anybody else would be arrested on the spot. Special rules/laws for the homeless in Columbia MO

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06/24/2026

Calling all Safety Ambassadors ...



(Mothers Against Guns in America)

Columbia Police responded at 4 p.m. to a shots fired call in the 5100 block of Clark Lane and a shots fired call in the 1300 block of Godas Drive. A juvenile male, and an adult male, both in serious condition, were taken to local hospitals. There is no one in custody at this time, but there is no threat to the public.

06/24/2026

Dawg Days of Summer, Part Infinity

The Greens

06/24/2026

Board of Realtor's (BOR) 4th Ward special election candidate debate yesterday, hosted by David Lile.

The three candidates -- (l-r) Dave Sorrell, Sharon Jones, Ryan King -- answered BOR questions (questions from the public are rarely allowed at special-interest group forums).

Sharon Jones won the debate with the best-articulated, most thoughtful answers, says our founder Mike Martin, who (reluctantly) attended but was pleasantly surprised. Dave Sorrell came in 2nd, Ryan King third.

"Smartest overall group of candidates I've seen in years here," Mike said. "Grossly uninformed or just plain dumb answers have been frequent features in past campaigns. Uncontested campaigns, another sad but common feature, often generate *just phone it in* answers, if the unopposed candidate even attends. This debate was refreshingly different."

Vote August 4.

06/23/2026

You cannot have Affordable if you do not have Safe .