Cape County government controversy

Click on the links for stories relating to the recent string of controversies over closed meetings, secret recordings and misconduct in the Cape Girardeau County government. Videos of contentious commission meetings and audio clips of Commissioner Jay Purcell's secret recordings are also available below.

Jay Purcell suggests guidelines for agendas

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The power to dissolve the Road and Bridge Advisory Board

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'Making each other look bad'

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Jones asks why Purcell is so angry

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Purcell's office space complaint

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Jones says Purcell too 'geared toward reelection'

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Purcell files lawsuit

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Cape Commission divided over duties: Part 1

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Cape Commission divided over duties: Part 2

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Cape Commission divided over duties: Part 3

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Cape Commission divided over duties: Part 4

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