Day to Day Activities - Monday, June 16, 2008

This morning, the routine continued. Immediately following breakfast, the citizens held their first official elections. They assembled in their polling places, which are assigned by ward, and cast their ballot for city mayor, treasurer, Municipal Judge, and the City Council.

See the election results and your citizens participation here

Following elections, they attended their third school of instruction. By this time tomorrow, the citizens will have been exposed to all of the schools, and will have to start thinking about which school the feel best suits their interests.

Next it was time for the new city officials to begin building their cities by appointing important positions. The Police Chief, Policemen, Clerk of the Municipal Court, and City Attorney just to name a few. City reporters for Television, Newspapaer, and Radio were also selected.

At 10:30, the citizens divided into different groups, depending on what activities they are participating in. The newly elected city officials met with the Government Executive School counselors, the court officials met with the Law School counselors, members of law enforcement met with the Law Enforcement School counselors, and members of the media school met with their counselors to plan and discuss story ideas.

First row: Scott Anderson (Gambrel), Andrew Esstman (Boone), David Heileman (Ingle), Justin Nicks (Doniphan). Second row: John Christopher (Blair), Dalton Berry (Weyer), Brian Royer (Pershing), Ben Hunter (Lewis). Third row: Brett Bornhoft (Whitfield), Tyler Niemeier (Richardson), Timothy Madden (Carver). Fourth row: Saihari Dukkipati (Alcorn), Oliver Kernell (Carnahan), Quntazi Jones (Clark), Andrew Lau (Duggan). Fifth row: Daniel Marklin (Crowder).

This morning the citizens voted to select their city officials. One of the most important leadership positions at Boys State is the Mayor. This elected official will lead his city for the rest of the week as they build the infrastructure to make a fully functional city. Left, is a picture of all 16 City Mayors.

Citizens selected their candidates for county positions today. Candidates gave campaign speeches and visited voters this evening, in preparation for the county election tomorrow morning.

Before going to lunch, the mayors presided over their first city meetings. The cities discussed their plans and goals for the week, and tried to figure out the best way to attain Model City status.

Following lunch, the citizens attended their first county party meetings. They had previously met in their cities to create local party platforms, but now they had to work together to create a platform on the county level. This is all leads up to the state conventions later this week, where they will finalize a platform for their party that will cover the entire state.

This afternoon the citizens had their first athletic period of the week. They will compete in various sports against the other cities to gain points towards model city.

During their next school of instruction citizens got hands on in the media school as they made their first television news broadcast.

Hulshof Takes Stage
BY TIM COOPER
BOYS STATE CITIZEN
INGLE CITY

“Some issues are so steeped in morals and conscience that good people can disagree,” said U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof. This leads some to question whether Hulshof ’s openness for both sides will affect the outcome of the August primary. Hulshof faces a strong Republican candidate, State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, in the August Republican primary. According to Hulshof, one of the main differences between his and Steelman’s platforms is Tort reform. The Republican Primary winner will be facing Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon this November. “I enjoyed (Hulshof ’s) address. It seemed like he answered everything to the best of his ability, and he actually gave really straight answers, unlike most politicians,” said Blake Stevens of Richardson. When considering Hulshof ’s platform as a whole, citizens of MBS may be happy to hear from a candidate who has direct answers. “I don’t feel that I will lose conservative support over the issue of embryonic stem cell research,” Hulshof said. “That’s what’s interesting…the question at hand is really if this issue is of such prominence that there are single issue voters.” Nixon addressed MBS Sunday night, Steelman is scheduled to address citizens tonight.

Citizens produce their own Missouri Boys State news broadcast at the KMBS studio.

Citizens report on Boys State stories and anchor the news.

Citizens attend the Law School of Instruction

Citizens serve as Missouri Boys State Highway Patrolmen