mckeough, jennifer | testimony transcript 11-19-13
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Testimony given to Thomas Loraine.TRANSCRIPT
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Transcript of the Testimony of Jennifer McKeough
Date: November 19, 2013Volume: I
Case: In Re: Joplin Critical Investigation
Printed On: December 1, 2013
Holliday Reporting Service, Inc.Phone: 417-358-4078
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IN RE: JOPLIN CRITICAL INVESTIGATION
TELEPHONE SWORN STATEMENT OF
JENNIFER McKEOUGH
Taken on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, from 2:29 p.m. to 2:37
p.m., at the law offices of Juddson H. McPherson, LLC, 626
S. Byers, in the City of Joplin, County of Jasper, State of
Missouri, before
SHARON K. ROGERS, C.C.R.650,
a Certified Court Reporter and a Notary Public within and
for the County of Jasper, and State of Missouri.
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APPEARANCES
MR. THOMAS E. LORAINE
Loraine & Associates, LLC
4075 Osage Beach Pkwy., Suite 300
Osage Beach, MO 65065
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S T I P U L A T I O N
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED that this Sworn
Statement may be taken by steno-mask type recording by
SHARON K. ROGERS, a Certified Court Reporter, and
afterwards reduced into typewriting.
It is further stipulated that the signature of the
witness is hereby waived, and that said Sworn Statement of
said witness shall be of the same force and effect as
though said witness had read and signed Sworn Statement.
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I N D E X
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DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LORAINE . . . 5-2
E X H I B I T S
(sic) - typed as spoken
(ph.) - phonetic
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1 JENNIFER McKEOUGH
2 DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LORAINE:
3 Q. Is it Jennifer McKeough.
4 A. Yes, it is.
5 Q. And I'm talking to you on a cell phone
6 number, ma'am?
7 A. Yes.
8 Q. And what is your cell phone number?
9 A. 417-434-2944.
10 Q. Okay. And would you tell me what, if
11 anything - I've told you I have three topics,
12 one Alderman Woolston, two Alderman Scearce,
13 and three anything that's going on or I
14 should know about in the City operation or
15 management. Can you tell me what you have to
16 tell me?
17 A. In regards to the first question with Mike
18 Woolston.
19 Q. All right.
20 A. Dr. Rosenberg had called me a couple of weeks
21 ago, asked for my permission to give my name
22 to whoever was doing the investigation on Mr.
23 Woolston. The only information that I have
24 to give in regards to that is I live in a
25 neighborhood that was destroyed by the
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1 tornado and we built back. And based on a
2 couple of different questions and neighbors
3 we had started a neighborhood association, a
4 neighborhood association, not a homebuyer's
5 association, just something so we have some 6 sort of understanding among our neighbors to
7 have a unified voice. And our first meeting
8 that we had we invited a couple of the City
9 Councilmen because we live on 20th Street
10 where there was going to be several
11 developments and we invited them, Dr.
12 Rosenberg and Mike Woolston to join us. 13 During this meeting at least two of our
14 neighbors had been approached by Mr. Woolston
15 in regards to selling of their home, they
16 live closer to 20th Street, and they were
17 very irate and they voiced their opinions
18 about Mr. Woolston to Mr. Woolston. It's not
19 the first time Mr. Woolston had talked about
20 real estate sales.
21 Q. So he had talked about real estate sales to
22 these folks before the aldermen talked to
23 your group?
24 A. Yes.
25 Q. And what were their names, the folks?
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1 A. One of them was McKenzie Robinson.
2 Q. Okay, do you know how I could get hold of
3 McKenzie?
4 A. I would just have to look that up, and if you 5 don't mind I could get your phone number and
6 call you back or I could email you the two
7 family's names.
8 Q. Okay. That would be fine. Why don't you
9 call me back. Let's see, what's this number
10 here? I tell you what, I'll give you your
11 cell number.
12 BY COURT REPORTER: Yes, it's
13 437-3983.
14 Q. (By Mr. Loraine) 437-3983. Okay.
15 A. Okay.
16 Q. And if you will get back with that. In any
17 case these two people were irate about the
18 fact that a Councilman was also dealing in
19 buying and selling of real estate?
20 A. Yes.
21 Q. And what else can you tell me about that
22 meeting?
23 A. That was about it.
24 Q. Did Mr. Woolston acknowledge the fact that he
25 had made these prior contacts?
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1 A. Yes, he did, and he made the same statement
2 at the neighborhood meeting as what he has
3 made to the City Council what I have read in
4 the local newspaper.
5 Q. What was that?
6 A. That anything that he thinks is a conflict of
7 interest that he takes himself away from
8 anything that may be a conflict of interest.
9 Q. He certainly didn't in that case, did he?
10 A. I don't know anymore of the details as far as
11 I don't know what he knew, what was told to
12 our neighbors, how he solicited. I don't
13 know any of the other details about it, I
14 just said at the meeting where Mr. Woolston 15 was present - the meeting was not in regards
16 to - that was not the format of what he's
17 concerned about, and I made it clear at the
18 meeting that we had marked out an hour's
19 worth of time for everybody and it was an
20 hour and 15 minutes, it was more of that
21 topic, and if they wanted to talk directly to
22 (inaudible) they could do that prior to this
23 meeting.
24 Q. Okay. In any case two of your participants
25 were irate about Mr. Woolston's previous
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1 contacts and solicitations?
2 A. Yes.
3 Q. All right. Anything else that you can advise
4 me of on these topics?
5 A. On Mr. Woolston that is the only thing that I
6 have.
7 Q. Okay.
8 A. It was just in the scope of that neighborhood 9 meeting, and I told Dr. Rosenberg that would
10 be the only information I had and that I
11 could probably pass on the two neighbor's
12 names.
13 Q. All right. What was the name of your
14 neighborhood association?
15 A. Parr Hill Estates.
16 Q. Say that again for me.
17 A. It's Parr Hill Estates.
18 Q. Parr Hill, okay. And did you incorporate
19 that entity or was it just a nonincorporated 20 association?
21 A. Just a nonincorporated association, basically
22 like a club agreement.
23 Q. All right. And did you actually rebuild your
24 home?
25 A. Yes, I did.
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1 Q. And nobody has solicited you for sale of that
2 home?
3 A. They sure haven't.
4 Q. Okay. Is your neighborhood rebuilt
5 generally?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. So most of them are homes around you?
8 A. Yes, they are.
9 Q. All right. And these two people that were
10 solicited, are they in an area that is still
11 vacant?
12 A. No, the area is Connecticut Street - 17th and
13 18th between Connecticut Street and Delaware
14 Street. There's just basically two blocks. 15 And Murphy Boulevard, there's some homes over
16 there.
17 Q. And these two people are over in that area?
18 A. Yes, they are.
19 Q. All right. Well, thank you very much, and if
20 you wouldn't mind you can text us back with
21 those names and numbers, that would be very
22 helpful.
23 A. Okay. I will do that. And what was your
24 name again, sir?
25 Q. My name is Tom Loraine, L-O-R-A-I-N-E. I'm
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1 the Special Investigator that's been hired by
2 the City Council to look into these matters.
3 A. Okay.
4 Q. Okay?
5 A. That sounds good. I did tell Dr. Rosenberg,
6 and if you don't mind I will probably contact
7 these two people --
8 Q. Sure.
9 A. -- and ask for the information before I give
10 their names out.
11 Q. Absolutely. Tell them it's vital I get
12 information like this if I can, you know.
13 A. Okay. I will send it over to you.
14 BY COURT REPORTER: Spell her last
15 name.
16 Q. (By Mr. Loraine) Could you spell your last
17 name for me?
18 A. It's M-C-K-E-O-U-G-H.
19 Q. I really missed that one.
20 A. Okay.
21 Q. M-C-K-E-O-U-G-H.
22 A. Yes, K-E-O-U-G-H.
23 Q. Okay. Mrs. McKeough, I appreciate it very
24 much your contacting me with this
25 information, and if you can I'd appreciate
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1 the follow-up on it. Thank you very much.
2 A. Thank you, Tom.
3 Q. Okay. Bye-bye.
4 A. Bye.
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REPORTER'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF MISSOURI
ss.
COUNTY OF JASPER
I, SHARON K. ROGERS, Certified Court Reporter in the
State of Missouri, do certify that pursuant to the
foregoing Stipulation the witness came before me on the
19th day of November, 2013, was duly sworn by me, and was
examined. That examination was then taken by me by
steno-mask recording and afterwards transcribed; said Sworn
Statement is subscribed by the witness as hereinbefore set
out on the day in that behalf aforesaid and is herewith
returned.
I further certify that I am not counsel, attorney, or
relative of either party, or clerk, or stenographer of
either party or of the attorney of either party, or
otherwise interested in the event of this suit.
_________________________
SHARON K. ROGERS, CCR-650