Festus
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Search complete. 20 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Festus".
Sep 18, 2026
Cronky's CuckstacheAUDIENCE
Absolutely.
Cronky's CuckstacheAUDIENCE
Pestis is kind
Doug VaughnHOST
of a booming town, isn't it? It seems like every other person who calls is from Pestis.
Cronky's CuckstacheAUDIENCE
Yeah, where's Pestis?
Doug VaughnHOST
We haven't heard from him for a while.
Doug VaughnHOST
He was asking
Sarah KelloggCORRESPONDENT
One of the speakers calling for the moratorium was Gabe Cotton.
Sarah KelloggCORRESPONDENT
Cotton is from Festus, where citizens voted to oust members of its city council who were in favor of data centers.
Sarah KelloggCORRESPONDENT
He says he's not against development, but he is against irresponsible and destructive development.
Gabe CottonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We need to protect Missouri towns, and we need to ensure residents have a genuine, democratic voice in the process.
Kobi TireyHOST
That's even sort of worse than some of the hypotheticals we've been talking about.
Chelsea RodriguezGUEST
Yeah, and I think we've seen now, like Festus was a big, well-publicized case, Festus, Missouri, that's where I'm actually from, not that town, but that county.
Chelsea RodriguezGUEST
My niece lives there now.
Chelsea RodriguezGUEST
Their entire city council was recalled because they refused a moratorium.
TrishaPANELIST
I'm not hearing that.
TrishaPANELIST
Festus.
TrishaPANELIST
Festus? I don't know.
TrishaPANELIST
Is that the line? 314-241-9797.
Annie FryHOST
Tell us where the Mason-Dixon line is for the Missouri-Missouri situation.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
And it means that across a variety of areas, regulation is not keeping up with what's happening on the ground.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
Residents in Festus, Missouri, recently actually voted out city council members who supported a data center.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
How worried should other elected officials be?
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
I think local and state politicians should be pretty worried about this issue.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
The evidence seems to be in Festus that the turnout really bumped for that election.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
Officials aren't just facing a loud minority here.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
They're facing an organized minority that has a larger public constituency behind it.
Jacob MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And it means that across a variety of areas, regulation is not keeping up with what's happening on the ground.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
Residents in Festus, Missouri recently actually voted out city council members who supported a data center.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
How worried should other elected officials be?
Jacob MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I think local and state politicians should be pretty worried about this issue.
Jacob MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The evidence seems to be in Festus that the turnout really bumped for that election.
Jacob MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Officials aren't just facing a loud minority here.
Jacob MontgomerySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're facing an organized minority that has a larger public constituency behind it.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
And it means that across a variety of areas, regulation is not keeping up with what's happening on the ground.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
Residents in Festus, Missouri, recently actually voted out city council members who supported a data center.
Holly EdgellCORRESPONDENT
How worried should other elected officials be?
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
I think local and state politicians should be pretty worried about this issue.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
The evidence seems to be in Festus that the turnout really bumped for that election.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
Officials aren't just facing a loud minority here.
Jacob MontgomeryGUEST
They're facing an organized minority that has a larger public constituency behind it.
Reid DoehlingHOST
Nice.
Reid DoehlingHOST
Well, I have an October Festus.
Reid DoehlingHOST
I have an October Festus Marzen style beer.
Reid DoehlingHOST
Or Mertzen.
Reid DoehlingHOST
I don't know how it's really pronounced.
Reid DoehlingHOST
But it's from Main and Mill Brewing in Festus, Missouri.
Ben MatukewiczHOST
They're doing as Festus they can.
Reid DoehlingHOST
Festivus for the rest of us.
Tamara ScottHOST
But I am pleased to see it.
Tamara ScottHOST
Whether it's Festus, Missouri, all of them lost their, the whole city council lost their reelections.
Tamara ScottHOST
People are upset about this and rightfully so.
Tamara ScottHOST
We've got to go to our third break.