Harry Rediger
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Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger is one of three local mayors writing weekly columns for the Southeast Missourian.
OpinionOctober 21, 2021
Use tax is vital for continued city servicesI spent my career in the retail business with JCPenney in a number of states. We collected sales taxes in most states to fund necessary and wanted city services. Some states had no sales tax and collected funds via very high property taxes. The State of Missouri an...OpinionMay 11, 2021
Cape Girardeau is investing millions in city street repairsOur citizens have wisely supported our Transportation Trust Fund for over 25 years. We are currently into TTF-6, approved in 2020 which began collecting funds as of Jan. 1, 2021. I was a member of the committee that proposed to the voters TTF-1 in 1995...OpinionJanuary 8, 2019
Properly report pothole issuesThere is a proper and efficient method of reporting potholes rather than complaining or ignoring them. We, as humans, tend to grump, complain and tell all who will listen that the streets are in "terrible condition." I personally encountered a situation which broug...OpinionMarch 27, 2018
Parks, stormwater initiative important to communityThe citizens of Cape Girardeau will go to the polls on April 3 to consider the renewal of our Parks, Recreation and Storm Water Initiative. This is a renewal, not a new tax. It is the renewal of the very successful PRS1 that was enthusiastically approved by our cit...OpinionJanuary 23, 2018
More baseball coming to Capaha Field in 2019Baseball is a tradition in Cape Girardeau. On Friday I was honored and privileged to stand with some of the "greats" in Cape Girardeau baseball history as we announced officially our entry into the Collegiate Wood Bat Prospect League. John "Doc" Yallaly, Bill Bohne...OpinionDecember 19, 2017
Looking ahead to the new year in Cape GirardeauI bring greetings to all my fellow citizens by wishing all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year of 2018. 2017 is rapidly coming to a close as is my mayoral term of eight years. We have experienced a very good 2017 in Cape Girardeau, and we have m...OpinionNovember 14, 2017
Progress update on Purpose Built CommunityIt has been a full year since our city of Cape Girardeau embraced the successful Purpose Built Community model that began in Atlanta, Georgia. This model is a proven successful project that revitalizes neighborhoods such as our own city's southern neighborhoods...OpinionSeptember 6, 2017
SEMO District Fair kicks off busy month in CapeThere are many activities and events ahead as we move into the fall season. I want to highlight several of these items and encourage citizens and visitors to participate and enjoy in the weeks ahead. Aaron Horrell and Barb Bailey representing the Painted Wren Art G...OpinionAugust 4, 2017
Community rallies behind K-9 needsI attended a terrific concert recently at our River Campus that turned into a celebration of success in that we as a community have achieved our goal to fund four dogs for our K-9 unit of the Cape Girardeau Police Department.
I will write more about the concert l...OpinionMarch 7, 2017
Ward meetings continue; insight from previous meetingsWe have been meeting this past month with our residents at ward meetings across the city. The council and I have appreciated meeting some old friends and also new faces. Our residents and partners have not come out in big numbers, but those who attended and taken p...Advertisement
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