OpinionMarch 27, 2012
Speak Out 3/27/12
I wanted to thank the police officer who was in the SUV on March 15 at the middle school making sure that people stopped at the cross walk. I am so proud of him and so thankful. I think that the roundabout at Lexington is a wonderful idea. Anytime I need a laugh, all I have to do is go to the one up by Saint Francis and watch the people try to figure out how they are supposed to drive around it. ...
Thank you
I wanted to thank the police officer who was in the SUV on March 15 at the middle school making sure that people stopped at the cross walk. I am so proud of him and so thankful.
Lexington laughs
I think that the roundabout at Lexington is a wonderful idea. Anytime I need a laugh, all I have to do is go to the one up by Saint Francis and watch the people try to figure out how they are supposed to drive around it. Through the middle, wave people on, not take their turn, not stop, just drive straight through. It's great fun, go up there and watch if you need a laugh.
Roundabout
I am not afraid of change regarding the roundabout. I would love to lower the outrageous price of putting something in we really don't need. I would love to change the minds of so-called leaders who profess to save taxpayers' money when all they want to do is spend more.
STD coverage
WHY should the government or churches pay to cure an STD someone got from cheating on his or her spouse. Adultery is also against religious beliefs. Where does it end?
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Planned Parenthood
TO the caller asking, "Why should the government or churches pay for birth control when people can get it at Planned Parenthood anytime they want it?" Who do you think pays for Planned Parenthood? Answer: the government.
Preventing pregnancy
THE fact is, it is immensely cheaper to prevent pregnancy rather than subsidize unwanted pregnancies and care for those children via welfare and Medicaid. People are always going to have sex. No amount of abstinence-only "education" will ever stop that. In this case, an ounce of prevention is worth a cargo ship of cure.
Jackson stoplights
PLEASE, Jackson, fix the stoplight at Old Orchard Road and East Main! First of all, why is this light necessary? At most, 50 cars use Old Orchard Road during any given day, and that may be a high estimate. If there were stoplights at every intersection that had this amount of traffic, we would stop every 100 yards. Oh wait, that is exactly what it is like on West Jackson Boulevard! Second, the light turns red on East Main for no apparent reason many times throughout the day. Please fix this.
Postal center
LAST year, the mail processing plant in Frederick, Md., closed, and its mail operations were sent to Baltimore. The local Elks Club has experienced so much difficulty getting its newsletters delivered in a timely manner that it has stopped mailing them. The Elks now send it by email or make them available for the many members who don't have Internet service to pick them up at their location. This is what will happen to Cape Girardeau's mail if operations are sent to St. Louis. Not only will mail service deteriorate dramatically, but the Postal Service will lose business, which will erase any savings it is trying to generate by this move.
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