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Letter to the Editor: Congrats to Delta basketball (3/14/24)Congratulations to the Delta Ladycats! As a team host for the Missouri State High School Basketball Championships in Columbia, I had the opportunity to spend time with the basketball players, coaches David and Toby Heeb, and fans from Delta, Missouri. These people were distinguished representatives of their community, and you should be proud of the excellent impression they made in Columbia...
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Letter to the Editor: Supporting our police (3/14/24)I am a transplant from Springfield, Missouri. I am a retired division commander from the Springfield Missouri Police Department. I moved here from the Ozarks about two years ago. I can also say that the police department in Cape does the best they can with what they have...
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Letter to the Editor: Support public safety employees (3/12/24)Our police and fire departments provide extremely important and essential services for all of us in the community. They should be valued, supported and compensated with higher wages. It has been my experience that many caring individuals live in the City of Cape Girardeau. Most will support a reasonable proposal to ensure our public safety departments are fully staffed and paid competitive wages...
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Letter to the Editor: Cape's leaf pickup (3/5/24)Once again I've piled onto a tarp the curbside leaves (now wet and soggy) that the city never picked up, and I've lugged them (three trips) to the hollow at the back of my lot and dumped them there. Not an easy task for an 85-year-old. You'd think the city would do a better job of collecting leaves, sweeping the streets, and picking up litter just a block from the new City Hall; but it doesn't, so we homeowners have to do it. It's been that way since I moved here in 2003...
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Letter to the Editor: Stop the violence (2/29/24)As I am sitting here thinking about all of the gun violence that continues to happen every single day and tears apart multiple families, friends as well as the community in which we live, I am very disheartened that it has happened again today. It's upsetting to me that you can't even go out to your job to provide for your family and may not even make it home. ...
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Letter to the Editor: The COVID agenda (2/27/24)Science had nothing to do with the following two tyrannical covid "interventions". If not based on science, then why were they mandated? Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who famously once claimed, "I am the science," admitted when questioned by the House Oversight Committee last month that the 6-foot rule of social distancing during covid "sort of just appeared" and wasn't based on science. ...
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Letter to the Editor: Battle to the bottom (2/27/24)Something is wrong with the system if the American people are left to pick between the same two candidates for president in the year 2024 as they were in the year 2020. This can not be a step into the future. At best it can only be considered as either a side step or no step at all. ...
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Letter to the Editor: Vote no on Cape tax increase (2/24/24)Vote no on Cape tax increase "Most" can afford an extra $10-$15/month, some say. But a tax increase would be levied on all -- even those already struggling financially. What will that extra monthly amount buy? A copay, a meal, gasoline, bare essentials. ...
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Letter to the Editor: Library books not obscene (2/24/24)Just because protesters toss out the terms prurient, obscene and pornographic doesn't mean those terms fit books they criticize. In fact, those words do not apply to books currently in the young adult section of the library. What a parent may consider to be obscene or pornographic does not mean that those terms apply legally. What is offensive is the implication that any adult who does not agree with the protesters is unreasonable...
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Letter to the Editor: A plan for transportation in Missouri (2/24/24)A plan for transportation in Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order last year, calling for the establishment of a statewide master plan on aging. One of the plan's goals is that Missourians will have access to safe and reliable transportation and mobility options as they age...
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Letter to the Editor: Is the Cape Public Library a safe place for teens? (2/15/24)Is the Cape Girardeau Public Library a safe place for teens? Most people would expect that teens could be left unaccompanied to peruse material and books in the teen section of the library. I agree that parents should decide what information of a sexual nature they wish to expose their children. However, that option at the Cape library is only available to those parents who do not mind if their children are exposed to prurient, obscene and pornographic material...
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Letter to the Editor: GOP misses on immigration (2/13/24)On the evening of Feb. 7, the Senate effectively killed a bill containing the most restrictive updating of the country's immigration laws in decades. Previously the provisions of this bill had been strongly advocated by the Republicans and were not particularly popular with the Democrats...
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Letter to the Editor: Support for public safety tax (2/6/24)Have you ever noticed that when we allow our personal emotions to override our good sense, we usually make poor decisions. When voting on the proposed 25 cents property tax increase on April 2, please allow your good sense to guide you. The issue on the ballot is not Houck Stadium, West Park Mall, Jefferson pool or other past decisions made by our elected officials...
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Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Leopold Fire Dept. (2/6/24)A long overdue thank you to the Leopold Fire Department Paramedics and Bollinger County Ambulance Service for their very professional help with my wife's emergency call in January. Everyone who has ever helped start and grow the Leopold Fire Department can be very proud of where they are now...
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Letter to the Editor: Impact of primary repeal (1/30/24)I am concerned about the negative impact of Missouri House Bill 1878 and the dreadful burdens it places on voters who wish to participate in the upcoming presidential primary. This partisan, Republican-sponsored bill went into effect in August 2022 and it "repealed" the presidential primary system in Missouri...
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Letter to the Editor: Why does GOP support Trump (1/20/24)I am writing this letter in response to the highly biased and skewed opinion written by Victor Davis Hanson called, "Biden saves democracy by destroying it". Hanson goes about making a case that all of the various prosecutions of Donald Trump are simply politically motivated and not of Donald Trump's making by committing crimes...
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Letter to the Editor: US must stand with Israel (1/20/24)Anyone who has read and studied the Scriptures knows that there can never and will never be a "two-state solution" in the Middle East. God has promised Israel more land than they actually ever possessed, and He repeated the promise several times and confirmed with an oath (in which He swore upon Himself) to bless them and protect them and to "bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you."...
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Letter to the Editor: End the gun violence (1/16/24)As I am sitting here writing this letter to the editor, I am disheartened by the fact that we are only three weeks into 2024 and we have had a mass shooting as well as two shootings in Cape Girardeau. We have to hold people accountable for their actions...
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Letter to the Editor: The spend down policy is broken (1/9/24)When we retired we set aside money to travel. Due to unforeseen circumstances, my wife developed mobility issues. The money continued to accumulate, and I decided that I would give it to various charitable organizations. And have been doing so for the last 15 years...
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Letter to the Editor: Must be modern math (1/6/24)For the public and the lawmakers who pass the minimum wage increases to think that increase will give a livable income, with every dollar increase the cost of food, gas, rent goes up also. So, if we think that will increase minimum wage purchasing power, we need to go back to school. There 28 million minimum wage workers vs. 63 million seniors on Social Security drawing a minimum of $1,065 per month. Out of that monthly income, seniors must pay fixed medicine, food, rent, insurance and not to mention young kids still living with their grandparents. I have yet to see one politician say, “It’s time to take care of our seniors!” Do they realize that the majority of those 63 million will vote their pocketbook, regardless of party? How many minimum wage workers will vote? I love all the younger generation, but be careful what you vote for. Maybe it won’t be long before the seniors may have to move in with them! They made a movie once called, “Dumb and Dumber”! GENE CRIPPEN, Jackson
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Letter to the Editor: Fund needs over wants (1/6/24)While shopping, have you ever placed items back on the shelf because you didn’t have enough money to pay for everything in your cart? Humbling experience, isn’t it? Unfortunately, I believe the City of Cape Girardeau has reached this point! We have overextended our financial commitments on nonessential items (wants) and now there isn’t sustainable revenue available to fully fund essential needs. Needs like competitive wages for our public safety employees! It’s time our elected officials and members of the community accept this reality and manage city finances differently. 1. We need to eliminate several city wants that aren’t self-funding. 2. The practice of subsidizing the costs of wants with General Fund revenue must stop. 3. Casino dollars, not General Fund revenue, should be used to subsidize the costs of Parks and Recreation, sports complexes, airport and other similar items. These three actions would create substantial savings in the General Fund account. Savings that could be used to fund wage increases for our public safety employees. Yes, it would be inconvenient if at some time casino dollars were reduced or eliminated. But the loss wouldn’t interrupt essential services funded by sustainable revenue. Police, fire, EMT and public works services would still be provided. Just some of the city’s wants would have to wait. Let’s put some of the wants back on the shelf. Doing so will create substantial savings in the General Fund account. Savings that could be used to increase wages for our public safety employees! GARY HILL, Cape Girardeau
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Letter to the Editor: Thank you to Southeast Missourian (12/30/23)The Southeast Missourian is to be congratulated for your continued efforts to "report" the news and not "make" the news. You have earned my trust and confidence in your efforts in reporting local, state, national and global news. I pray for your entire staff a physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually successful 2024!...
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Letter to the Editor: Thank you for generosity (12/23/23)Please express my gratitude to everyone their continued support and generosity for our individuals in need serviced through the Christmas for the Elderly program. One example of how their donations help is a gentleman who recently lost his brother, his roommate and companion. ...