Speak Out

Capaha fans I hope the owners of the Cape Catfish Prospect League baseball team will consider installing overhead fans in the grandstands, like some of the other ballparks. It would certainly make watching a game more comfortable during our hot summers...

Shame on what appeared to be a mother, father, and daughter from Chaffee for their disrespectful behavior at Capaha Park after a high school baseball game last week. After the game ended, the young lady threw something toward a trash can standing about 8 feet away. ...

Our sincere thanks from two senior citizens for the help at Memorial Park on Friday. From two kind ladies. Thank you and God bless you both. The Federal Supreme Court has ruled it legal for states to now allow sports betting. There is no doubt that some will push to change Missouri gaming laws to allow sports betting in our state. ...

CNN reports that the Democrats'' Congressional generic ballot lead has gone from 16 points in February to 6 points in March and is now a tie. And 60 percent now feel things are "going well" in the country. One can only hope that the Democrats keep parading out those angry spokespersons of Schumer, Pelosi, and Harris to regurgitate the only thing on the Democrat platform: Russia...

Poor, poor Democrats. What are they to do? President Trump's approval ratings continue to climb, the economy continues to add 200,000 jobs a month, unemployment drops to 3.9 percent, consumer confidence climbs, and federal judgeships are filled with conservatives. All Democrats can do is ask Pelosi and Schumer to whine and spew their tired drivel...

The overall message of French President Macron's eloquent oration to a joint session of the U. S. Congress was overwhelmingly convincing. Reject Trumpism. And I thought I had trouble letting things go. A special Speak Out award for holding grudges goes to a recent contributor and Cape Central baseball player for never forgetting the fact that in 1968 his coach would not call off practice so he could go to the town plaza and hear RFK speak...

What would you expect? As an alarming increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders is reported, the Missouri General Assembly seems poised to cut funding for autism services. The collective mindset of our state legislators seems to be that the best way to deal with a growing problem is to be more aggressive in pretending it doesn't exist...

This is concerning the ditch between Briarcliff and Amblewood. I am like the other concerned people with ditches by their homes. We should not be responsible for the drainage ditches when city drainage runs through them. The city should maintain them and keep them up. Water from Lexington Ave. runs into the ditch when it rains. This causes erosion of the ditch. It is unnecessary overflow. This is public water, not individual's water, therefore making it a public ditch...

Thank you, Adrienne Ross, for your great article “Raising victims or victors.” There is no doubt that our country has many problems, including racism on both sides. There is also no doubt that most of these problems start at home, whether you’re black, white or any other color. ...

As a business in Cape with very little parking, it would be nice if the area businesses that need additional parking, whether temporary or not, would come introduce themselves and apologize. Kingshighway is a very crowded spot between Broadway and Bessie St. Please be courteous of your fellow neighbors who are also BUSINESSES. Our customers are just as important as yours...

Well, well, well. North and South Korea are officially ending the 68 year old Korean War next week. North Korea is coming to the negotiating table and has already agreed to stop nuclear testing. It seems like getting tough with "little rocket man" was the way to go after all! It took that "idiot" Donald Trump to clean up the mess all the "smartest and most qualified people in the world" that the Democrats have put in office made by placating and giving him everything he wanted. ...

Mike Jensen recently denounced the lack of civility and inflammatory rhetoric in our public discourse and then proceeded to vilify "crazy" Joe Biden and "race baiting" Al Sharpton. I appreciate Mike Jensen's ongoing effort to bring back civility to the public domain...

We have always had an issue with people speeding on Gordonville Road, but since the roundabout was put in at the Gordonville/Independence intersection, it has gotten even worse! I had hopes that with the new police station opening so close by, there would be more oversight and control of this problem. So far that has not been the case. Apparently most drivers don't understand a 30 mph speed limit sign!...

I've still got some counting to do, but I think Adrienne Ross' most recent rant set a record for the number of times an opinion columnist has used the word I. Someone said that the new stormwater drainage ditch voters passed this month may not solve all the problems but that "it sure has to help." Really? We have Cape officials overseeing this, so judging by how they handle our roads and the drainage ditches already in place, not only does what they do not "have" to help, there's a great chance it will do more harm than good and cost more money than what is currently in place. ...

Today is the day to "be alert" when you are out at a restaurant. What happened to the time allowed for each course? One waiter brought a large bowl of salad and bread and in a flash, there was the entre. Then in about 5 to 10 minutes, he wanted to know if we wanted a to-go box. At another well-known restaurant, shortly after we received our food, he brought the check and then in a few minutes came to see if there was money in it. Who said we had to just eat, pay and run?...

David Limbaugh always blames the "evil" left for anything his people get caught doing. Those horrible Democrats forced Pruitt to accept bribes and lie to his own president. Those terrible reporters "lied" about the millions of dollars wasted on trips and self-indulgences. Right...

Trump keeps saying the wall is our problem, but he is the problem. From his incompetent appointees, to his tweeting, his lies, etc., etc. The list is long and verifiable. The problems begin and end with the fact that he is not qualified for the job. Who/what will he blame if he does get his expensive wall?...

Since I think she has done more than any other member of Cape’s city council to lead the community in a positive direction, my hat is off to city Councilwoman Shelley Moore. ...

Thank you Cape voters for voting yes. This may not solve all the problems some property owners are having, but it sure has to help. Hopefully the city will do more to clean out and make stormwater drainage ditches better. It shouldn't be the property owner's responsibility for the three or four streets of homes that is passing by their homes. ...

You can go to any convenience store and at the counter by the cash registers are small bottles of liquor. You can purchase, drink and drive. Seems to me that instead of trying to stop impaired drivers, our laws are adding more. I saw a woman from out of state buy several bottles. I am sure these people that buy them are not just taking these home. More smart laws our legislators have passed...

I only have one thing to say to people upset over all this Cambridge Analytica "scandal." Anyone who believes that anything they say or do on the Internet is private is a complete and total fool! So one ten thousandth of a percent of the high school students in one of 50 states show up to protest at Paul Ryan's door and the media calls it a national movement. I guess they don't teach math in journalism school!...

It’s not much but it might help a frustrated President Trump get a start on his heretofore failed effort to get the wall built along the Mexican border if Cape would allow him to relocate to that area of our river wall. I realize this proposal will likely be met with a flood of objections...

Your AP story about what is going on in the Missouri legislature (not much) is a jaw-dropping reflection of the decline and fall of the one-time poster boy for a future president, Gov. Eric Greitens. I saw three young men from Fronabarger stop their work to help a lady whose car had stopped by the middle school in Jackson. It made me feel proud of them. They were raised right to lend a helping hand to those in need. May God bless them and keep them safe...

Good things still happen even if we don’t hear about them like we do the bad. I want to “thank” the nice couple who blessed me by giving me a ride to get help to fix my flat tire. Thank you and God bless you both. Upon returning to the scene of the flat tire, another blessing. ...