OpinionJanuary 16, 2012
Speak Out 1/16/12
TO all the Cape Girardeau public school parents who may have questions or doubts about the possible mandatory uniform proposal: Your presence at the second open forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the junior high will speak volumes. After the school board's vote about uniforms in February, there will be no going back and you will have no one to complain to. Please email your local school board members. Their addresses can be found on the district's website...
Dress code forum
TO all the Cape Girardeau public school parents who may have questions or doubts about the possible mandatory uniform proposal: Your presence at the second open forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the junior high will speak volumes. After the school board's vote about uniforms in February, there will be no going back and you will have no one to complain to. Please email your local school board members. Their addresses can be found on the district's website.
Quarry jobs
IN October 2010, the Southeast Missourian interviewed one of the partners of the Heartland quarry. In that interview, Mr. Dumey stated that they would hire about 50 employees for the first year, but after the quarry was up and running there would only be eight to 10 full-time employees. It seems to me there will be a lot of personal property destruction, noise, dust and road damage because of truck traffic. Eighty to 120 trucks a day for only producing eight to 10 full-time jobs. Vote no Feb. 7.
Smoking, red lights
WE have dined at several restaurants in Cape Girardeau, and I have never been to one that the smoke has bothered me. We have even sat in the smoking section if we went to a restaurant that was really busy so we could get faster service. However, we have not been to the bars, as we don't drink. I was a smoker for several years before I quit. I can smell it if I walk up to someone that is smoking. I am more concerned with the people that run the red lights. They are putting their lives on the line as well as others' lives.
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Tea party influence
THE thing that most pleased me about the outcome of the Iowa caucuses is how quickly the tea party has been rendered impotent.
ATV accident
THERE was another death due to an ATV accident. When are these people going to wake up? If they don't care about their own lives, they need to think about their loved ones. Do these people have any idea how fast a hospital stay and permanent brain damage can wipe out a family's entire savings? If you have to play, do it safely.
Low-flying helicopters
WE live in a highly populated area on Greensferry Road and there have been very low-flying helicopters recently, so low that it rattles my glass and my windows and my glasses in my cabinets. I hope these are trained pilots and they know what they are doing.
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