OpinionAugust 14, 2021
Speak Out
The St. Louis Cardinals have settled on being an average or below average team. No longer are the days of championship caliber teams. Instead of trading for young proven talent, they trade for players at the end of their careers or sign players that once were good players but no longer are even average. ...
Average team
The St. Louis Cardinals have settled on being an average or below average team. No longer are the days of championship caliber teams. Instead of trading for young proven talent, they trade for players at the end of their careers or sign players that once were good players but no longer are even average. It has been 10 years since their last World Series. Year after year they tell fans how great the potential of all their young players are only to be proven that they are average. The Cardinal Way of winning championships has become hoping our team can make the playoffs.
Clean the facility
Shawnee Recreation Center has been receiving minimal cleaning in the last several weeks. Commodes have gone weeks without cleaning as the same fecal matter remains. Soap and paper towel dispensers have been routinely empty. The same dead insects, candy, coins, etc. remain behind the chairs indicating that if the floor gets a lick and a promise, that's all. Part-time help at the service desk has shared that concerns have been passed along. A recent call to the person in charge of the cleaning of the facility bordered on being rude to one of the patrons, responding, in part: "I'm short on help. I have ballfields to prepare." In this time of serious medical concern, it would appear that priority to killing germs and alleviating potential for them would be a grave concern.
Mandatory vaccine
Why in the world do our hospitals and ning homes not require their employees to get the COVID shot. Many of these employees go out in groups to big get-togethers then bring back the virus to others in their workplace. It should be mandatory and be held legally responsible.
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Price increases
It seems whenever wage increases are discussed, price increases follow. What seems to not be considered is the profit margin of businesses. Businesses accepting a reduction in earnings rarely seem to be viewed as an option, yet should be part of the solution. Minimal wages must be increased so that workers can earn a sustainable income. Business need to make a profit. However, adjustments to establish a more reasonable balance should be shared between consumers and owners.
Nonpartisan pandemic
A couple of things to remember: The COVID virus and it's variants is here to stay and it doesn't have a political affiliation. It knows nothing about Democrats or Republicans, pro-vaccine and anti-vaccine people or religious beliefs. All it knows to do is infect people and mutate. It's time to vaccinate everyone!
Blame Jackson
I was driving a van for a local nursing home in about 2009. One day we were taking a 90-plus-year-old very refined lady -- who still had a clear mind -- to her doctor. We knew she had lived all her life in Cairo. Someone asked her "What happened to Cairo?" She looked around, hesitated, and then said, "Jesse Jackson killed Cairo."
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