Speak Out 3/11/06

Financial suggestion

REGARDING THE dispute between Earl Norman and the Prestwick Plantation development, it seems to me like Cord Dombrowski would find it cheaper to spend $60,000 to move the sewer line than to delay a $20 million development for a year, thereby incurring a cost increase of 2 percent to 3 percent.

Abortion and welfare

IT WAS suggested in a recent comment that ridding Missouri of abortions would help us in ridding Missouri of those dependent on welfare. I think it would be the other way around. A child who is unwanted, for whatever reason, will not have a happy childhood. An unhappy childhood leads to problems in adulthood. It seems to me that the elimination of abortions would cause an increase in welfare cases.

Defending children

IN WHAT way is banning abortions about women's rights? It isn't. It is about saving the life of a child who did not ask to be conceived in the first place. Kudos to state Sen. Jason Crowell for having the guts to defend children who cannot defend themselves.

Thugs in schools

SADLY, STUDENTS can't be kicked out of public schools easily. Besides time-delaying tons of red tape, some school leaders don't want to lose state funds for their school, since the money a public school receives is based on the number of students in attendance. So the schools are willing to sacrifice the best interest of the majority for the thugs.

Get rid of drugs

WE SHOULD be joining together to get our streets cleaned up. It wouldn't be so bad if all the kids around us had parties. Instead they are selling crack. It is worst at the corner of Broadway and West End Boulevard. We need to join together and get this town free from drugs.

Hear the heartbeat

I AM a 29-year-old woman with one child. I think that if you play, you pay. Don't take the easy way out. If you don't want kids, take the pill or don't have sex. Some women want to use abortion as birth control, and that is not right. When I first found out I was with child, I was at the emergency room. At four weeks' pregnant I heard the heartbeat of this little one growing in me. How in the world can you kill that? I will never know.

Keep it simple

I WAS in a fast-food drive-up lane the other day, and it took the guys in front of me five minutes to get their confusing order out. They wanted everything put on, taken off, one with, one without, one cut in half. And you're surprised your order was wrong? Keep it simple or go inside where you can check the order before you leave.