OpinionApril 25, 2011
Speak Out 4/25/11
SIDEWALKS are a much better idea than bike lanes. Everyone needs to walk more. IT is unconscionable that the Cape Girardeau City Council or other members of the community continually bemoan excessive government spending but lapse into ecstasy to the point of embarrassing expressions of gratitude when we get some free taxpayer money from the state for constructing sidewalks...
Better idea
SIDEWALKS are a much better idea than bike lanes. Everyone needs to walk more.
Sidewalks
IT is unconscionable that the Cape Girardeau City Council or other members of the community continually bemoan excessive government spending but lapse into ecstasy to the point of embarrassing expressions of gratitude when we get some free taxpayer money from the state for constructing sidewalks.
Great man
IN 1961 our family moved to Cape Girardeau. Since I had three brothers it wasn't long before someone needed stitches. Mom was referred to Dr. Dale Blankenship, who had an office on Broadway. He continued to treat my family until he retired in 1988. You could call him any time of the day or night and he never complained. He was the best doctor in the world, and I will never forget his kindness. My sympathy to his lovely family on his passing.
Sidewalk grass
I had to laugh when I saw the front page of last Monday's paper. We're going to spend $176,449 for sidewalks, but we can't cut the grass around the sidewalks.
More taxes
MONEY to you and me means food, rent, insurance. Money to the upper one percent income bracket is just a game. We need more taxes from the upper class.
Gas prices
I don't think we should blame the left, as the recent Speak Out comment said, for the high gas prices. They were high under George Bush. They're high now. They're saying it's not the war, but it's funny how every time we're in a war gas prices go up.
Recycling
THIS is in response to the recycling comment in Speak Out. I would suggest that they check with the public works department of nearby towns. They should accept clean, properly handled recyclable materials.
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Obama and spending
I just heard on the radio President Obama say we must cut the deficit, we must get everything under control, get our country back on the right way. Well, to my mind he was the head cheerleader yelling spend, spend, spend the last few years, and now because he's running for office again he's doing what he thinks the American people want so we'll put him back in so he can do what he wants again.
Slow down spending
PRESIDENT Obama's not a child, but is it safe to say he is an idealist and that he does not understand capitalism? We do not live in a socialistic economy. We are capitalists. Government spending needs to slow down.
Government handouts
THIS is in response to the Speak Out comment titled "Who wins?" Mike Jensen recently wrote when we cut government spending we all win. The commenter said no we don't, Jensen does but we ordinary folk don't. Is this to say that "ordinary folk" need government assistance to survive? It is absolutely pathetic that in America, our great nation, ordinary folk need a government handout to survive. It's pathetic and needs to change.
Job creators
I don't know why everybody thinks it's a good thing to tax the rich. I would love to see somebody who has got a job from a poor person. Rich people create jobs in this country. Why do people not understand that? It absolutely blows my mind.
Out of touch
I wish that our Congress, instead of getting spring breaks and Christmas breaks and summer breaks, would have to work a full year like the middle class people do to make a living. I think they are so out of touch with their states that they don't even know where they're at -- whether they be Democrats or Republicans.
Capaha pond
WHO is responsible for the upkeep of the pond at Capaha Park? It looks horrible. I visited the Jackson Park recently and their pond makes ours look like a mud hole. Maybe it should be turned over to the Missouri Department of Conservation. They would do a much better job of taking care of it.
Franklin's AC
CAN someone please tell me why the air conditioning has not been turned on at Franklin Elementary yet when it is on at other schools? My child comes home every day complaining of the heat and told me today that they can't even have their windows open for some reason. What is going on here? Is it all about saving money?
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