Speak Out

Best of luck to new coach Brad Korn. If Parker Long's skills are as good as they were in high school, that's a promising start. I keep reading posts by our local school and district administrations that they believe the distance learning curriculum is "world class" and "innovative." It's a joke! The lessons are copy and pasted garbage. And, while you tell our students they can't be at school, you're running a large scale food distribution operation from school kitchens. This us completely nuts!...

Parents are sending kids to daycares now that schools are closed. Daycares are no different from schools and nursing homes. Actually, newborn babies and young kids don't have a voice with what symptoms they have with this virus. And kids spread more germs at the day cares!...

I cannot imagine the savaging Franklin D Roosevelt would have taken from today's liberal media for being optimistic in the face of such seemingly overwhelming odds when he made his famous statement, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." I am certain today's liberal media would be loudly shouting in ad infinitum that he should be wheeling up and down the streets of Washington, D.C pulling his hair and shouting, "The sky is falling. The sky is falling. "...

I keep hearing our leaders and media talk about "essential jobs" and I understand what they are saying, but every job is essential. Why are we allowing a few people tell us what is essential? We have had other pandemic viruses and we got through it without shutting down the whole country. ...

One thing for sure about David Limbaugh, he's a stand by your man type of fellow. Great. Congress wants to increase Social Security? How will that help the self-employed and newly unemployed who don't qualify for SS? Extended unemployment benefits would be more helpful to people who only need a short-term boost to avoid being homeless!...

Putting the swimming pool in south Cape is a mistake. When the city built the skate board park, the kids from north Cape could not use it as it wasn’t safe. There were always boys who lived in that area bullying and beating on kids until they eventually stopped going down there. ...

When asked Joe Biden said in the debate Sunday night that he would definitely pick a woman as his running mate, Bernie Sanders gave a definite maybe to the question. My question is to both: Will it be one of the women that ran for the presidency and no one supported or wanted, or will it be another woman that never felt she could get elected to begin with? To pick a running mate on gender alone is pathetic!...

I just hope our Mayor in Cape is smarter than our Governor and will start closing schools and restaurants except take out/drive through. Especially the Casino. Since everything has closed in Illinois they will all be heading to Cape infecting our people. Bad decisions from our higher ups...

I enjoyed the article in “TBY” about the family tradition of butchering their own meat. It brought back memories of my father, brothers and aunts and uncles doing the same thing on our farm. The only difference was we did the actual killing of the hogs. People, especially children, need to know where pork chops, bacon and hamburgers come from. It does not magically appear in the meat cases at your local grocery store. Those were some of the good ole days and I miss them...

During this unsettled time in our country, wouldn't it be great if we had a leader who was reassuring and instilled confidence, instead of President Trump's brand of leadership which consists of sowing seeds of fear and divisiveness. Here's the thing. ...

No one wants to see photos of hogs being butchered. Perhaps this is a tradition for this family. But not everyone is amused by your bloody Texas chainsaw massacre type of family values depicted. I feel sorry for their children having to watch animals being slaughtered. ...

How on earth did this country become so stupid in such a short time? Socialism does not work. Its been proven time after time! News alert young voters: Eventually the government will run out of other people's money. And then what? Bernie's grand plans can easily increase middle class taxes to almost triple as to what you are paying now. ...

I am not going to say that the media and Democrats have not caused a lot of hysteria and panic when it does come to the coronavirus. But Trump has not been helping by trying to down play the coronavirus either. It is, even though not as big as the media has made it out to be, still a danger. So do not panic, which doesn't help, and listen to the health experts to stay healthy...

Public libraries no longer serve a viable purpose anymore. They were set up at a time when people had no access to books. Nobody reads books anymore. I know they are trying new things like free public Internet or community service. But if its original purpose is no longer necessary, why throw away money in the hope of finding a new purpose. Shut them down...

If the democrats want my vote they need to find in their midst a “Pro Life, Pro Gun” candidate. I will never vote for a candidate that is for abortion or is for gun control. ...

You say we don't have a gun problem. Seven people dead in Milwaukee today. Keep drinking your cool aid, but better start praying to God that he doesn't hold you responsible. I hold you responsible as these guns that has been put on the streets are made for killing and not hunting or sports shooting like we have had these past years...

I watched the Democrat candidates debate Tuesday night in South Carolina and in my opinion President Trump was the winner again. The Democrats were all pathetic. Trump-Pence 2020. Jackson Indian football had a super season and they'll have another good one if they can get the offense to work against teams like Staley and Carthage. They've got to be able to pass and get open against great defenses or history will repeat itself...

The Democrats want to legalize marijuana but take your right to own a firearm. No thank you. I believe in the Second Amendment and think drugs such as marijuana should remain illegal. The money that the City Council and School Board are proposing to spend on a new swimming pool in South Cape would be much better spent on shoring up our numbers of police officers, increasing police salaries, and giving them the assistance they need in fighting crime in that part of the city. ...

I thought something was going to be done about the illegal parking on Normal Street? I just drove through there and there were 22 cars parked in yellow zones and blocking fire hydrants. "I will stop the separation of adults and children at the borders." So why not also say that they will stop putting adults in jail for crimes like theft, murders and assault. ...

To the nice gentleman who paid for our lunch at Don Carlos on Saturday, Feb. 8: We haven't been married 60 years, but if we had met earlier in our lives we might have been. Again that was a very nice thing you did. God Bless I can't speak to the efficiency of diverging diamond interchanges, but the ones I've been on are everything, except straight...

We have seen behind President Trump the Democratic Nancy Pelosi tear up all the good things and sacrifices others have done for America. What a unpatriotic and childish action. Yawn. The economy Trump inherited was not carnage and despair and the current economy is not booming, greatest of all time either. ...

The recent passage of a sales tax extension will create approximately $7.5 million dollars for the repair and maintenance of Cape Girardeau city streets. It will be up to the citizens of Cape to make sure these funds are spent wisely. If you are hitting a pothole for the third or 25th time, it will be up to you to get out of your vehicle, take a picture of the needed repair with your iPhone and email it (with a detailed description and precise location of the need to repair) to capepublicworks@cityofcape.org. ...

Was Pelosi's action spontaneous or planned? Easy answer. Watch the video. While she is appearing to fumble through the papers, she is actually separating them into about five small stacks before the end of Trumps speech. When she begins tearing, she starts from her left to right. Preplanned...