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It’s Your Call for Aug. 15

Makes no sense If Donald Trump really wanted to fight crime in the D.C. area, why did he give pardons to the Jan. 6, 2021, violent insurrectionist who bludgeoned Capitol police and sent lawmakers scrambling for safe places to hide?  He is what he is Well, Donald Trump is what he is. A convicted felon.

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Your Letters for Aug. 15, 2025

Be alert Recently, I ran across the following information which brought to mind the old saying, “history repeats itself.” “Joseph Stalin was head of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. He expected to be worshipped and had history books rewritten to flatter himself. The Soviet press lauded him as a great genius, but he

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It’s Your Call for Aug. 8

Thank you, Saint Patrick’s Church I just wanted to thank Saint Patrick’s Church for their 56th annual Mexican Fiesta and that they were blessed with beautiful weather. I was so happy for them. It was awesome. Thank you.  Doesn’t make sense My question is, you know, this city — and I’m using that as a

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Your Letters for Aug. 8, 2025

Calling for investigation  I am asking the News-Press to investigate why the MWSU Board of Governors voted in Closed Session on February 27 to extend Elizabeth Kennedy’s contract as president for an additional three years, through June 30, 2030. Given that she was only in the eighth month of her current three-year contract, what was

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It’s Your Call for Aug. 7

Makes no sense Branson probably has more tourists in one day than St. Joseph has all year. And yet, Branson has been closing hotels, and the city of St. Joseph has been telling us citizens that we need more hotels. Doesn’t make sense.  Just one question Got one question to ask. If the wildfires in

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It’s Your Call for Aug. 6

Enforce it citywide So, I saw on the news that they’re going to start going to start enforcing illegal parking in yards, etc., but all they show is Downtown. If they’re going to do something, then they need to drive around St. Joe and see all the illegal parking.  Editor’s note: As reported by News-Press

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It’s Your Call for Aug. 5

Can’t imagine it Maybe I’m behind the times, but I can’t imagine a marriage where you would go out and buy thousands of dollars’ worth of stock and not mention it to your spouse.  That’s not right This Governor Abbott in Texas is threatening to fire the Democrats if they don’t come back and vote

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Its Your Call for Aug. 4

It’s been long enough I’m just wondering how long it’s going to take to get to bridge over to the Missouri river, the casino bridge, opened because it’s been long enough. Who’s paying for it? Trump is going to spend $200 million for a gold-plated ballroom in the White House. I wonder who’s going to

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Its Your Call for Aug. 1

About time They finally got S. 36th St. open. St. Joe only took you almost two years. Once you get somebody that knows what to do, it won’t take you that long. The real problem The problem in this country isn’t poor people on snap and Medicaid. The problem is in the richest country in

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Its Your Call for July 29

There goes the beef When Trump and the Governor of Nebraska called out the National Guard to enforce immigration laws, well, that closes all the beef packing plants in Nebraska. Please explain that You know, when these people write letters and call in about, actually, they’re making excuses for Trump. But I wish one of

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Its Your Call for July 28

Wrong target So, I see where Sam Graves tried to put a $250 tax on electric vehicles, but he certainly wouldn’t be considered doing the same on the gas guzzling humongous trucks driving around town to save our environment. Not doing his job I thought Trump gave up all his business ventures to his son

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Your Letters for Aug. 1, 2025

Promises made: Mamdani or Marx?  Is he denying everything that he once glibly thought was cutting-edge and cool?  Did he really mean that violence against Jewish New Yorkers — the target of 44% of all hate crimes in the city? Has he discovered that their concussions and blood were all too real?  As a good

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It’s Your Call for July 25

Thank you, President Trump I just heard on the news, because Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill did away with the solar panels and other energy related items that my electrical bill may go up as much as 15%. Thanks again, Mr. Trump.  Completely unfair This is about the city providing new sidewalks for a certain area

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Its Your Call for July 23

We don’t need more hotels The City of Saint Joseph is trying to convince citizens that we need more hotels, mainly because of the one time World Cup that’s coming to Kansas City. They say we will pick up their overflow of tourists who need a place to stay. Yet Kansas City and surrounding suburbs

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Its Your Call for July 22

Can we look into this? I have family buried at the Mount Auburn Cemetery and I wonder who owns Mount Auburn Cemetery on Beck Rd. The management needs to be called to task for their poor performance in maintaining the grounds. There’s dead trees, the driveway is in very bad condition and the grass is

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Its Your Call for July 21

Terrible shame Well, here comes the Chiefs to town again, and thank goodness we get to see the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s just a damn shame that the city officials in all their infinite wisdom, didn’t get all of this town cleaned up and get the bums off the street. I only hope the Chiefs

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Your Letters for July 18, 2025

Show us the mathematics Where does the St. Joseph School District go from here? There is only one probable answer…show us the mathematics. What will be the true mathematical senior high school population numbers in 2030, 2035, and beyond? Without prejudice, if the numbers are less than 4,000 each year the SJSD would benefit with

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