It’s Your Call

Not acceptable This is regarding the city wanting to increase the sewer rates again, yet we have a lot of old houses. A lot of older people spend a lot on electricity and gas already, and those have both gone up. I actually have two houses, so I’m spending $100 a month now on sewer.

Why do we need them? I was wondering, last year I called four times. This year I’ve called twice about fixing an alley, and then I was told from one of the individuals there that we talked to, that it is our responsibility to take care of the alleys. Also, the pipe was bent in the

Would like an explanation I’d like to know if someone could explain why the sidewalk on the new bridge on Cook over I-29 has been closed the entire time. The cars are still traveling on the new bridge but there’s no sidewalk available. It’s marked off.  Why don’t they resign? If the Republican senators and

Heaven help us Well, I see where Trump has threatened the agency that takes care of Meals on Wheels for seniors, and he has canceled so many things that helped the needy. I wonder how the MAGAs or Trump supporters will feel if Meals on Wheels is canceled. At what point are they willing to

Thank you I’d like to thank Heaton Bowman Smith Sidenfaden Chapel for the dedication to Pope Francis, the memorial room, and the condolence page and the prayer cards. You are a wonderful funeral home. Thank you again. Terrifying to watch Trump’s proposal to end the war that Russia started by invading Ukraine is to let

Bunch of buffoons So, I see where our man-child leader is offering $5,000 to couples that have a child because our procreation is down. Do these idiots even know it’s 2025? $5,000 doesn’t even cover the delivery. What a bunch of buffoons.  It’s ridiculous Last week, it was the tacky, gaudy gold furnishings in the

No shortage of this In regards to the tariffs, everyone’s talking about shortages. Oh, we’re going to be short this, we’re going to be short that. I can tell you one thing we’re not short of in this country. That’s corrupt judges.  Just a distraction Trump wants to force the chairman of the Federal Reserve

Tip for a good night’s sleep To the person who called in about not being able to sleep because they are worried President Trump’s going to cut Social Security and Medicaid and Medicare, Trump is not going to cut any of those programs. If you want a good night’s sleep, stop watching the liberal news

Disappointed I’m just very disappointed. All this growth going on Woodbine when we have so many areas in St. Joe that need redevelopment, including Downtown. It seems to me that our city manager, our government, our city council could all be pushing harder to say no, we don’t want development out east. We just look

Someone help us I see where Spire is wanting to add an increase to our already high bills. When is this going to stop? People cannot afford another increase in any utilities. People on very fixed incomes are struggling now with everything, groceries, medicine. Come on, people. We cannot have another rate hike in any

Don’t believe their lies I see they trotted Old Joe Biden out to help spread the Democrat rumor or lie that the Republicans are raiding Social Security, the VA and everything else. You think the Democrats would learn by now that we don’t believe their lies anymore.  Do you remember? To the author of Wednesdays

Need a valid reason This is in response to the school bond that failed. At this time, I cannot give the school district an open purse string for another school. I have yet to hear a significant or valid reason why Benton needs to shut down. We have three excellent schools that are very competitive

Current issues   If it’s not about Donald Trump, politics, how great St. Joe is or Kansas City Chiefs, it don’t hit It’s Your call. So, let’s talk about current issues. Let’s talk about how the city of St. Joe don’t help the homeless. Let’s talk about how the city of St. Joe puts yokes

See what it costs I see where Trump is in Florida again playing golf at the taxpayers’ expense. Look it up. See what that costs for him to do that. He’s been down there 10 times since he became president the second time.  Thanks, MoDOT Way to go, MoDOT. I just saw a family sit

Any solutions? There are numerous families that have changed from Optimum to other providers for television. Optimum is not cancelling service the day that they stop the service, they’re charging you for the entire month. They’re saying that it’s from a contract that we signed when asked for a copy of that contract to read

Making America worse Trump’s tariffs, which are tax increases, have cost us $6 trillion in the past few days. And he’s fired thousands of federal employees. And cut funding to many social programs and services. We pay taxes for and depend on. He’s rapidly making America worse. Unbelievable I just noticed the ugly gold furnishings

Sentinel guard  Congratulations to Josh Habeeb for being appointed a Sentinel guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. That is a very prestigious and honorable job. Congratulations, Mr. Josh Habeeb. Job well done. Soldier on.  Remove him from office With Trump’s economic war on the world and the fix we’re in now, I believe

No wonder Trash, trash, trash. Isn’t there a city code with putting your trash in trash cans with lids instead of on the ground? It’s not supposed to be out, and that’s all you see is bags on the ground instead of in trash cans. Animals have torn the bags open and trash is everywhere.

What do you do?  You can’t get an ID in this town unless you have a mailing address. And if you’re homeless and you lost everything, wallet, ID, home, everything. How are you supposed to get an ID when you don’t have a mailing address? You can’t even get a box of food if you’re homeless in this town without a proper ID. Well, if you’re homeless and you don’t have the

I can sleep better now I see where the stable genius in the White House has imposed a 10% tariff on the uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald near Antarctica. I can sleep better at night knowing the penguins and seals there are not taking advantage of the good old U.S.A.  No spines You know,

Get it cleaned up Okay, winter’s over. The streets of St. Joe look like crap because the city can’t get out and fix the potholes. They’re going to say they don’t have the money or the manpower. St. Joe’s getting tired of hearing excuses from the city. Why don’t we have Trump come in here

He’s got to go Trump is now saying that he’ll probably run again for president, even though the Constitution says he can’t, which would make it against the law for him to do it. But he doesn’t think the laws apply to him in his first term. He wanted to get rid of the Constitution.

Do something about it I live south of the 36th St. construction and we have to use 35th St. to get up to Mitchell just to get onto the Belt Highway, and 35th is very narrow compared to 36th and people drive too fast. Also, the street on Donovan Ave., which is two blocks south

Would like an explanation It’d be nice if Trump could explain why he thinks it’s so necessary to take over Greenland, even with force. We already have a military base there. We had 17 there. It’s been downsized. We have military bases all over the world. These countries let us put them there for their security,

A novel idea Let’s pay the teachers update, update our 3 high schools and leave the phones and the coffee shops at home.  We’re thrilled  Yes, we all Republicans, after two months of Trump, are thrilled, thrilled, thrilled. I see his Cabinet. I see him on TV every day. Somebody’s out there telling you what’s

Thought I’d let you know This is in reference to a message in It’s Your Call in the March 26 paper. They think they got a problem with 36th St. They ought to come up by Fort Smith on Prospect Ave. There’s been a hole in the street now for well over a year and a

A depressing drive Stay off of Southwest Parkway. Dumped tires, bags of trash, litter everywhere. It’s a very depressing drive anymore. It used to be beautiful. Now it’s just the new landfill. Please get this street done I was just wondering, does anybody know what they’re doing on that S. 36th St. It’s been a

Bridges What’s wrong with this picture? It takes longer to fix the 6th St. viaduct in St. Joseph than it does to rebuild the Broadway Bridge in Kansas City. Not all taxes The senior real estate tax relief program does not freeze all real estate taxes. Assessed value of your home every two years and

A lack of responsible adults Jodi Flurry from United Way states, “The low supply of housing stock is a real challenge because there’s even people who have a housing voucher through the public Housing Authority, but they can’t find a rental unit, so they stay homeless.” St. Joseph doesn’t have a lack of housing —

Goodbye to two very different presidents As we say goodbye to 2024, we say goodbye to two presidents. No. 1, Jimmy Carter, who was brave enough to walk into Three Mile Island, which a lot of people don’t even remember. And No. 2, probably the worst president we ever saw who campaigning, wouldn’t get out