It’s Your Call

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

Absolutely gorgeous at night If you haven’t been up to Krug Park and seen the lights this year, they are absolutely beautiful. The city has a real gem in the castle. I sure hope they don’t let it go to pot, and they do something with it. Really, it is absolutely gorgeous up here at

Think about it Well, I see they’re going to put sidewalks down in the South End for kids to walk home from school. That is great. But here’s a newsflash to our so-called competent city leaders. How about sidewalks by Pickett School before another child gets killed there? Think about it, council, mayor. A tragic

Died happily I am so happy that President Jimmy Carter was able to die with a smile on his face, knowing that finally he will not go down in history as the worst American president. I’m sure he died happy. I can’t pay that I wanted to comment on the Evergy new rate plans. We’ve

Please be kind Today’s newspaper has a comment about Jimmy Carter dying with a smile on his face, knowing he won’t go down as the worst American president, other times we read slams that don’t make sense with no intellectual basis, just to sling mud. Please, could we be civil and show kindness and intelligence?

Fact checking To that person who said Fox News said Biden was going to stop gas water heaters. If they had done a little fact checking that was misrepresented. That’s not true. There are certain types of coils that won’t be used, and they’re mostly in effect already. So it’s no big deal. Just don’t

Thank you I just wanted to say that I really appreciate all those people that really make an effort at cleaning their sidewalks off for those who use the sidewalks. Something is wrong here Trump is talking about using the military to take Greenland. Does anyone else see anything wrong with this picture? Market on

Snow stops everything I’m in my 60s and I don’t ever remember a snowstorm where we got at least 15-16 inches where it stopped the mail. It stopped the trash pick-up. The snowplows are behind. I don’t ever remember a storm in my 60 years that ever had its effect on the city of Saint

Fixed game I just got through watching the Denver/Buffalo game and it’s not quite over yet, but everybody’s coming over and shaking the Buffalo’s head coach’s hand and what have you and a ref comes over and shakes his hand. That sounds a little suspicious to me. I have thought these games were fixed for

Shame they can’t keep it up The city’s done a pretty good job with the snow removal, but down in the South End, off King Hill, is a street called Cherokee, and it runs right along the InterServ and then right on past the VFW down the street. It hasn’t been bladed or cleaned or

Get someone who knows what to do Yes, I’m calling about the S 36th St. that the city has been over a year trying to fix. Had to take it apart and fix it again. Why don’t they call Herzog, they know what to do. It won’t take over a year. The city can’t get

Thank you, East Hills I want to thank East Hills Mall for again decorating in the real festive spirit. Unique shopping, joyous, and your efforts are the reason you are the only shopping center I visit. Hire them for extra help About the snow removal. If the city is short of help, and they can’t

Is this California or Missouri? Now I recently found out that St. Joe Transit got their idea to do our bus system, which is failing, from California. Evergy came up with this brand-new plan they got and everything from where? California. My question is, is this California? Something needs to be done When is the

Them, not us Hey, City Council, rather than restrict our local trash haulers, why not restrict the people from out of Buchanan County, from away from St. Joe? Restrict them, not us. Another mess It doesn’t do the city any good to come down and plow the streets if you’re going to shovel your snow

Corby Pond upgrades I see over Corby Pond’s gonna get a big fancy pavilion, new sidewalks, new bathrooms. That’s all great for the rich people in the North End, but the South End people, what did we get? A splash park out in the middle of the parking lot. Wow. Thank you, gentlemen I’d like

Interesting I hope everyone noted that Trump did not put his hand on a Bible when taking the oath of office. Interesting. His fear Donald Trump failed to put his hand on the Bible at his swearing in. He was afraid he would burst into flames. He don’t care What does Trump and a Republican

Pot calling the kettle black So, our new president wants to go after criminals. He wants to go after illegal immigrants. He wants to go after anybody who’s breaking the law, including government officials who fail to report such things. Well, isn’t that kind of like the kettle calling the pot black? It’s disgusting As

No consequences In response to “It’s disgusting” in the Its Your Call column, what’s disgusting is Michael Byrd faced no consequences for killing Ashley Babbitt, an unarmed woman and veteran of the military. Doesn’t believe in Jesus’ teachings Trump’s demand that Bishop Budde and the Episcopal Church apologize to him for asking him to “have