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It’s shameful Right on 8th and Mitchell is an abandoned building with a U.S. flag hanging on a pole on top. The U.S. flag is in horrible shape. Somebody needs to move in and take care of it. Shameful to see our U.S. flag in such condition. Encourage recycling Most schools have got a paper

It’s a pain, just saying I was just wondering if and when the King Hill Ave. bridge will be completed. I’ve called the city. They referred me to the section of the city that does the construction on that project and I was told once that it would been done in mid-December. However, if you

Tired of being used Now I just want to set one thing straight. It’s not that people don’t want to work, because I do. I’m just not going out here and dealing with the obnoxious drama that you have to put up with in these factories and these companies to keep a job. People bring

License to steal I seen in the paper they’re, again, talking about Internet for the rural areas and for people that can’t get the Internet. Well, I live in the rural area and when it hit our area, it was sky high. All these laws are for these providers is a license to steal from

Parking situationIf they put a pickleball court where the Corby Tennis Courts were, where would you park? There’s only street parking there in a neighborhood. On-street parking only. Just a question before they build it.Don’t blame TrumpTo the person who thanked Donald Trump for the shortage in his escrow, he can blame his homeowner’s insurance

How are you feeling now? I’m just wondering how Missouri farmers are feeling this morning after Elon Musk has frozen funding for some of the contracts that they have. You know, the old “voting against your best interests” is starting to kick in, huh? Charging us more for Trump’s foolishness I called and blamed the

What will happen to it? Please tell us what’s going to happen to East Hills Shopping Center. They’re down to six retailers inside. And about the same number on the periphery. I just wonder when it’s gonna be torn down, which would be a very sad affair for Saint Joe. Should’ve believed him Donald Trump

He deserves a lot of credit I just wanted to thank you for the nice article on Chuck Kempf. We’re going to miss him. He’s one of the best men in the city to work with and really puts his heart into the Parks Department. He deserves a lot of credit. RIP, penny President Trump

Get out and enjoy it It’s so much nicer driving around town after a snow, and the snow has hidden all of the litter on the streets. So, get out and enjoy it before it melts. Not the way to achieve that goal Democrats are in favor of auditing federal programs and getting rid of

Let the patrons decide Trump said he took over the Kennedy Center because he did not approve of the performers they had appearing there. Don’t you think that the patrons of the center should be allowed to decide what they want to watch? Those are the facts Concerning the air crash a few weeks ago

Should’ve been one at a time I was just commenting on the resurfacing of the three city high school tracks. I’m all for favoring of resurfacing them, however, I just wasn’t sure how come they started them all at the same time. Many of us retired people actually walk at those tracks all year long.

Clean up the town If I was thinking about moving to Saint Joe, all I’d have to do is drive around and look at how trashy it is and that would make up my mind. St. Joe, clean up your town first. A solution I got a solution for all you people that are. Protesting

Just thinking about it Well, I saw in the morning paper that the school district thinks they’re going to bull their way through without a bond proposal. To put two high schools in. If they do that, there’s two things that may happen. One, all the school board members will be voted out. And two,

What is happening? What in the world are we allowing to happen? Pardoning criminals who assaulted police officers on Jan. 6 and then now we are purging the dedicated employees who make our government function. Lives are being destroyed. Central services to our citizens are disrupted. This is not a reality TV show. These are

Not right One less high school means one less football team, basketball team both boys and girls, volleyball, school play. And 1/3 of the kids will no longer be involved. That is not right. Makes no sense The Ukrainians have held off mighty Russia for three years, and now Trump and Vance want to give

Feeling bullied I was just wondering if anybody else is feeling like they’re being bullied by the school district because I sure am. Invoke the 25th amendment It seems it would be a good plan for Vice President Vance to convene the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment, declare Donald Trump incapacitated for mental health

Leave it alone Well, I see they want to build new high schools and make Benton a middle school. Why don’t they just leave stuff alone? It worked well for decades. Can never deliver a package My house is plainly marked with my address, yet the Amazon driver can never deliver a package to my

Prices will go up Just a heads up, your utility costs are probably going to skyrocket. The Republican led Missouri Senate passed a bill on Monday that allows utility companies to get rate increases based on projected cost rather than their actual costs. So much for bringing prices down. What a great person Well, according

Not surprising A few days ago, on the Hannity show, Trump said he was not going to touch Medicare and Medicaid. And the very next day, the Republican Party slashed benefits to Medicaid. Sad to see Everyone who voted for Trump is responsible for what is happening to our country. It’s just so sad that

Pleas replace it Will somebody please replace the rubber on the sides of the city boat dock before they put it out this year? The giant screws that are sticking out are causing thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to people’s boats because the rubber hasn’t been replaced or just put back on. Please replace

Very sad I always thought of America as the leader of the free world and the defender of freedom, liberty and democracy. Now, for whatever reason, our president seems more aligned with Russia and Putin. Very sad. A disgusting display What a disgusting spectacle we witnessed in the White House last Friday. Two bullies ganging

The wrong question The News-Press Ping Poll question, more opportunities for young athletes in St. Joseph, is the wrong question. The question is, do two high schools create more opportunities, period, not just for athletes, and the answer is yes. There are many more opportunities with two high schools. Which would you rather have? Which

More opportunities with three To the person who said that there are more opportunities with two high schools, where did you learn math? With three high schools, you have 33 boys on the field playing football, with two high schools you have 22. You got 15 boys and 15 girls playing basketball, with two high

Do some research To the person who thinks there are more opportunities at three schools than there are two, you need to do some research. Central has three times as many people involved in athletics as Benton and Lafayette. Central has more academic opportunities than Benton or Lafayette. The kids in Benton and Lafayette do

How quick they forget In regards to Trump withholding a military aid to Ukraine, it’s funny how quick Democrats forget that Biden withheld the aid and financial assistance to Israel, our ally in the Middle East, up until recently. Interesting to see It would be interesting to know how anyone could still vote for a

Get him out I completely agree with Richard Sharp and his article in the paper the letters to the editor. Can we impeach the Superintendent of the school since he doesn’t want to listen to all the people that are paying his check? I say get him out. Keep our schools at three high schools.

Please fix it I just want to do a second plea to replace the rubber on the city boat ramp. Please do that. It’s dangerous. People can get cut on it. It tears your boat up. And they just need to fix it. It’s been like that for three years now, so please, city, fix

Spending money like drunken sailors The New York Post website says ignore the stock market, Wall Street dealing with painful detox from government spending addiction. Boy, isn’t that true? That was on Fox News. And I started clapping. Yep, they’re spending on money like a bunch of drunken sailors. Now let’s see if we can

What’s going on? Lafayette has had two additions since it was built. It’s got half as many students as it had back in the ’60s and they don’t have enough room? What, are kids 10 times the size that they were in those days? What’s going on? Stop it now It’s time us taxpayers sent

Unappealing schools St. Joseph will never be attractive to new, young professionals until a new, state-of-the-art school is built. We’re a wonderful community, but our schools look like 1910 prisons, which are very unappealing to incoming young families. Town halls When will Sam Graves have an open town hall in St. Joseph? And when is