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By NewsPress Now Why isn’t it happening here? Are Buchanan County seniors ever going to get a break on property taxes? It’s happening everywhere else. Why not here? Looking for a solution We didn’t know what to do. Today, like many days, between 9:18 and 10:20, we received 23 calls from all different areas that

By NewsPress Now When will this stop? I just opened my energy bill and there was the notice in there that they are asking again for another rate hike. They said it could be up to $17 and some odd cents per month, almost $18 more per month. When will this stop? People on fixed

By NewsPress Now That’s just life This is a comment on the It’s Your Call column in Monday’s paper, “It could be worse.” Interest rates on mortgages, yes, back in 1981, when Jimmy Carter was president, the market interest rate on mortgages was over 18% because I had one. Couldn’t get any one close to

By NewsPress Now Be considerate I live in North End around the park area and people in the neighborhood celebrate the 4th before and well past the curfew hour of 10 p.m. Some of us have to work and I really would like to get some sleep. Please be considerate. Why raise the rates? If

By NewsPress Now Might get something good out of it That sports center they’re wanting to build, why not just knock down East Hills because you can’t go out there and shop anyway? So, you might as well tear it down and put a sports center there. May get some good out of it. Can’t

By NewsPress Now We were better off then I was disgusted watching the debates, so I simply switched channels to watch the Royals baseball game. Now Optimum has seen fit to eliminate that channel from our choices so we can no longer watch the Royals games. I think we were better off in the ‘60s

By NewsPress Now Where’s the ball game? The Royals and the Cardinals are not on TV no more in St. Joe. That’s very, very sad. I hope and pray the Royals and the Cardinals get on a channel somewhere in Saint Joe. About to lose it The socialist communists that are trying to destroy this

By NewsPress Now A true delight Thank you, thank you, thank you to the five sponsors of Bob Ford’s History. It is the highlight of my weekend to read Bob Ford’s article on Saturday morning. What a delight. I hope it continues. What’s next? Well, I see now where the Republicans want to do away

By NewsPress Now Not doing their jobs I feel that the Supreme Court, to some degree, is not doing their job, and the fact that they don’t want to release any decisions on cases before the court because it may tend to affect the debate, I disagree with that because the people need to know

By NewsPress Now Anyone else notice this? Has anyone else noticed the spontaneous appearance of speed bumps on some of our asphalt streets? Does the Police Department have a new tool to control speed or are our asphalt streets buckling from the heat? He should call Putin up If Trump is such good friends with

By NewsPress Now Backyard burglars Well, summer is officially here. The dandelions are growing in the yard and the backyard burglars are out picking up stuff. Keep an eye on your alleyway, people. Not everybody wants to be stolen from. Quality of life is No. 1 This is regarding the paper’s editorial essentially saying that

By NewsPress Now Just a question I have a question. If inflation is up, everybody says it’s a different percentage, 19%, let’s say, therefore the sales tax is going up a certain amount. That sales tax money goes to the state, the city. What are they spending it on? Who’s controlling it and what are

By NewsPress Now They’re losing money CNN’s Van Jones is shouting to the rooftop that anyone with a cognitive brain needs to watch the debate. Well, the reason is CNN is hemorrhaging money. Does it remind you of anyone? Anyone who watched the movie “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” doesn’t that remind you of

By NewsPress Now The new Trump world Unfortunately, Trump’s core base of voters rule this land. Paul Ryan’s ex Majority Leader said Trump is unfit for office. So Trump told his followers not to watch FOX News. Ryan is a board of director at FOX. If Republican leaders oppose Trump, he calls them a RINO.

By NewsPress Now What are the odds? Currently, there are two presidential debates scheduled, which will be hosted by two biased media outlets. What are the odds that Biden already has been given the questions? Wouldn’t want to be in their shoes God holds each and every one of us accountable, and we all have

By NewsPress Now Pothole liability Remarks about the pothole problems in Saint Joe’s in today’s paper, where a lot of cars are being damaged by potholes. People, you better realize the city’s not going to be liable for nothing. All we’re going to do is give you a shovel full of asphalt and they’re not

By NewsPress Now Preventative measures needed I like looking at those skater statues as much as anybody else, but I just got to wonder how long it’s going to be before either one or all three of them come up missing again. I think the city needs to find some way to keep them safe,

By NewsPress Now Anyone else have this problem? I was just wondering; I’ve been having trouble with my tap water. It’s really tasting stale, and I just kind of wondered if anyone else is having that problem in the city of St. Joseph. Makes total sense The Democrats say the Supreme Court is not legitimate.

By NewsPress Now Finish the job Yes, this has to do with the way the highway department is mowing the grass, weeds, whatever you wish to call it, on the banks of Interstate 229 by the Pony Express emblem there and other spots on it. They see them all and all of a sudden they

By NewsPress Now What are they doing I don’t understand why MoDot keeps wasting our tax dollars on the bridge on Cook Rd., over 29 Highway. They’ve had that road bridge closed now five or six times in the past year and now they want to close it again for a couple of two or

By NewsPress Now Trump’s primary goal Donald Trump says ‘retribution’ is his primary goal if elected president this year. I don’t see how his revenge toward those who don’t agree with him helps America or citizens. I want a president who will stand up for U.S. citizens, not himself. Election interference I just filled up

By NewsPress Now Before challenging a book I think two things should happen before you can challenge a book. I think one you should have read the book and be able to write a book report on it. At least 10 full pages. Number two, I think you should know how to spell the word

By NewsPress Now {div class=”OutlineElement Ltr SCXW174565791 BCX0”} When will they learn Another crazy motorcyclist killed on the Belt highway. When are the police going to stop these idiots from running like nuts instead of just saying, ‘oh well, I can’t catch them, so we’ll just let them go.’ And then we all get upset

By NewsPress Now Extra burden Reporting each child’s books that have been checked out at the library is an extra burden on the teachers and schools. The parent requesting it should go to the school during library time and assist their child in the selection process or send them to a private school where they

By NewsPress Now What really needs to be addressed Books. Really? The St. Joseph School District is worrying about which books to ban. What they really need to concern themselves is with good teachers being verbally and physically abused in the classroom and nothing being done about it. That’s what needs to be addressed. Who

By NewsPress Now They supported Republicans The Missouri Chamber of Commerce has criticized the recent do-nothing Missouri legislature. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce has supported Republicans for years, especially the more right they were. SCOTUS already said no The Supreme Court, the highest court in the land of the United States of America, has already

By NewsPress Now How long will it take? Myself, along with many, many other motorcycle riders, are still curious as to how long the police are going to take to investigate the fatal accident on the 17th of last month. Editor’s note: The News-Press reported on May 20 that police are awaiting results from the

By NewsPress Now Who would want that? The Republicans are trying to destroy everything this country stands for and are using Donald Trump to do it. Why else would they be trying so hard to get Trump elected president? Who in their right mind would want a convicted felon to run this country with all

By NewsPress Now Why not porta-potties? Instead of fixing all the restrooms up for somebody to come by and vandalize and tear them up, why don’t they just put some Johnny-on-the-Spots up there and use those restrooms when they when they need them? Just putting it out there Just a little reminder. You know, Donald

By NewsPress Now Cemetery looked great I’d like to compliment the staff at Mount Olivet Cemetery on how good the grounds looked, and the flags were beautiful. Thank you, veterans I’ve been watching the movies on TV about all of our veterans that fought in wars to keep us safe. I want to thank all