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It’s Your Call for Nov. 3

How to tighten the budget For the St. Joe School District to tighten its budget, they need to fire half of the administration. They’re not doing their job anyway. Would like to know So, the school district is cutting $2.7 million. Is that taking away from the children, or is that knocking out a couple

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 31

Makes no sense Donald Trump has caused the doubling or tripling of healthcare premiums, the canceling of food assistance, the closing of hospitals, the increased cost of electricity, and it doesn’t make sense. We supposedly can’t afford these vital services for Americans, but we can give $40 billion to Argentina and we can build a

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Your Letters for Oct. 31, 2025

Love and joy permeate Grace House I continue to be amazed and impressed by what I call “the miracle on Lafayette street.” I’m referring to Grace House, the clothing mission operated at 2638 Lafayette street by Mrs. Ruth Costello and her dedicated volunteers. Grace House charges for nothing. “All free for a smile!” is the

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 28

Is anyone else dealing with this? Has anyone else out there paid their bills to Mosaic and because of their poor bookkeeping, we’re getting letters saying that they turn it over to a collection agency even though the checks have already passed the bank. We are subsidizing billionaires Approximately 44% of Americans are paid less

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 27

Getting ridiculous When are these politicians in Washington finally going to quit playing their childish games and playing politics, like Chuck Schumer, and get this country back on track? They’re really starting to hurt people. This is getting ridiculous. Very obvious It’s pretty obvious before the Democratic Party can declare war on the Republicans, they’re

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Your Letters for Oct. 24, 2025

Donald Trump leads his party toward disaster We need to accept the truth. The United States is in crisis both at home and abroad. Our legislators have passed laws that will deny health care and insurance protection to millions, particularly to those who need it most. The government, at the highest level, has saddled us

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 23

Start at the top The St. Joseph School District always talks about cutting back and they’re short of money. Why don’t they start with the top? They’ve got more administration now than ever before. Proud of him I’m tickled pink. The kid upstairs packed up his wife and kids and moved out of St. Joe.

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 15

Getting what you voted for Trump just approved a $20 billion bailout for Argentina at the same time the government shut down. Our military is not being paid. Federal workers are being furloughed. You voted for him.  Declaring war on his own country You know, Trump keeps saying he’s a great peacemaker. He’s solved all

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 14

Such a joke I was listening to Trump give a speech over in Israel and he couldn’t even make it through the speech without mentioning Biden and Obama. What a joke. How it works House Republicans should be in Washington. They are getting paid to do the people’s business and that includes working with House

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Your Letters for Oct. 10, 2025

For our schools and our students As a college student in Missouri, I know that never questioning where my next meal came from played a huge role in my academic success. Just like books, computers, and reliable transportation, access to food is fundamental for students to reach their potential. But significant barriers still prevent kids

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 9

What’s going on with that? FOX Network is showing the president giving a live speech. CNN Network is showing the president, but you can’t listen to him. Instead, you listen to what their commentators tell you what he is saying. What’s that about? He needs to grow a backbone Our senator, Josh Hawley, voted for

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 8

Do your homework To the person getting tired of listening, I wish you people would start doing your homework. There’s 14 states that have given money to illegals for healthcare, California being one of the worst with $28 billion, with a B, of Medicaid to illegals, and is seeking $3.4 billion to profit back up

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 3

All your fault I’m calling about this recent government shutdown. It’s the Republicans’ fault. It’s the Democrats’ fault. If you really want to know this too, it’s every elected member of the U.S. Senate, every elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the President and the Vice President. This is all your fault.

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Your Letters for Oct. 3, 2025

He should be making plans John Brennan is a criminal who has committed treason against the people, Constitution and Government of the United States! And, he knows that a trail of evidence leads right to him! He should be making plans to flee the country ahead of an arrest warrant! Pat McLearDearborn, Missouri The world

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It’s Your Call for Oct. 2

Let’s face it Let’s just face it, America is doing better than ever under the leadership of Donald Trump. Our country is finally back on track. We’ve had obviously no leadership or even a president for the last four years under Joe Biden. The Democrats are jealous. They’ve done absolutely nothing. They have absolutely nothing

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