Opinion

By NewsPress Now Hip hip hooray Hip hip hooray for the Kansas City people that voted down the increased tax for the Chiefs and Royals. Have the owners open up their pocketbooks and buy it themselves. They don’t need help from the public. Article was right on I work in a business where we mail

By NewsPress Now Figure it out This is concerning the St. Joseph School Board business. Instead of worrying about building new high schools and stuff, why don’t they figure out a way to solve the parking and picking and dropping off kids around Mark Twain, Truman and Central, because the traffic there is congested. How

By NewsPress Now Using their instincts Polls suggest that church attendance is down across the board, but I would contend that people are praying harder than ever. I think instinctively people know the world’s in trouble. Not proper justice I’ve been watching with interest the story of Alex Murdaugh, who has just been sentenced to

By NewsPress Now More interested in test scores A school district administrator here said we need to put turf on the football fields so we can compete better with Kansas City-area schools. I’m more interested in test scores and what to do about that. Getting outrageous My dog and I were just about run over

By NewsPress Now Modern Three Stooges Yeah, I see where Clinton and Obama’s going to campaign for Biden. I would call this the modern day Three Stooges: Moe, Curly and Larry. No improvement For those of you that voted yes in the Ping Poll on the economy improving, what country do you live in? I

By NewsPress Now Something to show for it I see that Trump is selling stock for his Truth Social media platform and could pull in billions. I would rather own his gold-colored tennis shoes. At least you’d have something to show for your money. Blowing their horn When Biden took office, gasoline was around $2.00

By NewsPress Now Shift the priorities I noticed the other day in the News-Press that Chief Luster says we can’t arrest our way out of this issue, referring to the homeless issue in St. Joseph. He’s probably right, but maybe we should devote less money to trail bike riding in St. Joseph, maybe a little

By NewsPress Now Would be nice if something’s done This is about the road conditions on Karnes Ave. I don’t know if you’ve driven it lately, but it’s nothing but holes. It would be nice if the city or the county or whoever is responsible would fix it or at least patch the holes until

By NewsPress Now Looks good so far I pass the monument for the stockyards every day. The chemical company has left the livestock exchange entrance, and I think it’s very nice, and I’m just kind of wondering when it’ll be finished and just what all else they’re gonna add to it or just exactly what

By NewsPress Now Pay taxes somewhere Two Republican governor candidates want to eliminate income tax. But in states who don’t have income tax, in Wyoming, it costs hundreds of dollars a year to register your vehicle. So, they’re going to pay a tax somewhere. Great except for the price This is about Lake Contrary dredging.

By NewsPress Now Sell, sell, sell This is in regard to the schools. I have grandchildren in a couple of different schools here in the city. A couple of weeks ago, some of them were selling major saver cards. Now they’ve got them selling Red Wheel, the food items that are pretty costly for an

By NewsPress Now Other options Thank you for the article about Lake Contrary. I know they said there were just a few options, having the county own it or the city or privately. I think they forgot the Missouri Department of Conservation. That lake is really important for wildlife during the migrations, the pelicans come,

By NewsPress Now Need consistent laws If a pregnant woman is kicked in the stomach by her boyfriend and it causes a miscarriage, the boyfriend will likely be charged with both assault and second-degree murder. Most women agree that the murder charge should be included, even if the pregnancy is just a month or two

By NewsPress Now Big thank you I just wanted to thank so much the people that put together the St. Patrick’s Day parade. I’m sure it’s a lot of work and the people that participated, that is a perfect example of bringing people together post-pandemic. I think that we have so many fewer opportunities post-pandemic