Opinion

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

By NewsPress Now Can’t make up their minds Observing and reading all about all that is going on with the St. Joseph’s school board, I have to ask how the school board can feel confident that the $20 million bond has a chance of passing. A month ago, they were going to stay with the

By NewsPress Now Got to do something I just wonder how many people have to leave St. Joseph before people understand that we’ve got to do something different here. I mean, we just never support our schools like we should. The state doesn’t even do it. There are so many things wrong and we just

By NewsPress Now Here we go again Well, here we go again. The school board’s trying to make changes to the schools. They want to go to two high schools. Why can’t they just leave things alone? They’re not patriots It wasn’t patriots that crawled through the windows of our Capitol. They were criminals, and

By NewsPress Now The real problem Another million for a biking trail, $20 million here, $20 million there, when everyone knows the critical shortage of housing in St. Joe is the main problem. Another saying A few days ago, they had a farmer on the news stating his opinion about daylight savings time. My grandfather

By NewsPress Now Can’t believe it Thirty-five percent of the American people said they trusted Trump. What? I can’t believe it. Lots of lies How many Pinocchios did our President get from what he said in his State of the Union address? They probably didn’t even check him out. But no, we do not have

By NewsPress Now Why would they do it? I just wonder how in the world anybody could vote for Biden. We’re already in trouble Well, I had to listen to it twice because I just not could not believe what I heard. But I heard our president say he better not start taking questions because

By NewsPress Now Not just abortions I see where the House of Representatives in Missouri voted to defund Planned Parenthood. Abortions have not been performed in Missouri for the last two years. Planned Parenthood does other things, like STI screening, cervical cancer screenings, all sorts of women’s health screenings. What a hypocrite A while back,