Your Letters

Be alert Recently, I ran across the following information which brought to mind the old saying, “history repeats itself.” “Joseph Stalin was head of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953. He expected to be worshipped and had history books rewritten to flatter himself. The Soviet press lauded him as a great genius, but he

Calling for investigation  I am asking the News-Press to investigate why the MWSU Board of Governors voted in Closed Session on February 27 to extend Elizabeth Kennedy’s contract as president for an additional three years, through June 30, 2030. Given that she was only in the eighth month of her current three-year contract, what was

Promises made: Mamdani or Marx?  Is he denying everything that he once glibly thought was cutting-edge and cool?  Did he really mean that violence against Jewish New Yorkers — the target of 44% of all hate crimes in the city? Has he discovered that their concussions and blood were all too real?  As a good

The uninformed  It never ceases to amaze me when I read It’s Your Call of the uninformed people and their hatred of President Trump.   The cut to NOAA had nothing to do with the tragedy that happened in Texas. The warning signals did go out, but the flood happened so quickly the children and

Show us the mathematics Where does the St. Joseph School District go from here? There is only one probable answer…show us the mathematics. What will be the true mathematical senior high school population numbers in 2030, 2035, and beyond? Without prejudice, if the numbers are less than 4,000 each year the SJSD would benefit with

Absolute roar of whining The resent court settlement of $16 million by CBS News with Donald Trump has generated an absolute roar of “whining” and “foot stomping” from leftist journalists, because their employer admitted and was held accountable for their very demonstrated efforts to literally edit public commentaries or interviews to assist a rival presidential

Behind the riots From the 18 U.S. Code § 2101 –Whoever travels in interstate or foreign commerce or uses any facility of interstate or foreign commerce, including, but not limited to, the mail, telegraph, telephone, radio, or television, with intent — To incite a riot; To organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot; To

Call it what it is Iran has been financing Hamas terrorists for decades, in addition to supplying them with materials and training their forces. It’s no secret that Iran wants to see Israel wiped off the map. Their missile strikes today confirm that. In addition, this Iranian regime has clearly been preparing to make nuclear

It’s just odd I agree with several letter writers in the St Joseph News-Press who are concerned about Joe Biden’s cognitive impairments while president. Its obvious Joe Biden wasn’t cut out for president. His babble isn’t just garbled talk; it is messed up thinking. When Biden and his wife Jill flew away to California on

Comments on recent news Just a couple of comments on recent news items. First, discussing the issue of the bond failure to build a new high school south of Highway 36 and now talk of consolidating to a two high school plan. From the talk I hear around town, many residents do not support this

18 U.S. Code § 611 It shall be unlawful for any alien to vote in any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing a candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or

Lying, and dying with crossfire The new normal in St. Joseph, a recent News-Press article informs us, is that we can hear the sound of gun fire at times and are assaulted by its threat of death or injury. In the last 12 months, police have investigated 14 incidents of gunfire in the city that

Trump vs. Brains On FOX News, they were promoting the new book “How the Elites have Failed the Working Men and Women of America.” I have been reading a biography on Franklin Roosevelt. In order to get the country out of the Depression after the stock market crash of 1929, FDR recruited young men from

MAGA movement is un-American The so-called Make America Great Again movement led by dictator-in-chief Donald Trump is not about making life better for all Americans. Trump is not governing all of America. He doesn’t even pretend to. He is firing people from jobs that help our nation. He is disappearing people who have fled dictatorships

It was only a matter of time  It was only a matter of time. The United States Department of Justice supported Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) programs for more than 30 years. The DOJ recognized CASA as an important part of its mission to protect children and ensure that they receive the support they need.

Our civil rights will soon be in jeopardy  The other day, a group of masked Homeland Security employees picked up a lady on the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, cuffed her, took her cellphone and sent her to an immigration prison in Louisiana. A graduate student from Turkey, with a valid visa, she has not been

There needs to be a better plan than Prop 2 Having studied debates on both sides of the Prop 2 issue before the voters on April 8,I feel compelled to provide a detailed defense of reasons for keeping three public high schools.St. Joseph is a unique and special city. Unlike any other town I have

SJSD, you don’t ‘get it’ With all due respect to the SJSD Board and district administrators: You simply don’t understand or “get it.” How many of you have spent a week or two at our local public high schools? I suspect that none of you have taken this time to evaluate our three high schools.

Africa My wife and I had the good fortune to visit Africa on a 14-day Safari through some of its vast areas of the country, 111.7m sq. miles, and 1,528,432,247 people. The people were very friendly, helpful and willing to help us however they could. I think we kind of stood out. One of most

In light of recent storm I live on the south end of town and I feel like as a tax paying citizen of this city for almost five years now that I need to write this. The City of St. Joseph is abysmal at maintaining their streets and alley ways. In light of this recent

Constituent representation When will elected officials begin to do their job of representing their constituents? I have just read two articles in the News-Press and neither article states how the organizers contacted their electors to act in their behalf. The first is the article about removing the I-229 overpass. I know MoDOT engineers are not

What is going to replace the gas tax? Guess what — thirteen states give drivers an incentive to buy an electric vehicle — before charging them extra for it. Will EV’s pay their fair share to replace this tax? Some ideas getting tossed around to cover the gas tax and its problems: Pennsylvania — Adding

Return to sender The postal service continues to surprise me. The organization delivers millions of pieces of mail daily, at a reasonable cost. But then there are incidents such as these: My son and daughter-in-law and I last week each received back a piece of mail, each marked “Return to Sender. Not deliverable as addressed.

Here is their chance MWSU is in deep trouble. Here’s the MDHEWD five-year enrollment trend: Headcount decline -31.2%; FTE decline — 35.8%; Full-time student decline — 38.2%. MWSU President Elizabeth Kennedy has no answers, yet the Board extended her contract with hefty increases in salary and benefits. Our only hope lies in a new Board

How did I do? As a Director of Purchasing for many years, one thing I can remember clear as day, was the president of the company telling me, “I do not need a paragraph when you can tell me in ‘one’ sentence!” Therefor this letter is one of “bullet” points, no explanations needed as they

Overwhelmed with shame I am horrified and ashamed of the way our guest, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, was treated at the White House last week. The “spiders” invited the “fly” into our “parlor” and then, true bullies that they are, they sucker punched him, talking over him, shouting at him, attempting to shame him for

Bond issue Transparency for voters! What a novel idea. Just weeks before a new bond issue comes before voters, the Saint Joseph School District admits using a private, yet tax funded, e-mail account to “advise” recipients of information about the 2024 bond. How many times has this happened and not reported? Simple transparency! The most

Choices about schools About the upcoming SJSB election. I am 78 years old, graduated from Central and my wife from Lafayette. We just signed up to freeze our real estate taxes so we are just going to sit this election out and let the parents and kids make the choice about their schools. Michael Stephens

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Dec. 27, 2024 One cent makes no sense It never ceases to amaze me how our government officials think. I see where our current City Manager Clint Thompson thinks another penny CIP tax at North Mall is no big deal. Let’s put this in perspective. If I make an

By NewsPress Now Your letters for Dec. 20, 2024 Shooting school students in Madison, Wisconsin I’ve seen no evidence that Western European countries have fewer mentally disturbed people than we do in the United States. Yet these countries have virtually no mass shootings or attacks on schools. The difference in them and us was demonstrated