Letters To Editor

If you’ve followed politics for any amount of time, you know the mantra: all politics is local. That couldn’t be more true, but when I talk to folks, I hear “Trump and Biden” a lot. Let me tell you why Jeff City is more important to Missourians than DC. Medicaid was expanded at the state…

Like many of us, I greatly appreciate legislative updates from Jeff Farnan, First District Representative representing the Northwest Missouri area. His April 24 opinion piece, “Capitol Report: Saving Women’s Sports Act,” featured in the Maryville Forum not only shared information, but also provides a window into what our state leaders feel is one of the…

Dear Editor, We would like to take this opportunity to give a huge thank you to the Maryville community. As Special Services teachers, seeing the statistic that only 21.3% percent of individuals with disabilities are employed is disheartening and difficult to accept. However, due to this incredible community, we are increasing upon those numbers in…

Almost 30 percent of Missouri school districts now run a 4-day-week, Last week, the Independence School District announced that it will fall to 4-days next year. What is the impetus for so many schools to delete one day per week? A lack of funding from the Missouri GOP. When Superintendents announce the schedule, they don’t…

Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft plans to enact a new policy that will endanger your freedom to read. This proposed rule threatens to reduce community access to public library books and other resources. This measure would take choices out of the hands of individuals and families, and give control to the state and activist…

Letter to the Editor, As a grandmother of two girls, I will be voting strictly blue on Nov. 8. On occasion, I have voted red, but not this time. When a candidate boasts that they are 100 percent pro-life, 100 percent pro-2A, or 100 percent a pro-Trump conservative, they have lost my vote, just in…

At the September Skidmore City Council meeting, one of the things on their agenda was to inform all who were there that the Depot Committee has been locked out of the Depot that we have worked on for the last two-and-a-half years turning it into an amazing museum showing Skidmore’s rich history. One of the…

Missouri government allows local school boards to make decisions regarding 4 day school weeks, gun carrying teachers, who to hire/fire and spend millions of taxpayer dollars. Eric Schmitt, attorney general, evidently believes that school boards are dumb. Look at Nanny Schmitt’s school district demands for his “transparency portal.” 1. List of all instructional textbooks adopted…

We engineers are attracted to problem solving; therefore, I read opinion pages as an erstwhile fact checker. One frequent challenge is attempting to complete a partial representation; i.e., assess an opinion presented with partial information. For example, Congressman Sam Graves opened last week’s column criticizing President Biden’s desire to add 87,000 new IRS agents to…

Recently Larry Anderson wrote, “I am a Republican,” which nudged me to wonder, which type? Trump? McCarthy? McConnell? Cheney? Graham? Republicans have wide spread views except those who are affixed to another. Donald Trump comes to mind. Democrats have a similar problem. Biden? Pelosi? Schumer? Manchin? Bernie? Will Rogers noted this difference long ago, stating…