It's Your Call for June 13
The Missouri Department of Conservation decision to close Pigeon Hill Shooting Range stops public access to a free public use area with safety as a convenient excuse. What's next? You can't fish in the Missouri River because it's too deep. You might drown. You can't duck hunt. If it's too cold, you might get frostbite. The truth is, the Missouri Department of Conservation doesn't remember we all pay the tax that funds them, and I, for one, think that money could be spent more productively.
For the criminals
I remember when I was growing up, the Democrats were for people who respected the law. Now the Democrats are for the criminals.
Completely unfair
I like the way the city of St. Joseph says they're going to raise our server rates starting July 1, and I get my serve bill for June that is due July 1 and they already raised my server rate from $92 to $100 and something just simply because I guess it's due July 1. That is cheating me and that's totally, totally unfair.
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