Letters to the Editor

Democrats Are Desperate

Editor: Have you noticed that Democrats are attempting to do everything they can to win the precedential race in 2020, even so far as breaking laws to achieve their goals? They want to do without the electoral college and just use the popular vote to determine the outcome. States like California and New York  would

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Help Yourself

Editor: April 2, 2019, is an opportunity for you to make your future and all our neighbors richer and more secure. Cedar County Memorial Hospital has asked for our help. They have requested no adjustment since 1961 in our tax levy. No adjustment for 58 years. That bears repeating, NO Levy Increase for 58 YEARS.

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Support for CCMH

Editor: There are 19 public Critical Access Hospitals in the state of Missouri. We are fortunate enough to have one in El Dorado Springs. Of these, only two are allowed by statute to receive funding by sales tax. The remaining 17 can only be funded by property tax which includes ours. The average revenue generated

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Support Cedar County Memorial Hospital

Editor: For the first time in nearly 60 years, Cedar County Memorial Hospital is turning to the voters of Cedar County for financial support to keep up with operational expenses, maintenance and equipment needs, government imposed technology requirements and the potential possibility of expanding services. Cedar County Memorial Hospital is our county hospital.  For those

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Legislation introduced to help keep public notices in printed newspapers

Editor: That our member newspapers have been under attack in Jefferson City, specifically through concentrated efforts to move public notices out of print and post them on websites, is no secret. Missouri Press Association’s leadership, which includes your elected representatives on the Board of Directors, Executive Director Mark Maassen and our lobbying partners in the

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Voters asked to support first Hospital levy increase in 58 years

Editor: The Cedar County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees recently decided to seek an increase in the tax levy for the hospital during the upcoming April 2nd election. I am taking this opportunity to encourage all Cedar County voters to give serious consideration to supporting this increase. First, lets talk about what Cedar County Memorial

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What If…

Editor: With all the lefts’ ridiculous gender ideology, one has to wonder where this all leads to. Males identifying as females, then break all kinds of records when they join women’s track in colleges. Men can identify as women and go into women’s bathrooms. There are many other examples of this going on in all

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Trump Derangement Syndrome is Alive and Well

Editor: It appears that Trump Derangement Syndrome is a full-blown plague now. The number of hate.crime hoaxes has increased considerably since Donald Trump took office. I will mention a few of the rope noose hoaxes covering this period of time. Michelle Malkin mentions some of these hoaxes. In 2017, protesters organized at Kansas State University

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Jussie Smollet: Adding Insult to Injury

Editor: If it is true that Jussie Smollet orchestrated the attack on himself, then I really have to say that I am enjoying watching all of these liberal heads explode. Many of the liberal mudstream media, Hollywood elites, and liberal politicians (some in the Democrat race for President 2020), are trying to backtrack their judgments

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Covington Confrontation

Editor: A short video showing a confrontation between Nicholas Sandmann, a Catholic school student,  and Nathan Phillips, a Native American activist, went viral on the internet as well as in the media. It  first appeared that Nicholas disrespected Nathan when they came face to face. Of course, the internet exploded from all sides vilifying Nicholas.

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