What a choice

The city is worried about the grass growing in everybody’s yard. Well what would you choose — two gallons of gas to mow your yard or two gallons of milk to feed your kids?

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Grow more

I don’t know whatever has happened to the American spirit. Let’s get some politicians in there with some common sense. Let’s get all this farm ground out of conservation programs and provide an incentive for people to grow more food. With the price of everything we need to flood the market as much as we can with affordable food. And these farmers could hire more people to help with growing the food. That would help the jobless status in America.

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Slow down

Whatever happened to the operators to whenever you make a long distance phone call they help you out with your numbers? Whenever I call I get a recording and they go so fast I can never get the numbers down that I am supposed to call.

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Where to recycle

I know that recycling is very important and after the last month of recycling everything that I possibly can recycle it’s now taking over my basement. I would like to know where we can take these things: plastics, tin cans, glass. I know where I can take paper but I would appreciate for information about these drop off points and the hours that they are open.

Editor’s note: The city’s recycling center is located off Francis Street near the Missouri River. It’s hours are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information call 232-4401.

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Dig right

I want to say thank goodness for the Republicans for stopping the Democrats from putting more taxes on our oil, because when you tax those oil companies all they’ll do is raise the money on the oil that we are buying. And Claire McCaskill is standing up and writing in the paper that the mean old Republicans stopped it. The only thing that is going to put oil back down where it should be is for us to start digging here in the United States where they won’t allow is in Alaska and in Florida where China already has started digging. Why are we not letting the companies dig here?

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Good man

There never will be another Truman Wilson. He is a wonderful person. I’ve known him for years and years. I knew him when I was in school. And he helped my wife’s sister, my son. He just helped a lot of people. Like I say, there never will be another one. If those in there now would be like him we wouldn’t be in the shape we’re in right now. Because, like I said, he helped everybody. He did what he could for people. If he couldn’t do it then he found someone who could. So I think people should have appreciated him while he was in. If they didn’t there was something wrong with them. So people need to stop and think of the things he has done for people. If they didn’t know him they should have.