Speakout 2/14

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

What happened to small town hospitality? I always thought that small towns were supposed to welcome newcomers to their community. I see where the town of Oran treats their new police officers as enemies instead of new residents of their community. These police officers are only doing the job they were hired by the city to do. When we hire teachers or store clerks or other employees of businesses in town, we expect them to do the jobs they were hired to do, so why are the police officers being judged so harshly for doing the jobs they were hired to do? The two main officers both served their country in the military and now they are serving as police officers to protect your town and community. I'd like to encourage the town of Oran to support their police officers and stop treating them like an enemy. I encourage you to get to know them as people and not just police officers. They are family men, too. You'll find that they really are good people, too. Have you invited them to attend your churches or other community activities? Have you welcomed them to your community? I've heard a rumor that when the election in April takes place and new officials are in place, that they will fire the new police officers. Isn't that sad to fire officers for doing their jobs they were hired to do?

This is in regards to the caller who said Chris Moore should move out of his town if he's not going to support it. The last I knew, you did not have to support the town you lived in, just pay the taxes for that town (city, county, state, federal).

Whoever is letting their dogs out at night doesn't care what happens to them, especially on Louise, Crowe and Kentucky streets. They are destroying our property, turning over trash barrels and making a mess. It has been said they might find something in those barrels to eat that they won't find their way home. If you care for your dog, please keep it on your property. If you don't care for it, just let it eat what it finds in the trash. You won't be bothered with it anymore. Sorry.

I'd like to call about my mother who is disabled and needs a walker and a few things for disability, like a shower chair and all that, but especially a walker. Possibly later on, even a wheelchair. Her insurance won't pay for any of this and she is on a fixed income. If anyone has any of these items, would you call 472-6307. It's for my mother who is disabled that simply can't afford these items.

I'm calling about the complex. You have an ole tennis court out there where people play once or twice a month. Y'all can't go ahead and turn that in to a skateboard outfit, but you have the cops run down there and chase kids off. You need to have something for the kids to do.

It is almost time for the Sikeston ethanol plant to start its fund raising. They are going to need an investment of about $75 to $80 million to put this plant together. There will be enough room for all the businessmen, doctors, lawyers and everybody else in Sikeston to invest money in this ethanol plant. At some of the other ethanol plants in Macon and Marshall, Mo. have been getting about 30 percent in returns from their investment in the last year. That's big money. Any investors that want to invest in the ethanol plant, start asking around. You will get big money.