Speakout

Amazed at Trump treatment

I am totally amazed that the greatest country in the world, the United States of America, has let Donald Trump lie, cheat and steal his way out of so many criminal acts. I am beginning to question if this is really the greatest country in the world.

Tax timeline needs improvement

On the City (of Sikeston) website: “If you have not received a tax statement by the middle of November, please contact the collector’s office at 573-471-2193.” I just spoke with the collector’s office in Sikeston and they are just now mailing out the City Tax Statements. Do they not realize our mail has to go to St. Louis to be sorted, there is a major holiday this week in which the post office will be closed and the increased volume of holiday mail is upon us? Yet, they want us to meet their deadline of Dec. 31. They were late mailing last year as well. This timeline needs to improve to give residents a chance to prepare for the bills that come in December.

Puzzle solved

I would like to speak out about the “Puzzled by the flag flying” in Miner. The mayor of Miner, Frank Tatum, had it put at half-staff for Israel and the war. Thank you.

Smith is ‘poisoning weak minds’

When will this newspaper learn that the free column given to Congressman (Jason) Smith is only used to spread his poisonous propaganda? He never has positive words about the future of this country or good things about legislation to help us all, only hateful propaganda with free mudslinging provided by you guys. This guy and his treasonous mob is poisoning the weak minds and filling them with the slop that he and his mob live in. He votes against the future of America every chance he gets and they can’t all together run the Congress of the United States. We need to get rid of him and his whole bunch.

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