THE QUESTION: What do you do with leaves in the fall? Burn them, compost them, blow them somewhere else, leave them, etc?

Cow-napping justice; sewerless homes remedied ASAP; AG Koster to figure out who's side he's on; find and thank a veteran; don't burn leaves without permit

If there is one piece of knowledge that you take away from learning about child abuse – is that it is circular – a curse given from parent to child. If you were hurt as a child, there’s a good chance you are going to hurt your own children when you grow up.  The simple explanation for this occurrence of repetitive abuse is that the child who grows to be an abuser knows only one way to raise a child – the way he or she was raised.

Once or twice a week, we’ll send out a question of local importance or interest and ask E-board participants to respond with short answers, typically from 50-75 words on up to 200-250. In other words, the kind questions that will produce a “I think such and such” answer as opposed to an essay-type response.

Since 1983 Missouri has been a pure comparative fault state. Pure comparative fault allows your damages (property damage & injury claim) to be reduced by the percentage you are at fault in a loss.

Most Americans do not own cars or trucks worth $24,000, yet that’s how much American taxpayers spent to subsidize each new vehicle sold because of the “Cash for Clunkers” program, according to auto industry analysts at Edmunds.com.

DNR acronyms, a couple thank you's, that stolen Baja, a flu shot or not, immigration responsibility, and daily decisions and horrible stories

Cheers to Soccer Lakers' milestones, Horizons students, Habitat For Humanity volunteers.

Jeers to AG Chris Koster, Camelot sewer finger-pointers, the bridge jumpin' resource waster.

One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late.

The business that employed this man is as complicit in the crime as the deportee.
Until residents demand law enforcement – and particularly prosecutors at the municipal, county and state level – hold law-breaking businesses accountable, this story will repeat itself again and again.

THE QUESTION: The Camden County Commission has decided hourly employees will lose a paid day off to help offset a budget shortfall caused by declining sales tax revenue. Should the commissioners and other elected officials also help by losing a day's pay?
 

A memorable All Hallow’s Eve, Answers from DNR , That giant yellow orb in the sky, Some sanity in Lake Ozark, Home playoff football games

It had been nearly 20 years since I’d first lived in D.C. Fortunately, because everything is supposed to be preserved for history, not much had changed. Other than fighting traffic, I was able to get around pretty well and we were able to see most of the major monuments and museums.
I was surprised how many visitors there were – the Mall seemed more congested than I remember and the museums were fairly packed. I did notice that security is tighter now.

Cheers to Osage Beach land  donators, DNR (!), Halloween groups, and the Osage and Versailles football teams.

Jeers for cutting tourism funding

Court Appointed Special Advocates trains volunteers to advocate in juvenile court for children who are removed from abusive homes and placed in foster care.

With phony radicals like Michael Moore around, the ruling elite has nothing to worry about.
The filmmaker likes to pose as a radical critic of the status quo, but he isn’t. All the evidence you need is in his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story.

It’s been said desperate times call for desperate measures. Combine that with ‘Live by the sword, die by the sword’ and substitute sales taxes for the sharp-edged instrument of warfare and you’ll understand where Camden County finances are.

Raul Walters; Camden residents; Mark Templeton, 5-135 intersection; headlights on in the rain

THE QUESTION: If you could dress up as your favorite political figure (past or present) for Halloween, who would it be and why?
 

Whether it is a traditional letter to the editor, an e-mail or a comment posted on our web site, everything seems to be scrutinized and remarked on by a reader. We now get more feedback on nearly everything.