It’s fine to be a ‘proud Kanas City conservative,’ but cut the Trump rhetoric in ads
Trump is best
The 2020 election promises to be a tight race between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump. Biden states he is a Catholic and supports abortion rights, which in my mind makes him a hypocrite. Trump may be a jerk, but he is not a hypocrite.
For me, the best choice is Trump.
- Gene Grillot, Kansas City
Back it up
I am an independent. I don’t vote for a party. I vote for a candidate. What bothers me about many candidates are the falsehoods they use in their campaign commercials. Some can’t be defended. One stands out from the primary campaign.
In it, Amanda Adkins claims that “radical Democrats, the media and coronavirus are devastating our economy, in that order.” I want her to prove that the Democrats and the media have done more damage to the economy than the virus.
The virus has put people out of work, closed businesses permanently and caused people to be evicted from their homes because they can’t work. This is typical President Donald Trump rhetoric.
It’s OK to be a “proud Kansas City conservative,” as she calls herself in the ad, but at least tell the truth. Kansas doesn’t need someone like this as our representative in the U.S. House — especially one who was part of the Sam Brownback disaster in our state.
- Larry Mogolov, Overland Park
Constitutional right
For 233 years, the U.S. Constitution has survived secession and civil war, slavery, numerous wars, pandemics, the Great Depression and other calamities. No other constitution has survived as long. It established a government founded on the rule of law, the consent of the governed and the sovereignty of the individual.
We have evolved into a society dominated and divided by government policies and actions. Our national debt now exceeds our annual gross domestic product. Those in Congress serve only their own political interests, and we have more government than we will ever need.
It is time for the states to propose amendments that Congress won’t: term limits, fiscal responsibility and less government. Sign the petition at conventionofstates.com to let your state legislators know you have their backs when they exercise their federal role found in Article V. Elect legislators who endorse this grassroots movement to save the republic.
The Constitution was made for a time like this. Trust it.
- David Copeland, Overland Park
Say it again
In 2018, Missourians overwhelmingly approved the Clean Missouri reform initiative to eliminate partisan gerrymandering and establish a fair, independent system for drawing electoral maps.
Jefferson City lawmakers got to work immediately — not to enact Clean Missouri, but to hatch a plan to get around it.
Their devious scheme: Trick voters into reinstating gerrymandering. That’s what Amendment 3 on the November ballot is all about. Couched as campaign finance reform, it would establish the worst gerrymandering rules in the nation, allowing politicians to draw legislative maps to ensure reelection and avoid accountability. It doesn’t even count all residents — only voting adults. And it includes unprecedented restrictions on our abilities to challenge unfair maps in court.
Amendment 3 is a sickening display of Missouri politicians’ contempt for the will of the people and should be roundly defeated on Nov. 3.
- Paula Murray, Kansas City
Goodness found
A very special angel showed up at the Harrisonville, Missouri, Walmart last Tuesday afternoon. I had just shopped there and was at home taking in purchases when it dawned on me that I could not find my wallet. Panic!
I checked everywhere three times. I called the store, and employees there had not seen it. I canceled my credit card just in case and called the bank regarding a check that was in the wallet.
I prayed so hard that someone would return it. I didn’t care whether the cash was gone — I was just very concerned about everything else.
The next morning on my way to replace my driver’s license, I stopped at the Walmart. When the woman brought a wallet out of the lost and found — and, yes, it was mine — I just about bawled. The icing on the cake was that everything was in there. Everything.
So, to the person who found that old, black/brown, leopard print wallet, thank you from the bottom of my heart. May God richly bless you and keep you and remember I am forever grateful to you for your honesty.
It’s true: What goes around, comes around. Thank you.
- Kat Cooney, Harrisonville