If KC roads stay trashy, a downtown baseball stadium would just be lipstick on a pig | Opinion
Ugly garbage
I was born and raised in the Kansas City area, and I lived there for most of my 70 years. On a recent visit back, I was appalled at the trash strewn along the roadways, as well as the condition of the Adams Mark Hotel, boarded up with broken windows right across from our world champion sports stadiums.
You can have world-class music venues such as the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, and you can build a new airport, a new women’s soccer stadium and even a new baseball stadium, but that’s like putting lipstick on a pig.
My heart breaks, because I love Kansas City — but this is not the town I fell in love with.
Have a little pride and self-respect. People need to take action.
- Patte Bahl, Bluffton, South Carolina
That’s not news
In light of recent revelations from court records that multiple Fox News hosts clearly knew Donald Trump’s claims about election fraud were bogus, (Feb. 18, 4A, “Court records: Fox News hosts didn’t believe Trump won”) I hope we can all agree that Tucker Carlson and his Fox pals make the oldest profession look downright honorable. The complete disconnect between what these faux news people were saying on the air and what they were saying in private messages shows their absolute lack of truthfulness and integrity.
These talking heads should not be confused with actual journalists. Walter Cronkite must be spinning in his grave.
- Rick Marien, Overland Park
Deadly weapons
Now that the Kansas Legislature is contemplating a law that would provide for gun safety classes in public schools, how about bringing back driver’s education? I could never understand why we dropped driver’s ed in schools.
Both guns and cars are known to do much damage in the hands of those who don’t know how to use them correctly, so let’s provide training on the safe use of both.
- Frank Strada, Overland Park
Real target
We need criminal control, not gun control.
- David Scott, Lee’s Summit
No to fur
After tuning in to the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, I was disgusted and embarrassed to see the many presumably real fur coats worn by players, wives of team upper management and others participating in the event. They need to be educated and understand it takes 50 to 60 minks, 150 to 300 chinchillas or 15 to 40 foxes to make their affluent garments.
Yes indeed, they can afford such luxurious coats, but to know so many animals gave up their lives to make them look good is insensitive.
Fur farms should be banned in the U.S., and yet here we have an elite group supporting this industry. They need to use their positions to rally against the abuse of these fur animals. There is such a better way to spend their millions and advocate against this market.
Please refrain from purchasing real fur items. Faux fur looks the same without killing so many chinchillas, minks, foxes, rabbits and squirrels.
- Nancy Roederer, Lee’s Summit
Just shoot first
I am tired of the media asking questions about “unidentified aerial phenomena”: “What was it made out of?” “What time did we see it?” “Where did it land?” and on and on. That’s not important. That wastes time and allows the administration to procrastinate and not find a solution to who is responsible and what the repercussions of this covert behavior are.
Act fast to send a message that there will be consequences for this behavior in the future.
When the U.S. observes such a foreign object, shoot it down and ask questions later. Then, determine who owns it, confront the guilty parties and let them know our nation will not accept this behavior and will retaliate in a way to make sure they can’t perform this task again. Our logistical and cyber systems are much more advanced and powerful than theirs.
The United States must be proactive versus reactive.
- William Paul Service, Overland Park