The Emporia Gazette

Salvation Army pantry critically low

I know there are a lot of sides to this story and I feel very badly for those down on their luck and need food for their families. I guess I do have a little problem with the Salvation Army always wanting gifts. I tried to give them a nice sleeper sofa a while back but needed someone to help me load it in my truck so I could deliver it for free. They couldn't spare anyone just for a few minutes to help load it and I'm sure they could have gotten $75 or maybe $100 from it. Kind of put a bad taste in my mouth for the organization.

February 12, 2011 at 12:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Hungry Kids

I think another thing that is going to make the food problem worse is the government policies of using food for fuel. This is driving up the prices of corn and soybeans to prices more than double that of just a few years ago. Yes, this is more than a community problem but the fact is that it is driving food prices through the roof and that will affect more and more people just on the edge of making it financially. These bio fuels made with food grains are driving up the price of all kinds of foods to put many products out of reach of less fortunate consumers. And this can and will affect people with fewer than 6 children. It is too bad this woman didn't learn about birth control a long time ago. Her kids are suffering because of her lack of responsibility.

January 26, 2011 at 1:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Lyon County Commission

Good grief, a state cremation fee....the state can't even let someone die without taking one more jab at their wallet. This government poking their noses in everybody's business has gone way too far.

December 22, 2010 at 12:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Don’t tear down

Henry, maybe you will reach 70 one day if your mouth doesn't get you terminated before that. Have a little respect.

November 16, 2010 at 6:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

County given permission to take Quonset huts down

I think some folks are getting in a rush to tear down the quonsets. No, they aren't pretty but they do provide space for fair exhibits. Certainly the proposed new building cannot house the exhibits that are now in the quonsets. I would think that there needs to be some thought given to how the fair will operate without the quonsets. Just in the last couple of weeks nearly everyone was whining and complaining about county taxes but now they can't wait to spend more money to tear down the buildings. There seems to be a lot of talking being done without much thinking. If this is truly what the fair board wants then I would support them, however, I hope they aren't tearing down the buildings just because of a vocal minority that has nothing to do with the fair operations.

September 22, 2010 at 8:43 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Leave Quonsets alone

I think Mrs. Miller has a good point. The quonsets aren't pretty, that's for sure, but they do serve a purpose. Where are you going to put all the booths and displays that are in them during the fair? That new building certainly isn't going to be big enough to accomodate those displays.

I think we need to sit back and take a look at what kind of a building a million dollars will build. It's not all that big a deal. Yes, it is a great thing Mr. Boyer wants to donate the money for that purpose but I think it needs to be put in perspective. By the time you put in parking and utilities and other necessities there really isn't going to be that much in the building. It isn't going to be the great big deal some are thinking. Better hold on to what we have and see how it all turns out. Maybe a fresh paint job would help the appearance of the quonsets. Now if you want to get rid of the rocks.......

September 13, 2010 at 11:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Prudent, not reckless

Whoever wrote the editorial, who seems to have no name, doesn't understand a mill levy. A 12 mill increase is not necessarily a 12% increase.

September 6, 2010 at 8:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Prudent, not reckless

I can remember listening to my dad and some of his friends many years ago talking about taxes. Old men, of which I am now one, love to bitch about taxes. I doubt that will ever change.

A couple of points some of you should consider would be that one or more of you could run for commissioner, either city or county. In the current election the county commissioner had no competition for either the primary or the general election. Either everyone is happy with him for is unwilling to put out the effort to run against him. It is a thankless job and I know he takes many nasty phone calls from people who won't even identify themselves. I personally think he has done a great job. You think you could do better....throw your hat in the ring and that would include the two media experts who are so free with their criticism.

Secondly, the city is getting accolades for passing a budget with no mill increase...BS what do you call spending 3/4 of a million of savings just to balance the budget. What will they do next year when the savings is gone? Look out for a whopper of a mill increase just to get by with present expenditures. It's going to happen unless we have a real improvement in the economy. The county, on the other hand is making a budget where they do not have to go into savings and will pay all their expenses with current revenue. Which is smarter? Anybody who has run a business knows the answer to that one.

September 6, 2010 at 7:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Keep mill levy flat

I find it interesting that Sauder thinks it is a better deal to pass a city budget with a $750,000 negative budget and no mill increase than for the county to pass a real budget with an increase. Just where is the deficit going to be made up? Don't think I've ever heard of a budget being called a budget when both income and expense sides didn't match.

I also find it interesting that the city has money to spend on those irritating signs saying that the street repairs are being paid for with the county sales tax but it's not ok to repair the county roads destroyed by the weather. Sometimes I think he just likes to hear himself talk.

September 1, 2010 at 9:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Take action sooner

I think Ashley is out of line and very, very unprofessional. If she has a complaint she needs to take it to the school and discuss it in private. Making a public ordeal of her problem is out of line. Just because she has access to the rag of a newspaper doesn't give her the right to air her dirty laundry against the school district. Maybe she thinks she could do better. No, I have no connection to the schools. I just see her actions as really tacky and with no class at all. At the very least she needs to provide a free response space for the district in tomorrow's paper, and not on the back page.

May 24, 2010 at 10:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )