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South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Letters to the editor

Reader encourages others to ‘vote no and close your wallet’

February 26, 2023

To the editor: It’s time to take matters into our own hands by using the power of the purse.  The only way to get the attention of our politicians to combat the crime wave we are being subject to,...

Reader reminds renters to carefully review lease agreements before signing

November 25, 2022

To the editor: Renters beware! I have noticed a disturbing trend in home rental leases. Renters need to carefully review any lease agreement for costs associated with maintenance on the rental property....

Pay attention to the stop signs on Grant’s Trail, says reader

Pay attention to the stop signs on Grant’s Trail, says reader

November 24, 2022

To the editor: About 30 years ago I was into amateur bicycling and racing. My bicycling group often complained about drivers not sharing the road. However we ignored stop signs and I was in an accident...

Republicans aren’t using scare tactics, it’s Democrats’ actions reader says

Republicans aren’t using scare tactics, it’s Democrats’ actions reader says

November 24, 2022

To the editor: Democrats claim that Republican commercials taking on the issues of city crime and rampant inflation are nothing but scare tactics. It’s not Republican commercials but crime that has...

Supreme Court should go step further, declare ‘right to life’

Supreme Court should go step further, declare ‘right to life’

November 24, 2022

To the editor: The Supreme Court decision in Dobbs has overturned Roe and Casey. I personally believe they should have gone further, declaring the right to life. The biological definition of life includes...

Our Call: School board elections should stay in April

Our Call: School board elections should stay in April

November 23, 2022

Another election cycle come and gone. Across the country and in South County, voters weighed in on a number of important local races for representative, senator and U.S. Congress, in addition to deciding...

Banning books takes away from growth and learning

Banning books takes away from growth and learning

By Erin Achenbach, News Editor November 26, 2021

Lately, some Board of Education meetings are scenes straight out of “Fahrenheit 451.” At both Lindbergh and Mehlville, parents are demanding that books they’ve deemed offensive be taken off the...

Letters to the editor

Reader wants to see Missouri’s own ‘Propositon 13’ on an upcoming ballot

October 30, 2021

To the editor: This year my reassessment is going to be appealed behind closed doors without my presence. Unbelievable.  My home’s assessed valuation is being calculated by comparing it to a recently...

Letters to the editor

Reader questions who will be left to ‘protect and serve’

August 27, 2021

To the editor: Who will answer the 911 call when no one is there to take it? Who will defend us, protect us, serve us when we cut the budget we no longer believe? To serve and protect is what...

Letters to the editor

Last year’s presidential election was ‘momentous,’ this reader writes

August 26, 2021

To the editor: It goes without saying the 2020 presidential election was a momentous election. Today’s American children will live with the consequences. I am a supporter of former President Trump...

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