Opinion
This coming election is the most important election ever. Don’t sit on the sidelines and think your vote won’t matter, because it does. Only in voting do we have a say. If you haven’t registered, please do. Don’t wait until the last minute. If we don’t fight for our values and faith, who will?
I have had the pleasure of traveling north to our red-headed step-child of a metropolis, Kansas City, a couple times recently. Now don’t get me wrong, it has its merits and it is the first place in Missouri that I ever visited and I was enthralled by it.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column titled, “I’m not paying that for tomatoes” where I took some good-natured jabs at my parents and their pricey produce. Well, I find that it is now I who must be the focus of ridicule, for I recently took on a DIY project, and let’s just say it cost more than I bargained for.
School is underway again throughout the Ozarks. Just as when I was a boy, hundreds of kids climb on yellow school buses every morning at country crossroads or the ends of their driveways and lanes.
The Polk County Democrats will host their September meeting on Sept. 16, at Smith's Restaurant at 6:30 p.m., dinner is optional at 5:30 p.m., if you wish to come early and fellowship with Democrats around the county. We have invited our Missouri Democratic Party Executive Director, Matt Patterson to join us as our guest speaker for the evening. Matt will be sharing with us his personal experiences at the Democratic National Convention recently held in Chicago, Illinois. He will also be giving us updates about our candidates up and down the ballot this fall and how we can help get them elected.
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