There are three candidates for the senator's seat in the 10th District of Missouri. One is a doctor and a lawyer who has served the public as county coroner, Western Judge of Jackson County and eight glorious years as a Kansas City mayor. During all those years as a public servant, he did so with honesty, integrity and humor.
The claim to fame of the leading candidate, as Ms. Johnson reported, is that he spent ninety days in the federal prison for lying to a bank about a bad-check scheme at an auto dealership he owned with his brother.
The third candidate's experience is selling giant jars of mayonnaise to restaurant owners.
And people wonder why the youth of America are apathetic about government. It becomes so obvious why the real estate attorneys and political lobbyists are not supporting Dr. Wheeler: He will serve the people, not the special-interest groups.
So Ms. Johnson is right. Dr. Wheeler's chances are slim unless the public decides to make a difference. The public at large is a much more powerful group than self-serving special-interest groups. But they read articles like this, roll their eyes and say, "Of course the guy who spent time in prison will win. That's how politics work. Why vote? We can't beat the machine."
Yes, you can. Just vote in the primary on August 6.
Raymond Braswell
Kansas City, Missouri
Only in the legal system would you use the coerced testimony of felons to convict other felons. Outside of the courts, nine out of ten people with functioning brains would realize this is not a very practical or reasonable way of getting the truth and certainly would not rely on it for anything important.
In our courts, they let crack investigators (they are called "crack" because they crack heads) use this perjured testimony to take the lives of other people! (Remind me why those regimes in Cuba and Afghanistan are so brutal?)
I'd like to see the investigator that coerced the perjured testimony, the prosecutors that relied on it and the judge get to trade places with this man. Day-for-day.
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Since the mid-'90s, we have staffed one of the beverage tents. Although it was a lot of work for the sixty-plus volunteers who worked the three-day event, most enjoyed the experience. The festival staff and volunteers were friendly, well-organized and very hardworking. Still, I would like for the hard work of my volunteers to be compensated. Even a letter apologizing for any delays in payment would have been nice. Instead, since early in the year, I don't get responses to my messages or a letter. Mr. Carr, if you are out there, please respond!
Although I would still like the work of our volunteers to be compensated, I have to thank the festival for giving me the opportunity to listen to blues and jazz for twelve-hour shifts. Now I like the blues and listen to KCIY 106.5.
Kelly Beard-Tittone
Kansas City, Missouri
It's funny that he should point this out as a flaw when the character is obviously supposed to be just that: a hammy, bellowing buffoon. And so, because Walker's interpretation was so accurate, Chris Johnson must have done (and did do, I might add) a wonderful job on the show, his performance perfectly tuned to fit his role.
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