Category: Politics
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Shocking truth now: Ozark school board sidesteps voters?
OZARK, MO — The Ozark R-6 School Board is dodging voters, hiding under the skirts of School Attorney Celynda L. Brasher, a big school muckety muck from a big snooty wooty lawfirm in St. Louie. Click here for more. Word is that Ms. Brasher is cool with the school sidestepping voters in the upcoming April… Read more
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Truth now: Ozark School Board fears sex policy
OZARK, MO — The Ozark R-VI Board of Education meets tomorrow (Thursday, December 19, 2024) and one board member hopes they talk about sex. Christina Tonsing brought it up in August, and they still haven’t wanted to talk about the idea of defining sex and gender as it relates to Title IX. Urgent reason why… Read more
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Truth now: Why boys can’t ever become girls
GUEST COLUMN Sorting out Sex and GenderThis article is an effort to help see more clearly through the confusion. More recent trend is to make gender personal A more recent trend in gender ideology is to define it as a personal outlook.The value of this approach is that it seems to make gender subject to… Read more
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State Rep now back on his feet in time for session
CLEVER, MO — Burt Whaley, newly elected State Representative in the 138th District, is back on his feet in time for the upcoming legislative session in January. Whaley, now 61, suffered two torn Achillies tendons September 10 while attempting a gymnastic maneuver. Doctors said he would be laid up in a wheelchair for six weeks… Read more
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Truth now: Is Ozark trying to get its fingers in your pie?
WARNING: The City of Ozark, Missouri, is trying to collect new inspection fees for rental properties. Yes, you read that right! Make no mistake, the city is wanting new money… just because. They threw in a bunch of new fees with the annual budget proposal at the Ozark Board of Aldermen meeting Monday, November 18… Read more
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Truth now: Are Some blue states actually red?
It’s true. Some blue states wear red undergarments. The blue is just a formality smock over the red jump suit. Democrats like to dress some red states up in a blue uniform to look like the blue team is stronger than it is. How do I know? Voter ID requirements. Blue states that don’t require… Read more
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Truth now: Why it doesn’t matter who wins 2024 election
Donald Trump. Kamala Harris. Different approaches. Contrasting outcomes. Will we turn red or blue Nov. 5? It doesn’t matter. Why? Half the population will be upset; half will feel vindicated and triumphant, no matter what. Afterwards, we’ll get back to business as usual, being helpful and friendly, or rude and nasty, or any combination thereof,… Read more
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So now I called Joe Biden on the phone
I’ll admit, I didn’t think the White House operator would put me through to the president. Not because he’d be off doing presidential things; I figured he wasn’t in. Perhaps at a local ice cream parlor. Napping in the West Wing. On a Delaware beach. Picking out sunglasses. You know, important stuff. “Hello?” his voice… Read more
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Library board erupts in a new conflict
The crowd is on its feet, chanting, pressing against the stage. Beefy, close cropped security guards are on full alert. The announcer blasts, “Are you ready to rock? Get ready for The Ally Echoes!” (He says it like this: Allllyyyy Echooooooooooes!!!) A tsunami of cheers resembles a hurricane force roar, as the Ally Echoes take… Read more
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Nixa Schools remain polling places despite new controversy
NIXA, MO — State law requires Missouri schools to serve as public polling places for voters to vote on election day. But if Nixa School Board members Heather Zoromski and Mike Copeland had their way, the schools wouldn’t be involved at all. Why? They don’t like political signs planted in the school yard on election… Read more
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New leg, new outlook for Presiding Commissioner
OZARK, MO — Christian County Presiding Commissioner Lynn Morris had his left leg amputated below the knee after a nasty Brown recluse bite infected him in May. Click here for background story. Now, at 75, the county official and retired pharmacist is determined to walk again once his new prosthetic leg arrives in the near… Read more
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Nixa schools now try to duck a Missouri law!
NIXA, MO— Nixa Schools now try to duck a Missouri law and excuse themselves from being a polling place on election day. That’s the word on the street. The school board is supposed to vote on it Tuesday. But Missouri law requires tax supported public buildings, including schools, to serve as polling places. Here is… Read more
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State Rep. now laid up in wheelchair for time being
CLEVER, MO — Burt Whaley, 60, newly elected 138th District State Representative, suffered two torn Achilleas tendons Tuesday, Sept. 10 while attempting a gymnastic “round off” (cartwheel-type activity). Medical professionals told Whaley he’d be laid up for six weeks in a wheelchair, then have to learn how to walk again. “The long-term effects of such… Read more
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Babies are now more at risk
MISSOURI, USA — Missouri’s newborns are at risk. The Missouri Supreme Court decided to overrule a lower court and allow abortion on demand to be on the ballot n November. Isn’t is good to let the people decide? Isn’t that why Roe was overturned, so the states can decide? Yes, you’re right. But how the… Read more
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Why political messaging fails
If I could wave a magic wand and improve the messaging by both political parties, I would: Restore polite politics. Rather than bash your opponent, try informed observations. Like Ronald Reagan when he used wit and charm to sidestep the question of his age as the then oldest president. (He was 73 and running for… Read more
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Why abortion will (likely)win in November
MISSOURI, USA— Voters will turn out in droves in November; not just for the presidential election: Amendment 3, (legalized abortion) is on the ballot. More about that here. Here is why abortion will win in November. That’s all most voters see and hear. Should a woman be allowed to choose what happens to her body?… Read more
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Truth now: Sparta mayor asks rejected business to reapply
Tuesday, August 27, 5:44 p.m. Central Daylight Time. I’m sitting in the parking lot of Town & Country in Sparta. My cell phone rings. “Hello?” “Is this Johnny Rooster?” “The one and only.” “This is Debra Brewster. My husband Bill and I have the idea for the business (7502 State Highway 14, Sparta MO, the… Read more
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Truth now: Amendment 3 leaves out parents!
Vote in the November 5, 2024 election. Please vote NO on Amendment 3. Thank you, Eddie Campbell 417-812-1303 Read more
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Sparta alderman blocks new business!
SPARTA, MO — A husband and wife team bought the old Sparta Senior’s Place building from Cory Smith in December with high hopes of opening a brewery-based business there. But one Sparta Alderman threw a fit. “No liquor license!” he stormed. To get his way, and prevent the new business venture, Alderman Jarrett Iorg took… Read more
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Is the Old Bank building breaking Sparta’s bank?
SPARTA, MO — Sparta Mayor Misty Holt told the Christian County Trumpet the city turned down the highest bid on the old bank building it tried to sell at a public auction Saturday morning, August 17, 2024. “The highest bid was $160,000; the least we can accept is $240,000,” Holt said, looking over the now… Read more