Your Opinion: AARP tactics criticized

Tue, Mar 26, 2013

Dear Editor: The next time AARP bombards your mailbox with solicitations for paid membership, just remember how AARP is trying to scare senior citizens with misleading statements about Sen. Mike Kehoe’s Senate Bill 207 which will make electricity more reliable. In criticizing Sen. Kehoe’s bill to improve electric power reliability, AARP disregards day-to-day needs of […]

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Kehoe bill is a job creator

Mon, Mar 25, 2013

I’m writing because I strongly support Senate Bill 207 and I want to thank state Sen. Mike Kehoe for leading the charge on this bill. I think this bill is good for us because it means keeping and adding jobs in our town. Additional jobs mean more people spending money, more taxes for our town, […]

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Your Opinion: Utility Surcharge would create good-paying jobs

Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Dear Editor: In a previous letter, I asked the reader to imagine what it would be like if we had a total power outage similar to what occurred on board the Carnival cruise ship Triumph. With Gina McCarthy being nominated to head the EPA, the possibility of just that happening, is becoming more and more […]

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Your Opinion: Utility surcharge supported

Wed, Mar 20, 2013

Dear Editor: There has been good progress over the last few weeks for those of us who support a proactive energy policy for Missouri. The Missouri General Assembly has taken wise first steps toward passage of energy (and jobs) legislation called Infrastructure Strengthening and Regulatory Streamlining (ISRS). The bill has overwhelmingly passed House and Senate […]

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LTE: Missouri Legislature should pass bill to attract energy jobs

Tue, Mar 19, 2013

It’s been a great few weeks for those of us who support a proactive energy policy for Missouri. The Missouri Legislature has taken wise first steps toward passage of energy jobs legislation called Infrastructure Strengthening and Regulatory Streamlining. The bill has overwhelmingly passed House and Senate committees. And the Missouri Public Service Commission recently released […]

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