DON'T COUNT MISSOURI OUT YET!

If we think of Missouri as a know-nothing state, we are kidding ourselves.  Here's why!

A school in the Ozark Mountain area allows teachers and others to bring and use concealed weapons in school.  Many parents were pleased with the action, but some felt uneasy and would prefer  alternative ways to protecting the safety of their children.

Whether it is health care for a select few, or unequal sharing of the burden of taxes, or failure to  limit easy access to manufacturing and the sale of guns, Missouri's Citizens recognize the danger of each to each of us and our communities.

We live on farms, in cities and towns.  We know there are many of us, voters and organizations working diligently on issues that have and do impact the quality of life where we live. We know too that some of our work has been a surprise to those who represent us up and down the great rivers which sometimes have separated us from each other and the rest of the country.

We have been schooled by and live with nature's moody disposition.. We have learned how to carry on before her screaming winds.   We are one state with communities of men, women and children, threatened or prospering in rural counties or on city streets.

We recognize this and caution the skeptics, don't count Missouri out yet!