Published Thursday, March 27, 2008
THE TRIBUNE'S VIEW
Airline service
Air Midwest has given up the ghost at Columbia Regional Airport. The federally subsidized carrier can’t make money flying between Columbia and Kansas City, so it has notified the U.S. Department of Transportation it will discontinue service. The department has received three proposals from replacement carriers.
TRIB TALK
PAID ELECTION LETTER
Levy a small price to improve schools, city
Editor, the Tribune: I am curious to know why my fellow voters are so concerned about a 54-cent tax levy for education. If memory serves, there was no finger-pointing, "they did this wrong," "they can’t be trusted" type of debate when a new prison or jail needed to be built. Maybe the administrators of Columbia Public Schools need to learn about finances a bit, maybe the school board needs some PR work, but when the dust settles, what’s really at stake is our children. So you live in a $100,000 house - that should raise your property tax about 12 bucks a month. I would suggest not buying a latte for a couple of days, and it’ll be covered.
OPEN COLUMN
Japanese classes teach more than a language
Editor, the Tribune: Economist Mike Podgursky says, beyond the education outlined in the Missouri Constitution, "It’s really up to what taxpayers what to spend, if they want schools to have swimming pools and Astroturf and to offer Japanese."
Facing hard times, W. soft in the head
By MAUREEN DOWD
WASHINGTON - Everyone here is flummoxed about why the president is in such a fine mood.
McCain’s bill comes back to bite him
By BILL O’REILLY
John McCain must be wondering where it all went wrong. Way back in 2001, the senator joined with ultra-liberal Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin in championing "The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act," which was supposed to get the fat cats out of the election process. President George W. Bush signed the legislation into law, and it has become forever known as the "McCain-Feingold Act."
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