Opinion

Dear Editor, As a resident of Marshall, I have concerns about issuing burn permits for those in the city. I don’t understand why this is allowed at all. First of all, we live very close together. I understand burning if you live in the country and your closest neighbors are not even in sight, but burning yard waste in your backyard in town — even if the wind is fairly calm — will affect your neighbors within many blocks. ...

Dear Editor, I live in Saline County. A month ago I went to the courthouse to the Road Commissioner’s Office to complain about our road. They graded it on Monday, the 20th of March. My husband was told we would have gravel on the road and hill. It has been two weeks and still no gravel. ...

Dear Editor, It seems like ever since David Kemm has gone to heaven, it seems like the whole town has done down hill when it comes to keeping the trash cleaned up around here. If I wasn’t disabled, I would get out and try to do my part. But I can’t. ...

To the Editor, We are very pleased to see that Julie Schwetz is running for mayor of the city of Marshall. Julie was a member of the Marshall Public Library board at the same time that I was, and she impressed us with her in-depth questions about finances, as well as other issues with which we were dealing. Her opinions and ideas were well thought out, and she was a valued and respected member of the board...