Every day we are charged with providing basic services to the citizens we serve. As the saying goes, we make sure the trains run on time. In a city, that means, among many other things, striving to provide clean parks with programming our families want police and fire services that keep our community safe; clean…
I want to give a BIG shout out to the Wendy’s in Jasper and to Servus for showing some love to a customer and World War II veteran. My wife and I were enjoying a meal at Wendy’s Tuesday night when an elderly gentlemen wearing a World War II Veteran hat came into the store…
Martin Luther King Jr. whose life was cut short by an assassin, was a man at the right time, chosen by God. Dr. King’s key role in the civil rights movement was critical in turning a nation. Men like Martin Luther King Jr. just don’t happen, they are molded by God and sent out on…
Hoosiers, we just paid our fall property tax installments back in November. Do you know how they were calculated? Where did your government come up with that number? And are property taxes really worse than the alternatives? The first thing you may not know is your home is assessed based on its market value. Locally,…
Dear Honorable Citizens of Dubois County Israel aggravates the other nations of the Middle East and the rest of the world by illegally building peace destroying “settlements” on occupied Palestinian lands because, with a true peace in the Middle East, Israel would find it much harder to get billions in free American aid. Just a…
Roadways, runways, rail lines and river-ways are the lifeblood of logistics. A world-class infrastructure is vital to the movement of products and the future economic prosperity of Indiana. By 2035, freight is projected to double according to the United States Department of Transportation. Indiana’s current transportation network cannot support that volume without significant investment by…
It has been entertaining to watch leftists flailing hysterically since the election of Donald Trump. Their contempt for their country and the democratic process could not be more obvious. And nowhere in the media, the academia, or the Democrat Party, is there even a trace of soul searching or acknowledgment of possible miscues under President…
As I mentioned in another Letter to the Editor, “Why America is the Greatest Country on the Planet,” Hacking of emails occurred at the DNC and with Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman John Podesto. These emails, from the DNC, revealed through Wikileaks, showed that the fix was in against Bernie Sander. The DNC and the super…
The original constitution approved by the framers in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, did not have a Bill of Rights. When it went out to the states to be ratified, at each of the states’ ratification conventions there was a demand for a Bill of Rights. In the very first Congress, shepherded through by Representative…
The beautiful community Christmas Tree on the courthouse lawn during the 2016 Christmas and holiday season has been donated by Scott and Marsha Jones of Jasper. This beautiful tree serves as the main Christmas tree for Jasper – for the holiday season. The lights on the tree, the beautiful red bows and the lighted garland…
