The issue: Relocating National Tom Sawyer Days away from the immediate downtown area.
Our stance: We encourage people taking in the NTSD events and carnival to also visit the downtown Hannibal.

This country will never return to the growth and prosperity that the American people have experienced. Why? Because we have opened our borders to cheap labor products.

 The uninsured population is higher outside the metropolitan areas of Missouri. Why? Because private health insurance costs more in rural areas and employer-sponsored health care is more likely to be offered at firms who employ over 1,000 workers – few small town employers are even close to that scale.

 Oh, but I must show the other side of the coin posed by Chris Smith, “Kids in trouble,” Thursday, June 11, 2009. Until about three years ago, I might be inclined to agree with keeping pictures of kids in trouble out of the paper. However, the population of Hannibal has exploded with criminal activities, and the public should not be kept in the dark as to the perpetrators.

Michael Jackson's death prompted a reaction around the world. Courier-Post columnist Danny Henley asks, Where were you when you heard the news?

The issue: Results of the recent alcohol compliance check in Hannibal.
Our stance: There is no excuse for the recent decline in the compliance to city ordinances in regard to the sale of alcohol to minors.

What has 50 eyes, seems impervious to heat, travels here from as far away as Maine and Massachusetts, and displays an insatiable curiosity about Mark Twain? The correct answer would be 25 educators attending the first of three week-long teacher workshops at the Mark Twain Museum this past week. That’s right. Teachers actually gave up a week of their much-deserved summer vacation in order to become better teachers. And by “better” we mean wanting to teach more Mark Twain.

The issue: Finding an appropriate way to mark a rebirth after last year’s flood.
Our view: Clarksville offers the perfect example of how to celebrate.
 

The sooner the better.
 

As a subscriber to the Hannibal Courier-Post and the Mexico Ledger, I noticed an identical letter in each of the papers, only with different signatures. It appears some people are using the opinion column as an agenda to influence President Obama’s health care plan. When I see this it makes we wonder who is behind the articles.