Letter: 51ºÚÁÏ County budget shortfall is the result of flawed leadership Dec 23, 2025 Dec 23, 2025 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just when you think 51ºÚÁÏ County government can't get any worse, it does. The latest fiasco is the 2026 county budget. ("51ºÚÁÏ County Council approves 9% cut in spending next year," Dec. 17.)kAm%96 3F586E 2D AC@A@D65 3J r@F?EJ tI64FE:G6 $2> !286 925 2C@F?5 2? Sg_ >:==:@? 567:4:E] %96 r@F?EJ r@F?4:=VD 3F586E 4@@C5:?2E@C D2:5 E96 4@F?EJ H@F=5 8@ 32?<CFAE :7 E92E 2>@F?E @7 DA6?5:?8 4@?E:?F65]k^AmkAm%96 4@F?4:= >256 Scg >:==:@? @7 4FED E@ E96 3F586E 2?5 25565 23@FE S`d >:==:@? 7C@> E96 #2>D D6EE=6>6?E 7F?5D] tG6CJ@?6 28C665 E9:D H:== ?@E D@=G6 E96 =@?8\E6C> AC@3=6>] k^Am People are also reading… Cardinals trade Willson Contreras to Red Sox for Hunter Dobbins and 2 prospect pitchers A look at the 3 prospects Cardinals are receiving from Red Sox in Willson Contreras deal These 51ºÚÁÏ area restaurants are open on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Worthy: Illini freshman guard Keaton Wagler announced his presence in Braggin' Rights win Cardinals broadcast partner skips payment. Club says latest hiccup won't limit fan access. Kansas City Chiefs announce they will leave Arrowhead and relocate across the Kansas-Missouri border Edwardsville school chief ousted after unapproved pay cuts, poor leadership, report says School secretary killed in Ste. Genevieve car wreck always had a smile for students Judge ousts 51ºÚÁÏ Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office New offensive coordinator Chip Lindsey takes pay cut to join Mizzou What comes next for Cardinals after Willson Contreras trade? Worthy: With Cardinals in a full-tilt rebuild, trading Nolan Arenado the next crucial move St. Luke’s sells Des Peres hospital site to an ex-board member's firm 'College football is sick': Mizzou's Eli Drinkwitz sounds alarm on NIL, lack of rules Mike Bush, longtime KSDK anchor, to retire in August kAmqF586E 567:4:ED 5@?VE ;FDE 92AA6?] %96J 2C6 E96 C6DF=E @7 DA6?5:?8 ?@E 36:?8 >2E4965 E@ C6G6?F6[ ?@ >2EE6C E96 2>@F?ED] !286 2?5 4@F?4:= >6>36CD D66> ?@E E@ F?56CDE2?5 E9:D] %96J 2== 56D6CG6 3=2>6 7@C E96 7:?2?4:2= >6DD $E] {@F:D r@F?EJ :D :?]k^Am kAmkDEC@?8m%@> $F==:G2?k^DEC@?8mk^AmkAm&?:G6CD:EJ r:EJk^Am 0 Comments Catch the latest in Opinion Get opinion pieces, letters and editorials sent directly to your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Most Popular Letter: Missouri pols backed Trump's cruelty over their own constituent Letter: Isn't it a sad day when not one Missouri Republican would help their constituent when a wrong had been committed by the federal government? Letter: Epstein files unlikely to worsen what we already know about Trump Well, the Epstein files are out — or some of them, anyway. Presumably more will trickle out as quickly as the Department of Justice can scrub … Letter: Pols who tolerate Trump's rhetoric should face electoral pushback Letter: As a country, we should not tolerate a head of state who injects such toxicity into public conversation without accountability. Letter: Farmers cannot feed America if courts prevent pesticide access Letter: The tools that keep our livelihoods and local economies afloat should not be determined in a court or overregulated by politicians. Letter: Why are immigration agents allowed to cover their faces in public? Letter: xx
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