By Victor C Kirk The state coffers are awash with cash. So much so that a feeding frenzy has begun with the elected leadership of state and local governments jockeying to be at the front of the line vying for…
Category: Opinions
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: The riding mower brigade
By Victor C Kirk I know this article will get me into trouble, but here it goes. There appears to be a love affair with riding lawn mowers in Monroe. Never have I seen so many especially moving across such…
Perspectives on the lives we live: Topic – Case for a James Bond of color
By Victor C Kirk I am an enthusiast of the James Bond franchise. When the theaters announce a new movie, I quickly scroll the internet for a movie preview and the local theaters for a show date. I am amazed…
You are the hero of your own story
By Rusty Potter A person must be prepared to fight a battle several times before winning. You must know everything you need to win is on the inside of you. You have the power to pick yourself up and move…
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: City Planning – A quest for a new identity
By Victor C Kirk We all have perhaps lived somewhere else prior to returning home to Monroe or visited a city and internalized what we experienced. Some may have remembered a store, a restaurant, a night out at a remarkable…
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: George Floyd – The Trial
By Victor C Kirk I am tired of crying. I cannot handle death especially senseless ones. It’s gotten to the point now that each newscast emphases some crazy butt deciding their troubles must be aired in public and their self-diagnosis…
Perspectives on the lives we live – Topic: What’s next!
By Victor C. Kirk We all know now that the Oxford-AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine is purported to cause blood clots. A black eye for the science or maybe a plus for the science to have detected the flaw. All medicines have…