Unrest In The Woods

The following is part of a paid "ad" in todays Mt. Echo, the Ironton newspaper.

Environmental extremist groups like the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment have been working with Attorney General Jay Nixon for years trying to find ways to shut down AmerenUE and other business ventures in Reynolds and surronding counties.

These same groups, working with Jay Nixon, want to see this area turned into a huge wilderness resort. These same groups would like to see schools and towns disappear from the map. They would like to see farms and homes disappear off the map. For at least a couple of decades these same groups working with Jay Nixon have kept any new mines from appearing on the map in Southeast Missouri.

J.C. Kuessner (our state rep.) introduced Jay Nixon to our area a few months ago as a great candidate for Governor of Missouri in 2008. It is obvious that J.C. lied.

There are a few things probably worse than Hillary Clinton becoming president or Jay Nixon becoming governor of Missouri. Off-hand I can't think of what those things might be, and I am going to do my part to keep either one of those potentioal disasters from coming to pass.

Ed Stewart, Lesterville

I'm sure that Ed has had trouble sleeping since the last election.