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America is facing the great ‘Shut-down’ but what we should be seeing is a ‘Shut up’. Most people hold the role of President in the greatest esteem with the possible exception of the incumbent. Speeches inspire, tweets don’t. There should be well thought out speeches and press statements that use the full vocabulary of the English language and not invented words. Present the best and forget the rest. [ Editor’s Note: It’s a little weird that one of the lead news stories each day on the Yahoo! News page is the “ Donald Trump Tweetstorm,” with a rundown of the previous Twitter rants from the president. I’m not necessarily saying it’s a bad thing — an almost direct line of communication between the president and the citizenry is, at least in theory, a good thing. Now, most of what Trump tweets basically boils down to either “ Ain’t I great?” or “ Look at these losers!” But that doesn’t mean Twitter is in and of itself a bad thing. As for the government shut- down… I’m sorry, I just can’t get all that upset about it. The things that are shut down aren’t really having a direct effect on the average American, and all the employees that are still having to work because they are part of “ essential services” will eventually be compensated for their time. Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this standoff over border security and the wall, I’ve picked up on two things: 1) Politicians, regardless of party, have no problem whatsoever about behaving like three- year- olds who aren’t getting their way, and 2) Life goes on, even with a government shut- down, so I’m thinking we could save a lot of money by getting rid of some of these government expenditures]

*** Everyone knows what is really going on in Marion, so why doesn’t anyone do anything about it? [ Editor’s Note: I guess I’m out of the loop… this is a pretty open- ended question, and without some more details, I’m not sure I could even begin to speculate.

So, at the risk of sounding ignorant, what is really going on in Marion that no one is doing anything about?]

*** I think you might have answered this before but why isn’t there an overpass connecting LH Polk to the “other” LH Polk. It doesn’t make any sense, it’s confusing and it is ridiculous to have two large parts of the city completely disconnected from each other. Wasn’t there one in the plans a while back?

[ Editor’s Note: I think there might be some confusion here. There is an overpass planned for L. H. Polk ( in Marion, for those not familiar with the area), but it’s the one everyone has been talking about on the east end of the street. It will connect Highway 77 with the neighborhoods on the other side of the railroad tracks on the northeast side of the city, because yes, as you point out, it is ridiculous to have two large parts of the city completely disconnected from each other. Now clearly, if you’ve ever needed to get from one L. H. Polk to the other L. H. Polk, you realize how much of a chore that can be, requiring you to either make a loop down the Service Road, down by Lakeshore, past the Animal Shelter and then turn back onto L. H. Polk ( reverse that if you’re coming from the other direction) or go down the service road, brave not only the dangerous I- 55 off ramp and then go through the “ intersection of doom” and go up the other service road to get back onto L. H.

Polk ( again, reverse that if you’re coming from the other direction). So, an overpass would make sense… except for the logistics of actually putting one in. With the schools right there and not much room to work with, I actually can’t see where you’d have space for an overpass, the necessary off and on ramps, and the overpass bypass traffic lanes.

At the very least, they could have not named the other street “ L. H. Polk,” because you have the confusion, similar to ( but much worse than) the East Barton/ West Barton situation in West Memphis]

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