Voices: Too lenient

Cupcake comeback: Joplin woman ‘still fighting tornado’

The tornado a year ago took her home, her cars and her business, but not her spirit. In true-grit fashion, Liz Easton decided early on to fight back. She was not going to let the tornado get the best of her.

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October 29, 2009

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Thu Oct 29, 2009, 07:57 PM CDT

Day after day, we read about child molesters and sexual predators getting a plea bargain from the courts.Even some repeat offenders.

While it seems to be OK to tie up the court systems with such offenses as marijuana possession or smoking in prohibited places, the sexual perverts get a plea deal and a slap on the wrist.

Come on, you judges and prosecutors, get your priorities in line.

Pete Peterson

Joplin

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Our View: Shining light on the Guard
When a few members of local fire and law enforcement agencies got caught looting or doing things that clearly broke department policy following the May 22, 2011, tornado, the public knew about it and knew who they were.

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Other Views: Internet control
Here’s a bad idea that keeps recurring: Turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations.

May 30, 2012 1 Photo
Your View: ‘Crying shame’
What irony! Joplinites are involved in a massive effort to plant hundreds of tiny trees to re-leaf Joplin, . . .

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Your view: Words matter
Geoff Caldwell made a good point in a Globe column (May 27) about pack mentality by pointing out how people on the extreme ends of the political spectrum only hear what they want to hear and cannot get beyond their ideological biases.

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Your View: Irresponsible
The irresponsible side of the Missouri Legislature has showed itself again.

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Your View: Journalists and their jobs
I was glad to see the tears and quavering voices during the public showing of “Deadline in Disaster” on Thursday.

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Other Views: We need to learn from floods
Why do tornadoes teach us lessons, but not floods?

May 29, 2012 2 Photos
Our View: Taxpayers deserve better
Legislators who fail to work together to fix problems in their state may not reach a compromise, but they do compromise their state and the taxpayers.

May 29, 2012 1 Photo
Sunday Forum: 2012 graduation speakers key on tornado, mall school and president’s visit
Editor’s note: In addition to speeches by President Barack Obama and Gov. Jay Nixon, Joplin High School’s top students addressed graduates, faculty, parents and other guests packed into the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus. Following are the text of those speeches.

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