Paul Hampel’s front-page article in your October 22nd edition should prompt exponential growth in the number of residential and commercial property owners outraged by the abuses of power that characterize the appeals process. Hampel deserves a Pulitzer Prize for exposing…

I like visiting my local bar and I enjoy having the opportunity to have a cigarette with my beer.  The staff there also enjoy this simple pleasure.
I think that we are all aware that smoking poses health risks. People…

Dear Editor,

In a recent Post-Dispatch Editorial on county real estate assessment dated February 6th, County Executive Dooley’s Chief of Staff Garry Earls was quoted as saying “if you’re upset with the assessment rules, you’ll have to complain to the Missouri…

The final paragraph of a Sunday letter clearly states what should be the focus of property tax; to clearly reflect the real value of property—-what a buyer has paid for it–and to assess taxes at the time of sale. The…

MSD-rate hikes but little action from our public utility

I purchased my first Kirkwood home in 1992, off of W. Essex Ave., West of Geyer, and have since purchased another Kirkwood home for my parents. I love Kirkwood and am proud…

Regarding “Assessing Assessment” (Feb 8th) you tell us that Mr. Earls likes to tell (lecture) us that if assessments go down, i.e. truly reflect housing values, “it would wreak havoc on schools, fire districts, city government and dozens of other…

I am referring to the letter on the Opinion page written by Mr. Phil Vonder Haar of Webster Groves. The subject was “We gave at the office” published on January 22, 2009.

I live in Affton and had a 22 percent…

Here they go again…County Executive Charlie Dooley and his veto-proof County Council…ignoring the citizens of St. Louis County.

The voters on November 4, 2008 voted NO to the $120 million county bond issue. But does County Executive Dooley care what the…

Regarding “St. Louis County may extend helmet laws to all areas” (Nov 25) : As a highschool student I cannot image seeing a police officer pulling over someone whose is riding a bicyle withiout a helmet or rollerblading in Forest…