Four Questions For A Better Kirkwood

The Webster-Kirkwood Times for some reason decided not to print my Mailbag Letter submission below.

I was responding to Mr. Dick Reeves Mailbag letter from April 4, 2008 entitled "Three Suggestions For A Better Kirkwood." I do not know why the Times only wants to give one point of view, but the citizens of Kirkwood still need to read a response to Mr. Reeves "Suggestions." I hope our community will be able to get a response from Mr. Reeves to these questions. I will gladly post them for all to see.

It is time to bring the dialogue in the community back to reality rather than the just getting only the viewpoint of the same group of residents in Kirkwood who now go by the name "Kirkwood Citizens Coming Together For A Bright Future."


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Four Questions For A Better Kirkwood

I am writing in response to Mr. Dick Reeves’ letter “Three Suggestions For A Better Kirkwood.” Here are 4 questions it would “behoove” Mr. Reeves to answer in his alleged quest for “A Better Kirkwood.”

1. When in all the decades you have lived in “Dear Ole Kirkwood” have you ever done anything positive, concrete and productive to deal with the “concerns of the residents of Meacham Park?” Your “suggestion” would carry much more weight if your shoulder was to the plow doing and having done what you want others to do to “benefit the entire Kirkwood family.”

2. Could you please provide a list of all the former Kirkwood residents who have been “forced to move from their homes” by “gigantic ‘McMansions?’” I would like to see their name, former address, the original purchase price and selling price of the home, in addtion a detailed description of exactly how the “McMansions” surrounding the house accomplished forcing the owner out. To make the claim that people should “feel and be secure in their homes” you must have documented proof of this phenomenon.

3. Why do you want the new City Council to violate the will of the people of “Dear Ole Kirkwood” and set aside their vote regarding curbside recycling? In April, 2004 our responsive City Council put this question before the people. Kirkwoodians declared by a margin of over 2.8 to 1 that we did not want curbside recycling. Now all of a sudden you want to be undemocratic and throw that vote away!

4. Have you “resolved” to “treat all people everywhere with respect, decency and kindness” like you suggested at the end of your letter? Your insulting and outrageous comments attacking a City Staff member who is a fellow Kirkwoodian at the March 6th City Council meeting, (which were appropriately stopped by Deputy Mayor Griffin), lacked all three of these attributes.


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