Letter to the editor:

I have lived in Owensville since 1950 and I like others have seen a lot of changes. And not all for the better either.

We complain about the electric bills being to high ( an that could change by your use), the potholes in the streets, no employees to keep our town running like it should, etc. But the thing that bothers me the most is condition of the appearance of our town. We want to move the courthouse to Owensville, but we have weeds growing on every lot of ground, houses laying in piles on lots, junk lying all over the area. I can remember when we have license plates that said “Owensville the cleanest town in MO;” we can’t say that anymore.

It’s time we started taking pride in our community and done some cleaning up. We’ll not get new industries, new residence, or be appealing for growth with the state we’re in right now.

We have council members being paid good money to sit in the chamber and do nothing to enforce the laws to clean our house up. Come on guys earn that paycheck. If you sell the power plant were are you going to get the money for your salary. It’s the only thing we have to produce revenue to pay you.

I am proud of Owensville but I could be a lot prouder if we had a cleanup.

Terry Knight