The Planning, Zoning, and Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled to consider the proposed replat of the Myers Park Development next Monday afternoon at 5:15 in City Hall.

The proposal, submitted to the Commission by the City Council, would eliminate the construction of a circle intersection in the middle of the development and eliminate the planned view corridor.

The proposal drew pointed discussion during the last Council meeting and the vote to submit it to the Planning Commission ended in a 5-5 tie. Mayor Kenneth Johnson broke the tie in favor.

Council member Larry Ross presented the proposal to the Council stating that it would draw more prospective buyers to the interior of the development.

Council member Jackie Boyer, who was a member of the Myers Park Planning Committee, argued that the current plat was developed over time and should not be overturned without further consideration.

Any recommendations by the Commission will have to be approved by the Council.

Letter to the Editor
Opinions expressed reflect those of the writer
and not necessarily those of the Mornin' Mail.

Dear Editor,

A few comments on last Tuesday’s Council meeting.

Roses to Larry Ross for his time and effort in checking out the little shopping mall and his comments on the value of extending Garrison on to HH. Roses to the Mayor for sending the plan on to planning and zoning. Raspberries to Clark and Boyer for being against the idea. Either developers don’t care for your ascetic design or else you have priced yourself out of the market, after a couple of years a person would think even local politicians would wake up to the fact, something is wrong.

One more comment, if you happen to attend some of the public services meetinds, especially pertaining to the golf course, don’t ask anything about where the money they brought in went. They tend to get rather testy and rude.

Rudy J. Mueller
Carthage, MO

I haven’t checked gas prices in the last thirty minutes, so no tellin’ where they are right now.

Over the weekend I happened to be travelin’ and looks like the buck seventy-nine is pretty well the norm ‘tween here and Wichita.

From what I’ve seen here in town, a couple of the stations have been tryin’ to get the prices in line with the rest of the region by puttin’ their price up for a day or at least a few hours. When ever’one else doesn’t bring their price up with ‘em, they drop back down. It’s a game that looks like is keepin’ the consumer happy, but likely drivin’ the owners of the gas pumps a little crazy.

Carthage still seems ta have the cheapest prices around.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

by

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