Wednesday, March 25, 2015 This month, Congress has the chance to solve a problem that’s plagued our nation’s seniors physicians for more than a decade: the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR), an arcane formula that sets Medicare rates without regard … Continue reading Letter to the Editor: Time to Repeal SGR
By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit bowmansj@sbcglobal.net Every year at Maddenfest there’s a ride called the Vortex. It’s wheel-shaped with a seven-foot fence around the perimeter and riders stand with their backs against the fence, facing the center. There … Continue reading New at Maddenfest: The iPhone Vortex
Shelby and Emma’s persistence this season has been inspiring By Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit When I photograph high school baseball games for the Brentwood Spirit I always stand where the light is best, in the fence opening next … Continue reading Commentary: Gaining From Losing
March 28, 2012 – Yesterday my wife Toni received a letter, the paper kind with postage, that begins “This is an open letter to the women voters of Brentwood Ward One speaking to the destructive path chosen by Maureen Saunders … Continue reading Ignore Cowardly Slander
Steve, I just wanted to let you know, the Marine Corps League Deatchment #184 BBQ at Cabela’s on September, 17 & 18, plus the selling of “Thank You Corporal McLoud” tee shirts at the Museum of Transportation has been a … Continue reading Update on Marine Corps League Benefit
Martin Jansky Resident, Bremerton Road in Rock Hill Same Street, Same School, Better Community, Safer Kids The Petition to adjust the Brentwood – Webster school district (“WSD”) line that divides the Bremerton Road neighborhood was the end of our … Continue reading Resident Responds to ‘Same Street’ Issue
by Steve Bowman Editor, The Brentwood Spirit On Sunday, Brentwood residents learned what the mayor and city officials have known for months: over the past 24 years, Brentwood firefighters have received hundreds of thousands of dollars of overtime pay for … Continue reading Firefighter OT Is 2nd Scandal In Past Month
Dear Editor – I enjoyed reading my first edition of the The Brentwood Spirit. As a graduate of and near-life-long resident of Brentwood, I appreciate the fact that we can still present our community as a traditional, small mid-western town. With that said, I have a suggestion that might help to include a large portion of our community in your publication. Frankly, the selection of stories (at least the web-issue that I read) focus on familiar faces, repeated themes and services covered by a local hard-print periodical. In order to separate your publication from this tired repetitiveness , I suggest … Continue reading Make The Spirit More Far-Reaching
Brentwood High School Class of ’61 Reunion Members of the Brentwood High School class of 1961 are planning a 50 year reunion on September 16 and 17 and would like your help in locating a few classmates that they are … Continue reading Brentwood High School Class of ’61 Would Like Your Help
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