Editor's note: This letter to the editor by reader Jennifer Raper ran in the Saturday edition of the newspaper. It has since caused some readers to be upset. I am reposting it here out of fairness as I posted a Democratic letter that was meant to go in the newspaper and did not.
The Laclede County Record has been contacted by some concerned and upset people about a letter to the editor that was in Saturday's paper. The letter written by Jennifer Raper espoused the virtues of the Republican Party while denouncing the Democratic Party.
Editor's note: The following letter to the editor was written by Ronna Ford, the Democratic candidate for the 129th district for the Missouri House of Representatives. Ford wrote this letter last week but accidentally sent it to the wrong email address.
The term “fake news” is used quite often in today’s political climate. If you are one of those people who like to rely on the moniker “fake news” to foolishly rescue you from news you don’t want to hear, you might just be the type of person who would seemingly believe the world to be flat. The