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January 31, 2008 | 12:00 a.m. CST
Moving can be exciting. It’s offered me a chance to redefine my life and my goals and find opportunities I didn’t have before. But it also requires a maze of phone calls to cancel electricity at the old place and start it up at the new place, finding a decent moving truck and begging friends to help lift the heavy stuff, not to mention changing out the license plates and insurance. I couldn’t imagine the steps it takes to move to another country.
I have a great deal of respect for people who have the courage to move across borders and into the U.S. in search of an improved life. Immigrants are looking for the same things we all are when we move, but they face tangles of paperwork and a complicated legal system. Eduardo Crespi, the founder of Columbia’s Centro Latino, is striving to provide assistance in navigating the process of becoming a U.S. citizen, and his organization also provides everyday assistance with common needs, such as after-school tutoring for children. Such services make a move to Missouri more pleasant.
Missouri now has another reason to consider itself a great place to live. With Matt Blunt bowing out of the next election, the state will be spared another four years of poor decision-making. The American system of healthcare is broken and in severe need of change. His decision to cut funding and thereby deny adequate services to citizens most in need of help is unacceptable. Putting together a panel to investigate the negative effects of abortion on women’s health was a thinly veiled precursor to attempts to restrict abortion rights.
For your enjoyment, Vox has put together a convenient list of all the reasons why Columbians should be happy that the obtuse Blunt had the good sense to bow out of the upcoming election. It’s possibly his first sharp decision.
