Smithville TODAY
"Building Bridges for Tomorrow"
Featured Texts

Picking the Taxpayer's Pocket
June 27, 2008

The Art of Trampling Free Speech
June 8, 2008

How to "Hijack" an Election
May 26, 2008

Taking the Voter's Pulse
May 5, 2008

A Mom to Remember............
April  21, 2008

Southern Hospitality?
March 31, 2008

Question the Candidates---NOW!!!
March 23, 2008

Let The Sun Shine In
March 16, 2008

Footprints
March 12, 2008

Government by Veto? 
March 10, 2008

Beyond the Call 
February 10, 2008

Red Marbles 
February 6, 2008

Let’s Hear it for Open Government 
January 24, 2008

An Out-of-Towner Discovers the South
January 15, 2008

Investing in Our Kids Futures 
January 15, 2008

Thoughts to Consider

Those who profess to love freedom and yet deprecate agitation
are men who want crops without plowing...
Power concedes nothing without a demand. 
It never did and never will.
Frederick Douglas

"Neither the Smithville Mayor nor any single Alderman has the legal authority to raise or lower real property taxes, acting alone."

Warren L. Johns       
June 3, 2008