Here are some of the issues area residents are discussing. The statements were phoned in anonymously, so the Courier does not vouch for their veracity, nor do we know what motivated the callers:

All Obama’s stem cell research agreement has done is give California the ability to create designer kids.

Midway Police are writing tickets to pay their salaries and harassing citizens. They need to build a bypass over the city.

If you don’t know who is paying for the 75 babies at the hospital, it’s probably not you. You’re probably not the father. And you should probably just worry about yourself.

Wow, I didn’t know babies could be born without a father. As Eddie Murphy said, it’s a miracle.

I pay my taxes and think Al Williams should pay his. Pony up.

Stimulus for transportation, let’s have electric buses.

Be sure to check your credit cards. Some have started putting monthly service fees on and are double billing some items.