Category: Letters to the Editor

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful.” When my grandmother became a widow, she moved from Jacksonville to Signal Mountain to…

Dear Monticello News, Thank you so much for including Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in your newspaper. This organization saves lives! Thank you so much! Anonymously Yours, Greatful!

I read Larry “AKA” Lawrence Berger’s (our local conspiracy theorist) latest letter. Even he could not mount a full throated conspiracy theory about the insurrection. Somebody should take Larry aside and tell…

I frequently visit Monticello to see my family. My uncle, William Bullock, served the community in a variety of public offices, including as a member of the Board of County Commissioners. I…

Doing some reading this week on the Senate website, I saw that the party breakdown is as follows: Democrat: 48 Independent: 2 Republican: 50 Not being the product of either an outcome-based…

I disagree with the recent “Christian Concept” article column accusing Trump of being a Dictator. Castro was a dictator. Chavez was a dictator. Trump was not. Even Obama, with his disregard for…

I would like to present a scenario that is actually in the process of happening. This country I speak of is in the middle of a pandemic, anxiously waiting for vaccines to…

Dear Jefferson County Commissioners, Thank you for coming to the rescue of the homeschoolers, rising above the politics of some elected officials. All students matter in our community and many homeschooled children…

Despite a global pandemic, residents throughout Big Bend/Tallahassee FL Area Team shared the true meaning of Christmas with children in need this past holiday season. At curbside drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s…

I find myself repeating a four word phrase more and more, which is “it is beyond insane.”  I’ve never said this the amount of times I have in the last four years. I was…

Prior to moving to Tallahassee in 2018, I worked for several years at a large, corporate hospice located in a metropolitan area with over 30 hospice providers, the vast majority of which…

I have always thought this and now am sure of it. I just had my first Covid-19 vaccination administered by the Health Department and could not have been more impressed. After submitting…

This is to congratulate management and staff at the Health Department for the way they are handling the Covid vaccinations. From the greeting staff, the briefing by the EMT, and the smooth…

I wrote a letter last week talking about global warming.The information given  in the  letter is one third of the evidence of this marxist movement in our country. I’ve said this before, but…

We have been hearing for some time that a thousand new residents land in Florida every year. That seems a little hard to believe and to comprehend what that means for state…

I recall many years ago in a civics class learning how the three branches of government were akin to a three-legged stool. Checks and balances. Legislatures pass laws, the executive branch enforces…

I’ve noticed that since the election, the Democrats have begun talk about global warming, part of the Green New Deal. I looked over the foundational arguments for global warming being a fact. They…

One thing the 2020 Presidential election has shown is that in these United States those in rural counties like Jefferson do not have the same voting representation that those in urban areas…

American Legion Post 49 is very sorry for the cancellation of the Veterans Day fireworks display and program caused by the threat of Hurricane Eta. Two days prior to the event, Hurricane…

When I was just a young lad around 10 years old, I remember well admiring one of my older brothers, Eddie, as he rode large horses on a local ranch here in…