Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was ashamed as I drove through Monticello on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Although the President and the Governor had ordered flags to be flown at half staff, there were…

A disturbing number of Veterans take their own lives in the U.S. On average, approximately 7,300 Veterans die from suicide each year. Despite significant efforts and billions of dollars invested by the…

Letter to the Editor, This letter is intended to clarify recent statements made about school board taxes. To begin, the 1.5 mil capital operating millage is not a new tax, and has…

My wonderful mailman brought my Taxing Authority Tax Information aka TRIM last week. I am taxed by the County, the City, the Water Management District and the School Board. By far the…

Unfortunately a number of our elected officials did not take, or did not pay attention in, an eighth (8th) grade civic class. This county is a “democratic republic”, not a pure democracy….

I had a real problem with the writer trashing the place he had lived. In the Old West, if you shot a man in the back, you were a coward. The premise…

If the County had nothing to do with the trouble the Clerk of Court is in, I don’t think the County or its insurance company should be expected to pay. D. Warren

You already have the right to plan about becoming a parent. You already have the choice about your body. These rights can’t be taken away. These choices are made when you choose…

I am writing today in the hopes of inspiring members of our community who are looking to advance, or jump start their career in Politics. While the idea of career advancement can…

Dear Editor, When future anthropologists read through the archives of the Monticello News in their quest to understand institutional racism from the perspective of a small, southern community, they will no doubt…

On June 4th I stopped by the North Florida Fairgrounds on South Monroe Street to visit Gulf Power Company’s open house. A friend had passed along the newspaper ad from a week…

While I and my neighbors appreciate all of City of Tallahassee, Jefferson, Leon and Tallahassee commissioners have done on the NextEra project, the “new proposed gas line route” is far from ideal…

I am a concerned resident regarding the proposed transmission line running through our county. Could someone in Jefferson County please explain to me why our county commissioners are not standing up for…

One of the latest attacks on Western Civilization is the odious cry of “White privilege” in many of our tax-payer subsidized, White-people-founded universities, universities that openly discriminate against White people through Affirmative…

Dear Editor: George Washington, in his 1796 “Farewell Address”, offered some very good advice to the American people. Amongst that advice was a warning about the dangers of allowing ‘political factions’ to…

My husband and I have lived in Jefferson County for over 26 years. We purchased our house and property in 1993, due to the area being rural and a place we could…

I’m a Leon County resident affected by this travesty of a NextEra proposed power line, and I stand with my friends and neighbors in Jefferson County in opposing it. Commissioner Steve Walker…

Editor: We are privileged to witness the end of Western Civilization, the creation of which has brought to peoples of the world numerous benefits including advances in transportation, food production, medical procedures…

At the April 23 noise ordinance meeting, I saw two things I was very glad to see. First, our attorney Scott Shirley wrote an ordinance that was very limited in scope and…

Joyful Noise has become a well-attended and anticipated event in our County. We appreciate the support for Big Bend Hospice (BBH) that has been provided for our community for many years. We…