Category: Letters to the Editor

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…

For those of you who thought Washington would finally get back to governing and undertaking the public’s essential business once Special Council Muller’s report was finalized, buckle your seatbelts!! The outright refusal…

I am writing as the parent of a student at Somerset, regarding the remarks made by School Board chair Shirley Washington, as printed in the March 29 edition of the Jefferson Journal….

I am trying to understand Shirley Washington. First of all, I don’t. If she is all about the education of the children, then why did the district have to turn over the…

I read with concern your article, “High Voltage Line to Cross Jefferson County.” First, the headline implies this is a done deal. It is not. The impacted residents are fighting this project,…

I would like to begin by acknowledging Ashley Hunter’s great column in the last issue of the Jefferson Journal, “Who Speaks For You?” Ms. Hunter’s insightful piece motivated me to re-examine who…

I just saw on national TV that thousands of our children across the country walked out of school to demand legislators do something about climate change and in support of the new…

The Democrats are notorious for making other people’s problems their own. Shortly, perhaps minutes, after New Zealand announced prohibitions against semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) tweeted the “U.S. needs…

I am a Jefferson county resident. I have been a victim of hit and run while biking on 19N. I still ride thousands of miles around north Jefferson County on my bike….

At a time when states like New York are placing the right to murder an unborn baby in their constitution even to say that the procedure does not have to be performed…

“If socialist understood economics they wouldn’t be socialist.” Friedrich Hayek The greatest threat facing the United States today doesn’t come from China, Iran, or even Russia; it’s the growing number of Americans,…

Pedro has a job, a ’59 Chevy, a home, a farm where he grows sugarcane and has all kinds of animals, including a donkey. Pedro has worked hard all his life to…

Venezuela is about to explode, Israel is on the verge of war in the Gaza with Hamas, China is building islands for fighter aircraft and building aircraft carriers with the aim to…

February 22 is George Washington’s birthday and February 12 is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. As all Americans should know, Washington was America’s first president. His amazing unselfed service to God and our country…

When I moved to Jefferson County in 1973 there was a railroad running from Lamont to the Georgia line. I could hear the train and was taken in by the romance of…

As a Jefferson County resident , am I the only one who thinks that spending another taxpayer dime on the “restoration” of Building A of the old Jefferson High School is a…