Category: Letters to the Editor

It makes one wonder why at the last Jefferson County School Board meeting the same explanation by Superintendent Arbulu had to be repeated several times for some board members to finally understand…

After reading the article in the Monticello News last week, it became crystal clear regarding the failure of our school board. After reading the coverage of the board meeting, one thing was…

I read in last week’s Monticello News that our school board felt somewhat left- out going onto the campus of Somerset Jefferson County. It seems that all of those years on the…

Hi folks. I have really fond memories of this town. The first summer here. My Mom worked in Tallahassee and my step-father was working on a road construction job near Cherry Lake…

Much has been made – and rightly so – about the rift between the Jefferson School Board and the organizers of the Annual Watermelon Festival over the use of the Kilpatrick Auditorium….

Dear Editor, There is legitimate furor over the condition of the auditorium as delivered to the Watermelon Pageant, and as your Superintendent, I must address this matter. It was my responsibility to…

One of today’s teenagers is a tomorrow’s world leader. Think how scary that is … at times with all the headlines regarding safe places, damaging private property because one does not agree…

Fifty years (50) went by in the blink of an eye. You are my childhood friends and my heart’s memories. All of you are an important part of my life and I…

I have a message for George Pouliette. Your recent letter to the editor caught my attention and I am extremely curious to know why exactly you consider Katie Hopkins to be a…

Kids walked out of school again last week, In memory of the Columbine and the Parkland shootings by two mentally disturbed youths. Unfortunately, these kids have no idea what is really going…

Yesterday the Tampa Bay Times reported how Pinellas County is spending over $41 million in bed tax revenue to pay for improvements to a stadium used by the Toronto Blue Jays, a…

I would like to issue a huge THANK YOU to: First United Methodist Church, Capital Heights Baptist Church, First Baptist Church, Elizabeth Baptist Church, Hiram Lodge #5, Kiwanis Club, and Waukeenah Methodist…

As everyone should be aware, a lot of people have gone off half-cocked (no pun intended) as a result of the terrible South Florida shooting. A number of people have a fundamental…

Being a Merchant in the downtown area of Monticello, I take exception to the recent article, and the picture of my business posted in the Jefferson Journal dated Friday, February 23, 2018…

Submitted by Sheila T. Slik A small child was playing with his wooden blocks in his room. He built a big beautiful bridge. No one knows why, but he found something about…

As we grieve for our Parkland school families and staff, and fear for children at all schools , we must acknowledge that things have to change. We cannot abide the glorification of…

Florida’s Healthy Start is in jeopardy. Deep cuts proposed in the budget this year means services to high risk pregnant women and infants could be eliminated. The Healthy Start legislation in 1991…

As we grieve for our Parkland school families and staff, and fear for children at all schools , we must acknowledge that things have to change. We cannot abide the glorification of…

Once again, after a five-year lull, special interests are attempting to grab Ward Creek (which is an upper arm of Lake Miccosukee, in Jefferson County) from public use and enjoyment and into…

In my travels around Jefferson County, I have noticed our roadsides accumulation of litter. In the past, I would see Prison Inmates cleaning up various areas but haven’t noticed any lately. One…