Category: Letters to the Editor

I read recently about yet another federal proposal, this one originating via a republican in the U.S. Senate as S2123, known as the “Pray Safe” act. It came about after a foreign…

I read MS Greene’s column on Integrity. Adherence to moral ethical principles; being honest; doing the right thing. I will add there is no such thing as situational integrity. You either have…

Borrowing money is a good thing! Provided you have the means to pay off the loan, and you can clearly see the principal and interest payments over time.. Jefferson County’s biggest and…

Two important process and procedure issues are not being addressed by County officials. The first deeply concerning issue is a breakdown or an ignoring of policies and procedures between the County Commissioners,…

Last April the solid waste system here grew far more intrusive for residents (a permit requirement) and far more costly: A total of 12 gate attendants had been hired at $9/hour and…

Is this what you think, and say? “If you’re not registered as a Democrat, then you can’t vote in county elections.” Many (still) say this because it used to be the case….

School officials secretly met with a female student at Deerlake Middle School, Leon County, Tallahassee, Florida without parents’ knowledge or consent. The school officials secretly created a transgender support plan for the…

Bless his heart! I read Representative Jason Shoaf’s column in the Monticello News paper “Government Mandates” about how bad Biden’s vaccine mandates are. He really should have talked to his mother before…

With another Veteran’s Day approaching, our thoughts turn to those who willingly sacrificed their own well-being for ours. For some Veterans, the physical and mental sacrifice is permanent and on-going. It’s an…

Today marks my 60th Thanksgiving, having arrived at the greatest country ever in 1961. I am grateful to all Americans, the most generous people in the world. I have friends on the…

At the September 16 county commission meeting, Chairman Walker indulged me by allowing an item to be moved from the consent agenda (where there is no discussion) to the main agenda so…

I’ve spent the last 40 years fighting crime in Madison County with badge and book. I’ve arrested people when I had to, but I prefer teaching trades and other paths to lawful…

I wasn’t born here, but I am passionate about our country. Why? After all, it didn’t give me a free education; it didn’t give me free medical care; it didn’t give me…

I am the guy who said our local conspiracy theorist (LCT) was cherry picking data and he did it to you again. LCT uses numbers and formulas to make his points it…

I am writing this in response to the allegation of “cherry picked” data in my recent letter as to why masks do not work. Like the prior personal attack, I’m also used…

It has been two decades since the horrific deadly terrorist attack on the New York World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania flight attempts, that killed so many people in…

This is another ECB article that affected me personally. Approaching four-scores this story led me to thinking how trivial many young people feel about senior citizens (old folk). Too often I have…

I read with interest Mr. Henry’s misinformation about medical preventatives by a physics professor, excuse me, a former professor. The university at which he worked fired him years ago. Reading the essay…

I read the Letter to the Editor “Masks Don’t Work” citing a paper written by a Canadian physicist Denis Rancourt. I decided before I looked up Rancourt I would read the paper,…

Carrie White Boon Assembly (CWBA) #331 Order of the Golden Circle operates under the auspices of the Fred Alexander Grand State Assembly and Florida Council of Deliberation – PHA, working out of…