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Letters to Editor, Aug. 3, 2011
Questions expenditure vs. fiscal restraint claims Dear Editor: I would like to know how Representative Mike Hager squares his vocal advocacy for fiscal restraint and his votes for making it legal...
6 months ago | 10 10 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Letters, June 22, 2011
Big shoes to fill I will confess that John is one of my best friends and therefore, my comments may be biased. However, as county attorney I did have the good fortune to work with John for over 20...
7 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Letters, June 21, 2011
Demanding a higher standard of leadership The current philosophy guiding our county commissioners (as well as our state legislators) seems to be that low taxes, reduction of government and firing ...
7 months ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations
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Letters to the editor, June 16, 2011
Beholden to the Puppetmaster Ever since the “Anti-Daniel Road Project 3” (ADR3) were elected to the county commission, I have been following the coverage of the meetings, and have been amused. Whe...
7 months ago | 7 7 comments | 6 6 recommendations
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Letters, June 3, 2011
Hold the line on costs I recently learned that Broad River Water Authority plans to increase water rates by 3 percent effective July 1. This will make the base rate at least $25 and the consumptio...
8 months ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations
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Letters, June 2, 2011
‘Small town friendly’ When my husband and I moved to Rutherfordton eight years ago we saw the signs “small town friendly “ and thought they were cute but didn’t take them literally. The full ext...
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Newspapers have ‘forsaken’ goal
The recent article by Mr. (John) Trump about the problems that confront the Daily Courier and most other newspapers as well caused me concern about the future of this paper and the newspaper indus...
8 months ago | 9 9 comments | 6 6 recommendations
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Getting our priorities straight
To the American people: I am understanding the 9/11 incident a little better now. All the security, which should have protected us from that tragedy, well, it just wasn’t there. Why? Too many peo...
8 months ago | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations
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Writer has some questions
I have a few questions that I wish someone could answer. Does anyone remember the controversy we had here in the county years ago regarding the ugly edifice that is our county detention center? We...
8 months ago | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Asking for change in state gov’t
What on earth is guiding our state government? I have never seen as many bills introduced that have nothing to do with our economy.
8 months ago | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations
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Insensitive and cheap
To whomever it concerns: I truly hope you enjoyed our Mother’s Day arrangement you stole from my mother’s grave site this past Saturday.
8 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations
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Illegal signs
Summer is approaching and the people who work for the Department of Transportation will be out mowing again — thank you DOT workers.
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations
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Letters, April 29, 2011
At attack on seniors, children, middle class Forget the politics, forget the games, there are lives at stake here. The House Republicans just proposed a spending plan that would decimate Medica...
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Letters, April 16, 2011
Writer lauded for letter to ‘people’ Thank you Terri Henninger. You hit the nail on the head. What you wrote should be on front pages of every newspaper in America. Arise my child from a slumber...
9 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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Letters, April 21, 2011
Future looks ‘bleak’ Reading the local newspaper today, it is with great concern that I find out that our local Visitors Center might be closing shortly. I do not know the details of what is hap...
9 months ago | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations
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