Letter to the Editor: Our rural community deserves attention

Dear Editor: From broadband access to outgrown infrastructure to medical access to transportation and education, rural communities like ours face many challenges — challenges that often we’re left to solve on our own.

Letter to the Editor: Values voting

Dear Editor: I cannot imagine there is one of us who won’t be significantly relieved by the arrival of Nov 8, Election Day.

Letter to the Editor: Re-elect Steve Kilgore

Dear Editor: Steve Kilgore represents District 1 on the Greene County Board of Education (BOE). He has served as Vice Chairman in this role for 4 years. He is an active member of a very effective BOE team that takes great pride to analyze issues and make decisions from a Countywide perspective.

Letter to the Editor: Enough is enough

Dear Editor: The previous two weeks' opinion letters have painted the Republican party with a broad brush. It has been stated that Republicans are autocrats and “a risk to democracy”. We are hat-wearing, flag-bearing, hoot-hollering cultists. This elitist attitude won the election for Donald Trump.

CRANE: There oughta be a law

Andre Dickens is the dynamic, results-oriented young mayor of Atlanta, Georgia’s capital city, after having won election early this year.

YARBROUGH: Some random thoughts on some random subjects

If you had the opportunity to speak with a typical Russian family about how the current war with Ukraine has impacted their lives, what would you want to ask them? I may very well have that opportunity in the near future with a family that lives near the Ukrainian border.

RICH: The joy of reading

A dear friend told me that his eyesight is being destroyed by the disease. It is vanishing so quickly that, daily, a bit of it disappears, forever. He now can only see shadows. The only print he can read is sizable, and magnified many times. Still, he has to study to figure out the letters.

Letter to the Editor: To the citizens of Greene County

We have a very important resolution on the November ballot that is key to our Strategic Plan for the Greene County School System (GCSS)’s traditional schools.

Letter to the Editor: It’s time and enough

It’s one thing to verify election results that are extremely close. Our Georgia laws provide for recounts when this is the case. In 2020, Georgia had three recounts. All at taxpayers’ expense. All proving the validity of the original count.

Letter to the Editor: Vote yes on ballot question

The Greene County School System (GCSS) is asking us to approve an ESPLOST, the last question on the ballot. Education Special Purpose Sales Tax is a 1% sales tax applied to the sale of all goods and services in Greene County.