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Category: opinion
Speak Out October 18
Today 10:10 a.m.
Yes, this is Blair. It’s getting close to election time. I would just like to remind everyone politicians and diapers need to be changed often, for the same reason. Thank you. Bye…
County commissioners want a new courthouse
Dear Editor,
Remember when a republican called out President Obama and said ‘you lie?’ He was not wrong because all politicians lie. How do they get elected? Our local politicians follow this…
Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin
My daughter Katie brought home a small black pig from the Jay Peanut Festival. She named her Sue Ellen but thanks to the family’s input she also answers to Pearl, Priscilla, Oinky and L.P. (Little Pi…
Cost of doing nothing about courthouse isn’t fair for future generations
Dear Editor,
The Santa Rosa County Courthouse has obviously out served its initial design and purpose. Built in 1927, the building size is no longer sufficient for all the necessary courthouse fu…
Published county documents misleading about judicial site
Dear Editor,
Recently I read a Letter to the Editor from Sheriff Wendell Hall to the citizens of Santa Rosa County on the proposed courthouse. I agree with Sherriff Hall we need a courthouse …
Details deflate confidence in Obama’s leadership
Dear Editor,
Leon Panetta (D) has now come out with a book describing his time in Barack O-Bomb-A's administration as Director of the CIA (2009-2011) and Secretary of Defense (2011-2013). In …
No more back door deals
Dear Editor,
Why does the county commission make a simple vote on something so complicated? Santa Rosa County needs a new courthouse, we know that. But the tax payers would like to know where…
Speak Out October 15
Today 5:15 a.m.
Yes this is Blair. I would just like to say I’ve been thinking about some things and I would just like to say 25 years ago we had Ronald Regan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope. Now we ha…
Step out into something new
Feeling temperatures fall and heading out to various festivals this month, it reminds me as to how important celebrations and farm tours are to our county. How often will families and friends head ou…