Current country music has me baffled. I’ve read recently if one wishes to know what America thinks about what’s happening in the world, listen to country music.
I can see that. Country music write…
Category: opinion
Speak Out June 25
Wednesday 12:48 p.m.
This is Steven. I was just wondering why Escambia has a 10 cent per gallon increase to cover their ECAT transportation yet I noticed their gas prices are the same as Santa Ros…
Slavery Reparations
Calls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "The Case for Reparations" in The Atlantic magazine (May 21, 2014). In making his argument, Coates goes through t…
Pay for recycling sites via property tax
Either some information was left out of the article or the county commissioners didn’t apply their brains to the subject. In the article, Mr. Walker said “ECUA would use our central landfill as their…
IRS Says It Lost Lois Lerner’s Emails. Right.
I can just see the members of this administration sitting around a table discussing how to handle the inquiry into the IRS targeting of its opponents. David Axelrod says, “Just how dumb do I think Am…
Speak out June 21
This is Steven King. Ms. Jean Simpson, I am so glad you brought this topic to the forefront of the S.R.P. Gazette's readers. I feel guilty every time I put a recyclable in my garbage knowing it is go…
Manual vs. fiction
When my husband and I first married we had one tall bookshelf. My collection of drama, British and American literature, Christian fiction and children’s books took up most of the shelves while Dan ha…
Who owns you?
Darcy Olsen, president of the Arizona-based Goldwater Institute, and Richard Garr, president of Neuralstem, a biotech company, wrote "Right to Try experimental drugs" in USA Today (5/28/2014). They p…
Our View: Congressional leaders not too big to fail
In reading reports about the latest scandals plaguing the country, it is appalling government officials say they hope something changes. Shouldn’t elected officials be confident in their ability to c…
America is in deep trouble
I just read Chrys Holley’s article about impeachment of Obama. I think this is a bad idea. This would put Joe Biden in office. If we impeach Biden we would have Nancy Pelosi. What is the solution? Ge…