It’s likely that Lee County citizens will notice an influx of people visiting our area this weekend — staying at our hotels, eating in our restaurants and shopping in our stores.
To the Editor:
Let us not forget what has happened in Lee County to radio hosts who committed no crime, but who dared to criticize a government official.
Mr. [Mike] Stone:
I would like to remind you that you have a responsibility to your constituents not only to protect us and our way of life, but to make things easier, smoother and happier for us all.
Can you remember when the three “Rs” — reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic — were stressed as the primary building blocks of education?
In last Friday’s Herald, I read with interest the thoughts of several Sanford residents concerning the increase in violent crimes here and what should be done about it.
Not long before those of us in Lee County observed the second anniversary of our devastating tornado, our neighbors just to the north quietly observed the third anniversary of their own memorably tragic event: the March 2010 fire which destroyed much of the historic Chatham County courthouse in Pittsboro.
THUMBS UP: Good footing
We hear a lot about taking care of our teeth and our heart — they’ve got to last us a lifetime, of course — but not as much about our feet.
To the Editor:
When I watched the president attack and debase the representatives that our states saw fit to send to Washington to speak for us, I was filled with curiosity.
To the Editor:
Monday night on the TV, I watched the coverage of a press conference with a Boston hospital trauma surgeon.
After the shock had subsided, their stories started to surface.
North Carolinians are victims of “legislative frackamania,” a rush to frack the Piedmont without regard to the very significant risks to community health and safety. Not content to promote more fossil fuel production, the legislature now proposes to trash the state’s support of renewable energy. Adding insult to injury, the new governor also wants offshore drilling. Does the legislature and governor actually buy the American Petroleum Institute assurance that there will never be another catastrophe like the BP oil spill?
In her April 10 letter to The Sanford Herald Editor, Ann McCracken, chair of the Lee County Democratic Party, made it clear that she is very upset that state Rep. Mike Stone is sponsoring a bill that would require city of Sanford and school board races to be partisan.
The opposition to hydraulic fracturing has mostly gone away as surrounding landowners have conceded they have no rights to protect their property from environmental damage and low property values in the years to come. The fracking for oil and gas in Central North Carolina will only last about five years. ... Then we will have a ghost town of wells and chemical contamination of the land. This will take years to clean up. However, this won’t affect most of us who live in Central North Carolina — only the few landowners who get rich quick and their neighbors who will bear the burden of cleanup and low property values for years to come. This will probably be the best outcome we can expect.
The local Belk store has set a great example for our community.
To the Editor:
I’m writing this late Saturday afternoon even though I read the paper at 7 a.m. I needed time to cool down from my overheated laughing fit. In the editorial section of The Sanford Herald was an editorial titled “Senate Bill 186: A blow to transparency.”
Certain events make indelible and emotional impressions on our minds.
To the Editor:
It's been fascinating to watch the response to Rep. Stone's initiative to making all local races partisan. And even more bewildering to see Mr. Post get in on the bashing. Isn't he a lawyer? Wouldn't his firm race to “condemn” any of our local businesses if they didn't practice "truth in advertising?"
To the Editor:
Kudos to the editorial board for Friday's “Bryan’s Hire.” Dr. Bryan’s eminent move to superintendent leaves one with a feeling of comfort and reassurance given the formidable budgetary challenges facing public schools across the state, but particularly here in Lee County for the reasons you so skillfully pointed out. Dr. Bryan’s calming demeanor and experience, learned under the state-of-the-art, first-class educational leadership of Dr. Moss, attest to good thinking on the part of the board of education and the board's ability to work together to do what is best for Lee County.
THUMBS UP: Brick City Bowl’s date
We’ve always been a bit stymied by the fact that the so-called “Super Bowl” of stock car racing, the Daytona 500, is always the first race of the season. “Bowl” games — from pro football’s championship game to our own “Brick City Bowl,”
There’s a lot of talk in Sanford about public-private partnerships. The Lee County Education Foundation uses that format to get local business-people more interested in education; the Lee County Economic Development Corporation uses that format to get business-people more interested in coming to Lee County in the first place.