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.

To the Editor:

Did you hear about the bill introduced by Rep. Mike Stone seeking to reverse the constitutional requirement that district court judges be lawyers?

To The Editor:

Will Mike Stone introduce a bill that all N.C. women must wear dresses, and hems must be at least 4 inches below knees?

The Lee County school system is facing some obstacles in the road ahead.

State and local funding cuts could trim more than $5 million from the system’s budget, leading to the loss of even more teachers’ assistants and the potential loss of a valuable tutorial program. The system doesn’t appear to have the full support of the Lee County Board of Commissioners or the county’s legislative delegation. 

To the Editor:

Let me first advise you that I am currently a registered Republican, and I participate within the Republican Party on multiple different levels. I have just recently stepped down as the Lee County Young Republicans vice chairman, and I am currently still a member of the Lee County Young Republicans.

There are supposed to be only two things certain in life — death and taxes. There's a third, of course, for many of us: property tax revaluations.

To the Editor:

It should surprise no one that some Lee County Democrats went berserk about the House Bill 490 filed by Rep. Mike Stone.

To the Editor:

It seems from the April 5 Sanford Herald editorial that the only constituents state Rep. Mike Stone should be concerned about are members of the Sanford City Council.

To the Editor:

The arrogance of Rep. [Mike] Stone (House District 51) in introducing House Bill 490 to change the nonpartisan elections of the Sanford City Council and the Lee County Board of Education to partisan elections without consulting or even notifying these locally elected boards is very disturbing.

To the Editor:

I hate to continue beating a dead horse, but I feel that one of the worst deficiencies of the bypass is that Route 87, over what we called “The Mystery Bridge”

To the Editor:

Rep. Mike Stone's bill (HB 490) to make Sanford City Council and Lee County school board elections partisan defies logic. Voters want less partisanship, not more. We've watched partisan fights at the national and state levels that produce no positive action, only acrimony. We see these partisan fights for what they are — self-interested power plays.

To the Editor:

The one main theme of the Republican Party is: "We want smaller government.” However, what they do once they gain a majority is the exact opposite.

Within the tight confines of the more - is extreme too harsh a word here? - wing of the Lee County Republican Party are some self-appointed stalwarts set on making things right on our corner of the world.

It’s that time of the year when the Lee County Board of Commissioners makes its appointments to various boards and commissions.

To the Editor:

Why do some politicians insist on treating the symptom instead of the disease?

To the Editor:

American Legion No. 382 in Sanford was very generous in helping with the fundraiser dance for John Wicker. John had passed away on March 5.

To the Editor:

Mike Stone’s sponsoring of a bill making Sanford City Council and Lee County School Board elections partisan demonstrates that while our Republican-controlled state legislature

To the Editor:

From the dawn of ages, dictators have deflected [attention from] their subjects’ starving state or poor standard of living by simply “saber rattling!”

By filing a bill aimed squarely at Sanford and Lee County, yet failing to be forthcoming with local leaders, Rep. Mike Stone is once again in the eye of a self-made storm.

In essence House Bill 490 would require those seeking seats on the Lee County Board of Education and the Sanford City Council to declare their political party affiliation.

It is obvious that Bill Tatum is still connected to the school board and feels the sting when that body is questioned. This is in reply to his March 23 letter to the editor, in which he responded to my previous letter about actions of the Lee County Board of Education at the March 12 meeting.

It looks like the Lee County School Board is ready and willing to spend several thousand dollars to hire an external search committee to scour the country for a new school superintendent.

The two words found most frequently in any dialogue involving economic incentives are “necessary” and “evil.”

Easter is the most joyous day in the Christian year.

If you attend Church today, you will see the joy in the beauty of the sanctuary and hear it in the beauty of the music.

According to an analysis conducted by Bloomberg News, U.S. corn supplies are shrinking faster than they have in four decades thanks to a combination the worst drought since the 1930s and increased demand from ethanol producers.