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Letters

  • Writer grateful for teachers

    I want to thank Buford Child Development Center.
    The teachers, Judy Jackson and Aubrey Adams, have been very helpful in helping Hailey Altman get ready for kindergarten. They have gotten her well rounded academically and socially.
    Hailey loves her teachers. We are proud of her and them.

    Kathy Ferrill
    Lancaster

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  • Time we remembered strength of our past 

    Thank you Grady Robinson of Heath Springs for your timely letter “Where did you go, Uncle Sam?” in the May 29, 2011 edition of The Lancaster News.
    I enjoyed Mr. Robinson’s letter so much, gosh, I wish I had written it.  I think it’s time we remembered our past and the symbols which were used to display our resolve.

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  • We need to know if state for or against jobs

    South Carolina has one of the weakest governors in the nation, going back to post-reconstruction and the Constitution of 1895.
    However, the one aspect of the office in which the governor has full power or parity with other states is in the area of commerce and economic development.
    Why then will Gov. Nikki Haley not take a stand on the economic importance of Amazon’s location in South Carolina?

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  • Residents need jobs, not higher taxes and fees

    I would like to address Lancaster County Council members: How do you expect people to pay more property taxes and road fees when they can’t afford to feed themselves. Steve Willis, if you don’t lose your county administrator job when Lancaster County goes broke, are you going to pay the extra $5 road fee for everyone?
    Why doesn’t council work as hard to bring jobs to Lancaster as it does trying to squeeze everyone for more money?

    Jean Melton
    Lancaster
     

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  • Tax increases, substandard services not options

    I read about proposed tax increases and it appears that again government thinks that the Obama propaganda about the recesssion being over is true.  
    Foreclosures continue, sales lag, home values continue to drop, unemployment remains very high as do oil prices and the federal debt ceiling has been hit.

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  • Council should cut spending, not raise taxes

    I personally think homeowners pay enough taxes on their property. Lancaster County Council should look for ways elsewhere for the extra money they feel like they need.
    The federal government feels that the cost of living hasn’t increased therefore senior citizens who depend mostly on Social Security for their income haven’t received a raise in more than two years and I understand that we won’t get one this year either.

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  • County should provide funeral escorts

    I would like to address an issue with Lancaster County Sheriff Barry Faile. I think it is pretty bad when you will no longer provide an officer escort for a funeral.
    It is bad enough when people don’t respect a funeral line to stop when they meet one. But to not have an officer at intersections and stoplights has just about hit the bottom of the bucket.
    Not everyone can afford to hire an officer to guide traffic for them.  
    Pete Melton
    Lancaste

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  • Writer praises AJ graduation ceremony

    I attended Andrew Jackson High School graduation on May 27. That was the most well-carried out graduation I have ever attended.
    I commend Principal Mary Barry, the faculty and students for their roles. The AJ graduation was done with respect to the principal, faculty, students and the guests who attended the event.  Thank you, Andrew Jackson High School.

    Sallye J. Estridge
    Lancaster
     

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  • Statism will not work anywhere, now or ever

    Statism will not work anywhere, now or ever

    Everywhere one looks, statism is an abject failure. Look and compare Venezuela with Chile, Cuba with Colombia, North Korea to South Korea. Just look at the United Kingdom in 1950 and compare it to itself in 1990.

    The union riots in Europe were not to embrace socialism, but to find someone somewhere to somehow pay for their unsupportable benefits. They believe that the “someone” is probably on some hedonistic island somewhere with a vault of cash to pay for it all.

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  • Online high school could save money

    In order to save on costs, students should be given an option to take courses online through the state’s online Provost Academy. Some underprivileged students and those with disciplinary issues may benefit from enrolling in the state’s online program of study.

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