Letters

Let me tell you a little something – something about Jackie Harris. 

Jackie is the youngest of four sisters. We may not be through blood, but we are sisters. As a young lady, Jackie always strived to better herself and her surroundings. She has always given back to the community.

This letter is in reference to Jackie Harris running for Lancaster City Council District 3. 

As her pastor for the last 10 years at Mount Zion AME Zion Church, it is my privilege to speak on behalf of Mrs. Harris.

She is an adult Sunday school instructor. In teaching the adult class, she is definitely prepared, and has great knowledge of the lesson and the Scriptures involved in teaching her class.

I am getting tired of the broken-record letters from the no-alcohol crowd who think they have some sort of a right to force their beliefs or emotions on the rest of us. One tells us about a mad dog who will have thousands, based on his 10 percent, of new alcoholics in Lancaster County as a result of an additional day of sales.

Here’s some advice to help Lancaster County Council. There is an ordinance before you regarding smoking. You have had numerous people speak for or against it; more, I might add, against. After the special-interest groups parade cancer survivors to speak and tug at your heart strings on how to save them or the rest of us. There’s a way you can get the actual truth about this issue on whether it’s worth taking more of our freedoms away.