Mayor won't give out his number

To the editor: I have asked our mayor, Alan Holden, for his home telephone number more than once. He will not give out this information!

All the board of commissioners—former and present—and our former mayor have very freely given out this information and seem to welcome all callers.

I, as a resident, taxpayer, homeowner, and voter of Holden Beach, would like to be able to get in touch with all our elected officials when I deem it important or an emergency.

If Mayor Holden is too busy (or just not interested) for us, the residents, then why did he want to be mayor in the first place?

We the voters need our officers to be available to us at all times, or they just should not ask for the job.