Letters

To the editor:

I am a subscriber, a writer and an editor, and I want to tell you how pleased I am every time I read the weekly column written by Cheryle Syracuse in the Beacon.

Cheryle is consistently accurate, current and readable. Her content never belittles her reader, despite the urgency it often presents. She is able to draw us in and compel us to learn about food safety, food handling and food benefits.

To the editor:

Based upon the broken promises made by GOP leaders in Raleigh during 2013, I thought that it would take at least the six-week (short) session for a 2014 promise to be broken.

Unfortunately, it took six days or less for the governor to promise additional funding for a teacher pay raise and the GOP house speaker pro tem to reject that proposal. He said school districts could shift state money designated for one purpose and use it for another: teacher salary increases. Simply, he wants to “rob Peter to pay Paul(ine).”

To the editor:

Marijuana is not a “safe” drug, as most people have come to realize. This drug destroys brain cells, while simultaneously destroying a person’s lungs. The THC released

by inhaling smoke from a marijuana plant is the active ingredient in producing the high feeling. This feeling is never as good as the first time, which can lead a person toward addiction.

To the editor:

After reading the article on the Carolina Shores recycling center (the dump) employee and the utter stupidity of the complaints, I have decided it is time for the entire maintenance staff and its supervisor to be replaced by a competent organization like Waste Industries.