Letters

To the editor: I want the people of Brunswick County to know they have had the privilege of having a great public servant for 28 years. I remember a young Register of Deeds Robert Robinson in 1981. He was full of energy and dedicated to doing his new job. He never lost this enthusiasm over the next 28 years.

Robert was anxious to be ahead of the curve on technology to better serve his customers both public and attorneys who toiled long hours completing title searches. He was tireless in his efforts to do the job he was duly elected to perform.

To the editor: After reviewing the minutes from the Town of Holden Beach’s last meeting, it makes me wonder. They claim to have a certificate of occupancy for the EOC building on Dec. 9, 2008, which allows them to use the building, deemed finished, but they have apparently not paid the contractor and have contacted his bonding company and are likely to attempt to receive a “settlement.”

If the building is complete and I have seen them use it, why was the contractor not paid?

Sen. R.C. Soles never ceases to amaze me at the tactics he will use to control his constituents. Could his proposal to change the voter assistance law effectively lead to voter fraud?

I think it would because I have worked the polls on Election Day, and I can see the potential of voter fraud if Senate Bill 56 is passed.

When the state board of elections met in Columbus County on Sept. 12, 2008, chairman Larry Leake made it quite clear Jesse Graham, chairman of the Columbus County Board of Elections, was well out of line in his interpretation of the voter assistance law.

To the editor: I would like to clarify a recent letter (Feb. 5 edition) written about my efforts in Congress to revive our economy.

I voted against both bank bailout bills last fall and against the automakers’ bailout bill. I also recently voted against the extension of another wave of funding for the banks’ bailout. These bills were not the “stimulus bill,” as stated in the Feb. 5 edition.