Letters

To the editor: Instead of taking direct responsibility for the environmental safety of the community, [New Hanover] county officials have said it will be up to the regulators to make sure the Titan Cement plant won’t do any harm.

A recent news report, however, stated, “80 percent of cement plants (including Titan) have had either formal or informal compliance violations in the past five years.”

A recent analysis of the area near a TXI Riverside cement plant in California showed hexavalent chromium levels 20 times higher than what was acceptable.

To the editor: While visiting the beach on Thursday, June 5, my purse fell out of my basket and I did not realize it until I was at the home of my friend’s grandparents in Sunset Beach.

A good Samaritan found it in the sand, turned the purse over to the beach patrol and they sent it over to the police department where I claimed it.

I am very appreciative, as the purse contained my camera and birthday money. Thank you very much, and I wish you well.

To the editor: Several Sunset Beach council meetings ago, I said we could have a black president before the town hires a minority. I was wrong.

The town recently hired a minority as a part-time beach patrol person.

A special thanks to [Sunset Beach Police] Chief Lisa [Massey] and [town administrator] Gary Parker for this small step toward equality.

They did something that our mayor and the three Sea Trail council members did not have the courage to address. It is a positive start.

To the editor: On Nov. 6, 2006, the town of Sunset Beach and Brunswick County entered into an agreement for Brunswick County to provide water and sewer service to the town of Sunset Beach.

This agreement was made with little regard to property owners’ needs or desires. We are now being force-fed a sewer project that will result in many of our elderly and/or fixed-income residents having no option but to sell the homes they enjoy or secure loans to pay for the estimated $8,000 sewer assessment.

This is an unacceptable hardship.