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Letters

  • Thanks for help

    To the editor:
    We want to express our sincere gratitude to the Sunset Beach Fire Department, Brunswick County EMS and the doctors, nurses and medical personnel in the ER at the former Brunswick Community Hospital.
    Also, to the helicopter crew that airlifted our son from Brunswick Community Hospital and the doctors and nurses in the ER at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, we are eternally grateful.

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  • Take away shovels

    To the editor:
    In a speech President Obama gave on Jan. 7, he said, “We’ve got a big hole that we’re digging ourselves out of.” What? Have you tried to picture in your mind’s eye just what it was that he was talking about? Digging out of a hole? If a hole is a bad thing, you fill it in, right? More digging makes the hole bigger, I would think. At the very least, you stop digging! The hole won’t go away, granted, but it also won’t get any bigger or deeper.

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  • Article didn’t reflect the whole story

    To the editor:
    I read with interest the article dated Sept. 14 in reference to Ronald Hewett being accused of threatening Mr. Miller.
    What is so concerning to me is the lack of investigation into this incident before this article was published. There is no mention as to how long Mr. Miller was gone and the amount of fuel consumed. Nor is it mentioned the prevarication Mr. Miller slung around to Mr. Hewett.

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  • All we need is a simple place

    To the editor:
    This letter is in response to the two letters regarding a proposal before Carolina Shores Board commissioners for a town “park.” The original proposal was for a “town event facility,” where all citizens of the town could come together, perhaps for an Arbor Day event, a town picnic, or to listen to live music on summer evenings.

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  • Can you trust officials’ comments?

    To the editor:
    The damage wrought by Irene on the southeastern counties is of great cost and consequences, but that was not the case in Brunswick County. Friday morning before the storm, the town of Holden Beach sent official advisors door-to-door with calculated misinformation.

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  • Board supports candidates

    To the editor:
    Members of the Concerned Citizens of Carolina Shores (CCCS) met on Aug. 18 with the declared candidates for our board of commissioners’ and the mayoral seat. A week earlier, pre-submitted questions were given to each candidate, asking them to discuss issues facing the town. After their presentations, members of CCCS discussed the candidate’s positions on issues and their public records and then voted for the candidates we wanted to endorse. Unfortunately, we neglected to inform those not selected. We apologize for that omission.

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  • Attire was to celebrate women

    To the editor:
    This is to all the people who think they are judge, jury and prosecutor, as well as mind readers.
    Do you know the woman who was dressed as a maid at the opening of “The Help?”
    I do. She is one of the most supportive, helpful, giving people on this planet.

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  • Are the Keystone Kops running town?

    To the editor:
    Are the Keystone Kops running Carolina Shores? That is the impression many outsiders have after reading recent articles in the Beacon.

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  • Survey community about needs

    To the editor:
    A teacher friend of mine recently said that he wished the administrators would spend less on new-fangled curriculum changes that show others they’re doing something and more on what is sorely needed...like books and materials for the students. The same seems to be true in Carolina Shores.

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  • The cause of infectious stupidity

    To the editor:
    After careful consideration, I believe I have discovered the cause of infectious stupidity: Elect someone to Congress. There, they can forget their conscience, ignore their passion and concentrate on the big I, me and myself.
    The post office is going broke, so obviously eliminate services and people. How about you start eliminating the free distribution of charitable requests? If we have to pay for postage, why shouldn’t they?

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