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Letters

  • Supports marriage amendment, not editor’s opinion

    To the editor:
    In my opinion, last week’s opinion column by editor Stacey Manning degrades and demeans the Bible, and men, especially wealthy, bald men in such a way that is divisive and sickening.

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  • Thanks for Arbor Day coverage

    To the editor:
    I would like to thank the Beacon, especially Laura Lewis, for the excellent coverage of the Arbor Day celebration in Carolina Shores.
    This town has seen its share of stories in the paper that have been less than favorable over the last nine years or so, and I believe we have turned a corner as to how we will be perceived. I for one wish to thank all who have made this possible.

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  • Letters have reached a new low

    To the editor:
    Letters to the Beacon critical of Sunset Beach Mayor Rich Cerrato have reached a new low.
    As a person who is handicapped, I was highly offended by the writer who said, “As mayor, he interrupts council members while they are speaking; he seems incapable of following the agenda; and it appears he cannot hear or is asleep during council discussion.”

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  • Stop wasting our time and money

    To the editor:
    County commissioners, shame on you! You were not elected to put forward your personal agendas but to supervise the operation of our county government.
    At a time when we need our elected officials to be concentrating on controlling spending, creating jobs and getting people back to work, why are you wasting time and money on issues which do not fall under the job you were elected to perform?

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  • We are a fractured society

    To the editor:
    I received an email this morning that documented with actual film footage the rescue of people from Manhattan Island on 9/11. It was the largest boat evacuation in history, rescuing 500,000 people in nine hours. Hundreds of boats, all sizes, converged on the lower end of Manhattan to transport the dust-covered masses to safety.
    It took me back to that fateful day, but not to reflect on the horror and loss of life. What I remembered was the courage and compassion of the American people.

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  • Representative gets it

    To the editor:
    I think Rep. Frank Iler gets it. Greg Piner doesn’t. Keeping with Piner’s logic, sightseers, visitors and others should pay reduced fees for bus, taxi or ferry transit.
    Would the rides be free if the person utilizes this mode of travel to and from work?
    John A. Difloure
    Shallotte
     

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  • Backyard garbage pickup available

    To the editor:
    Most elderly residents disabled by age are unaware that Brunswick County offers backyard garbage pickup.
    If a physician signs a county form indicating the resident cannot pull a 90-gallon container to the curb, and no one else is available in the household to put the container out, the county will provide backyard pickup.
    The most egregious oversight is the failure to notify all residents of the original Carolina Shores neighborhood. Many owners moved here 30 years ago, widowed and are unable to transport trash.

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  • What caused the rant?

    To the editor:
    Councilwoman scolds mayor? What caused that rant? Sunset Beach councilwoman Karen Joseph said during the Feb. 6 council meeting, “We have letters that say ‘Sunset At Sunset did nothing wrong, nothing illegal.’”
    Mayor Cerrato had the audacity to ask her for a copy of the letters. She has not and will not provide him with copies because no such letters exist.

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  • Be your own health advocate

    To the editor:
    Getting the right prescription for whatever ails you is important. Making sure that you do not receive the wrong medication is equally important.
    I picked up a prescription that I have been taking for several years at a local pharmacy. I saw that the pill was a different color, so I checked the ID on the container and on the tablet and noticed that the dosage was the same and glanced at the name. A big mistake.  
    I take hydralazine and the pharmacist had given me hydroxyzine.

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  • Who’s the watchdog for residents?

    To the editor:
    At the Feb. 6 Sunset Beach council meeting Mayor Rich Cerrato suggested they adopt a “whistle-blower” policy. Councilman Wilson Sherrill said he was working on one and it would be available shortly.
    It was unveiled at the March 5 meeting when Councilwoman Carol Scott moved, Sherrill seconded and council voted unanimously to ban Mayor Cerrato from further discussion of the Sunset at Sunset matter before council and to direct town staff (potential whistle-blowers) to not speak with the mayor about this matter.

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