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Letters

  • Don’t help puppy mills

    To the editor:
    The most recent puppy mill bust in Sampson County last week was the 13th puppy mill bust in North Carolina since June 2010.
    There were 60 dogs in this mill the day of the bust. Three days earlier, an HSUS inspector found more than 250 dogs there in deplorable conditions.
    What happened to the nearly 200 dogs that disappeared from this puppy mill in three days?
    You can be sure they will be for sale somewhere soon. Internet, Facebook, Craigslist—the avenues to sell a dog are endless with this inhumane, disgusting trade.

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  • Celebration is too pricey

    To the editor:
    Sunset Beach is spending up to $35,000 of taxpayers’ money to celebrate its 50th anniversary. This is a lot of money.
    Many of the projects residents request are turned down because they cost taxpayer dollars. However, spending $35,000 seems insignificant to council members who want to host, during an election year, the best celebration they can come up with, with our dollars. It’s nice to have a piggy bank.
    The most egregious of these expenditures is about $18,000 being spent on the “free dinner” for 600 people.

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  • Thank you for stirring patriotism

    To the editor:
    When driving east toward Wilmington, crossing the Brunswick River Bridge, one cannot help noticing “Old Glory,” moored deeply in the river’s edge, standing proudly and flying in the breeze.
    Kudos and a great big “thank you” to whomever took the time and made the effort. What a great reminder of our freedoms and the lives lost since our flag’s inception in 1775. God bless the people who undertook this, and God bless America.
    The Yadah, Yadah
    Prayer and Bible Group
    Winnabow
     

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  • The fall of American society

    To the editor:
    This nation is mired in political deadlock where confidence has given way to contentious discourse.
    Views emerge as to where fault lies. Some feel we are victim to a demographic transformation with so many views that do not allow a consensus. Others feel the problem is differences between youngsters and elders.
    The issue relating to gun control is so divisive that seemingly no consensus can emerge.

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  • Welcome to our beautiful town

    To the editor:
    Last summer, people drove up Sunset Beach’s Mannon C. Gore Bridge and looked in awe at the vista—the ocean emerging in front of them, boats sailing down the Intracoastal, marsh grasses waving, shore birds—an awe-inspiring sight.
    Unfortunately, before visitors reached the apex of the bridge, they had to look at trash-strewn, shoulder-height weeds, uncut grass, unused town equipment and an unkempt parking lot, certainly not an impression we want people to have of Sunset Beach.

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  • Come help CIS

    To the editor:
    Finding time to add one more thing to our busy lives these days seems to be a hard task to do; however, the benefits of volunteering provide great rewards to you and your community. Volunteering is good for your mind and body. It connects you with others, which helps create new friendships and contacts.
    Volunteering increases self-confidence, helps you stay mentally and physically healthy, and may lead to a job or new career.

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  • Down Home Has to Be Here

    To the editor:
    Down home is where The Brunswick Beacon has to be
    So it will be attractive to both you and me.
    With our area we all do want to identify
    So people will stop here and not pass us by.

    Title could be called “Home Has to Be Here”
    And beside you, Brunswick Beacon is near
    About local area and nothing will it miss.
    Can settle back and start to reminisce.
     
    You may be related to soldier of Civil War
    Fought at Fort Fisher near some sandy shore.

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  • Don’t bypass the Constitution

    To the editor:
    A massive, coordinated attack on Jews occurred throughout the German Reich on Nov. 9, 1938, called Kristallnacht or The Night of Broken Glass. The pretext for the attacks was the assassination of a German diplomat by a German-born Polish Jew. Kristallnacht was followed by further economic and political persecution of Jews, Nazi Germany’s Final Solution and The Holocaust.

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  • County move was a poor cover

    To the editor:
    Disappointed, but not at all surprised at the action of Brunswick County commissioners at the Feb. 18 meeting to affirm their oath to the U.S. and N.C. Constitutions, “with special regard to the Second Amendment of the Constitution.”
    What is surprising is they tried to veil their true motivation in declaring support for the entire Constitution.
    If they were not favoring just one right, then why was the Second Amendment singularly mentioned?

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  • It’s not the Holy Grail, council

    To the editor:
    I read your defense and position letters about the town of Sunset Beach and Mayor Rich Cerrato. Thanks for the fair and balanced approach.
    Rich is a serious case of contradictions, yet he provides relief to those of us who get fed up with the “business as usual” attitude of most politicians.
    One example is the pothole stonewall put up by the town board. The roads become the town’s roads once they annex a subdivision or a street of homes and acquire the tax base. To deny responsibility and cite outdated policy is sad.

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