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Letters

  • 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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  • Penny wise and pound foolish

    To the editor:
    A recent bill by state legislators to ban the expansion of Medicaid (Affordable Care Act) is an example of the General Assembly being “penny wise and pound foolish.”
    Legislators claim they want to be fiscally responsible and to create jobs; however, one group (ACTIONNC) claims this bill will cost the North Carolina economy $15 billion.
    Why is there a
    “rush to judgment” in rejecting the ACA when the federal government has agreed to pay for

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  • Use your signal

    To the editor:
    I would like to share a thought with my neighbors in Brunswick County. When you buy a car, it comes with many options to choose from, but one thing is not an option. It’s that lever on the left side of the steering column, called a “turn signal.”
    Its use is required
    by law in all states. It is not only a law, it is a safety issue, as well as a common courtesy. It really doesn’t take much effort to push or pull that lever, and it does not matter if you are on U.S. 17, in a parking lot or turning into your driveway.

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  • Supports Gary Parker

    To the editor:
    This is in response to the letter writer who was “offended” by Sunset Beach Town Administrator Gary Parker’s comments about Mayor Rich Cerrato.
    I do not know Gary or the mayor personally but have attended Sunset Beach town council meetings and have observed both individuals.
    Gary has always presented himself as an articulate, knowledgeable professional. I cannot say the same for the mayor who does not follow protocol, does not listen and is antagonistic toward Gary and council members.

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  • Thanks for helping food pantry

    To the editor:
    The members of Trinity Baptist Church would like to extend their appreciation to all the churches that came together and made our food pantry sing a success. For all the canned goods and money that was given, we are able to continue serving people in need. May God bless each and every one.
    The food pantry is open from 10-11 a.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
    The Rev. Jim Taylor
    Phillip Stout,
    food pantry director
     

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  • The truth about taxes

    To the editor:
    Taxes have always been a popular subject, and frequently the object of criticism, no more so than here in Sunset Beach, and often as a result of misinformation.
    Shortly after I began work as town administrator, I proposed the tax rate be reduced by 2 cents, which it was.
    Since then, there has been no increase in taxes (last year’s proposed rate was less revenue neutral). So, since 2007, town taxes have been reduced.

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