Today's Opinions

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 To deny responsibility and cite outdated policy is sad.

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.

As I sat Tuesday at another fabulous annual retreat of Sunset Beach Town Council, I pondered how much things have changed in just a year’s time.

This time last year, I was posted next to a box of free-flowing Kleenex, having been finally taken down by some kind of terrible February bug after six years of relative virus- and bacteria-free health.

I was really ticked, because this thing seemed to have come from nowhere—some unknown, invisible place (isn’t that where colds usually originate?)—and it had messed up my health record.