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Today's Opinions

  • P&Z board needs its limits

    To the editor: I have just read the article about Carolina Shores wanting the planning and zoning board to take over the duties of the board of adjustment. I feel this would be a mistake.

    The P&Z ’s job is to plan and approve any construction and then recommend their findings to the commissioners.

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  • Sloan should back up her statements

    To the editor: Here we go again. After Carol Trapani retired, I thought I would not have to take pen to paper again, but the column by Renee Sloan in the March 6 edition of the Beacon cannot be allowed to go unchallenged.

    Ms. Sloan’s column is devoid of anything even closely resembling factual data.

    Where is her proof any American has had their rights violated by any eavesdropping? Like her predecessor, she fails to name anyone.

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  • Media bias is evident

    To the editor: With interest, I watch this so-called political process we have going.

    If anyone looks at Obama wrong, his supporters and the media yell foul, but they cannot and will not see the bias and prejudice against Hillary Clinton.

    The only reason she is being treated in such a dastardly way is because she is a woman, a girl trying to play in the boy’s playground. We can thank John Edwards for starting the sexist bias against Clinton, which lost him my support.

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  • Teachers do a good job

    To the editor: My name is Jennifer Smith, and my daughter Caroline Smith goes to Waccamaw Elementary.

    Over the past year, we have all heard the negative stories about the public school system and teacher’s conduct. However, I just wanted to remind everyone there are still good teachers in the public school system.

    My daughter is in Mrs. Raynor’s and Mrs. Jenrette’s room. This year they have taken a very shy child and are helping her to become outgoing.

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  • Surveillance not a civil rights issue

    To the editor: It appears Carol Trapani has been reincarnated as Renee Sloan.

    The terrorist phone surveillance program does not violate the civil rights of American citizens.

    Monitoring foreign incoming calls from certain regions of the world is within the boundaries of the Patriot Act and necessary for Homeland Security.

    I don’t believe Ms. Sloan has her facts correct, and her comments sound like “rhetoric from a far left kook.”

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  • Cartoon was offensive

    To the editor: Shame, shame on you for publishing that awful political cartoon on page 6A (last week.) The cartoon was ugly and offensive.

    Let me remind you Hillary Clinton is our former First Lady, and this is no way to picture her regardless of your political affiliation.

    Furthermore, Hillary Clinton is not out of the running yet.

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  • Good luck, Doug

    Change is often difficult. It’s especially hard when you have to tell someone you care about goodbye. It’s even harder when that person is someone you have grown to respect and admire.

    Such is the case this week as the staff at The Brunswick Beacon prepares to say farewell to a community icon—sports editor Doug Rutter.

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  • Cold season ain't what it used to be

    The old cold and flu season used to mean a case of the sniffles, maybe a cold here or there, and every few years an unfortunate bout with bronchitis.

    After marriage, my husband quickly informed me that, during sickness, leaving any tissues lying around the house was not healthy for him and was quite unattractive to look at. So I adjusted, making sure I had trash cans close to wherever I happened to be convalescing.

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