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Today's Opinions

  • After voter-ID frenzy, state legislature can move on to more pressing issues

    In the North Carolina General Assembly, the House passed its version of the voter ID bill last week, and now it heads to the Senate.
    This legislation was introduced a few years ago.
    One rookie legislator at the time said, “I thought we’d get to Raleigh, and all we’d talk about was jobs, jobs, jobs. Instead, we talked about everything except jobs.”
    A proposed voter ID bill was one of the things they talked about then.

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  • Perils in the water are, and sometimes aren’t, as bad as they seem

    We published a story last week about a man whose boat became un-anchored on Bird Island. He swam after it, and was run over and killed by another boat.
    It reminded me of how dangerous swimming after a boat is.
    The west end of Holden Beach used to be much wider on the waterway side. The huge expanse of beach used to draw 20 or 30 boats every summer weekend. People would anchor, disembark and set out their sand chairs.

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  • Gender switch day at school

    To the editor:
    Brunswick County Early College just had its spirit week this week. They had the usual Twin Day, Role Model Day, but something this year stuck out—Gender Switch Day.
    Is it really appropriate to reaffirm gender stereotypes by guys dressing up in dresses with padded, over-stuffed 34DD cleavage in a learning environment? The same goes for the girls, wearing traditional “jock” shorts and tennis shoes, but the girls’ outfits were fairly average and less offensive.

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  • Eye appeal and its effects

    To the editor:
    I know that “funds not available” (FNA) is always a key issue to everything.
    Take a ride from RiverSea Plantation to Southport. When you go by Winding River, St. James and any other developed residential area, guess what? There are no signs. Now drive from Lockwood Folly River Bridge to the end of RiverSea Plantation. Look at the conglomeration of signs you see.

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  • Current gun laws should be enforced

    To the editor:
    Mary Hart has asked for support of a gun petition at St. Brendan’s Church.
    The petition’s soft, sweet-sounding, convincing, liberal language, when implemented, is draconian in nature and will end private legal ownership of firearms.
    The petition asks for six features—control the sale and use of firearms, standardized criminal background checks, regulations to prevent easy access, require training and mandate purchase of liability insurance.

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  • Praises for Beacon religion columnist

    To the editor:
    I absolutely loved Fran’s [Salone-Pelletier] column this week.
    I suffered a stroke and lost my cushy executive job shortly thereafter. I have been working to rebuild my life ever since. Yesterday, I was feeling a bit frustrated that it was taking so long to adapt to a new lifestyle of disabilities.
    Her message of keep dreaming—everything will be all right in the end—was just what I needed.

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  • Thank you all for Calabash sidewalks

    To the editor:
    A very special thanks to NCDOT, state grant monies, Calabash Mayor Knight, and the Calabash Board of Commissioners. We all appreciate the turn of events in the YES decision concerning the Beach Drive sidewalks.
    It was the right thing to do. I am looking forward to the use of these very much-needed sidewalks for daily use and the safety of our community. Kudos to all.
    Mary Ann Baker
    Calabash
     

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  • Tag & Tax Together getting ready to break our routine

    This will probably be a good idea—once we get used to it.
    Not many people like change, not at first anyway.
    We North Carolina drivers had gotten used to getting our license tags at one time and paying our vehicle-tax bills at another.
    All that’s getting ready to change.
    The first combined tag-and-tax notices will soon arrive in North Carolina mailboxes for vehicle-registration bills that are due in July.

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