Letters

To the editor:

Did you know that in the late 1700s, a preacher named Francis Asbury came to the banks of the Shallotte River to conduct services for the people of the small fishing village? Since that time, permanent churches have been built on that very spot and now Camp United Methodist Church in Shallotte has a beautiful sanctuary built there.

To the editor:

I continue to be amazed at the discussion of what is really a very simple issue. Why does Sunset Beach Town Council continue to serve the interests and requests of a very small group of people when their actions have potential probably negative consequences for everyone on the coast, especially our own Sunset Beach area?

There was no bias on the part of the Sunset Beach Environmental Resource Committee.

To the editor:

The only time 99,096 residents in Brunswick County are totally equal is at the ballot box. The Brunswick County Board of Elections reported that just 10.1 percent (10,008 ballots) were cast by the 99,096 eligible voters in the county during the recent 2018 primary election.

In spite of efforts by the elections board to expand voting hours, locations, early voting, one-stop voting and even Saturday voting in the four satellite locations, only 10.1 percent chose to be equal.

To the editor:

When politics and personal interests interfere with rational governing, those who suffer are the taxpayers. The dredging issue at Sunset Beach is a perfect example.

For years, homeowners on the finger and feeder canals have been anxiously awaiting maintenance dredging of the canals adjacent to their properties. That dredging needs to be done and it needs to be done now.