Today's Opinions

To the editor:
I have never owned property in Jaguar’s Lair, but I am a long-term tax paying resident of Sunset Beach.
It was truly alarming to read your Jan. 10 article about Jaguar’s Lair and the interview with a town councilwoman.
In the interview, town councilwoman Karen Joseph stated an agreement with Coastal Communities establishes “a mutually agreed upon completion date for all work in Section 1 no later than Dec.1, 2013.” This much is true.

To the editor:
This letter is for people who receive their Social Security, VA or other federal benefit payments by paper check.
Beginning March 1, the Treasury Department is requiring all Social Security, SSI, VA and other federal beneficiaries to receive benefits by electronic payment.
Senior citizens and other federal beneficiaries may choose to receive payments by direct deposit (an electronic payment to a bank account) or by a Treasury-developed Direct Express debit card.

To the editor:
Returning home from viewing “Les Miserablés,” I began to read my copy of this week’s Beacon and discovered Fran Salone-Pelletier had devoted her weekly column to this film.
Once again, she displayed an inimitable sense of timing, as I, too, had been weeping over the magnitude of Victor Hugo’s rich story of sin, forgiveness, righteousness and redemption.