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Letter to
the Editor
Lodge leader thanks community for
support of Family Matters Conference
May 8,
2008
Letter to
the Editor
Writer seeks support group for Autism
in Edgefield County
May 7,
2008
Letter to
the Editor
District 1 Candidate makes case for
candidacy
April 29,
2008
Letter to
the Editor
Manufacturing’s Continued Relevance
in South Carolina
April 12,
2008
EMA
Director Responds to Guest Editorial
EMA Director offers update on County
Communication Systems
April 3, 2008
Guest
Editorial: By Bob Ramsey
Edgefield County
Budget Process For FY 2008-2009
April 1,
2008
Letter to
the Editor
Editor's
note: Below is an exact reproduction of Johnston Town Councilman Tommy
Burton's Letter to the Editor as sent to the local papers. The
inaccurate "quotes" are attributed to Mr. Burton and are not reflective
of the actual posts published in the Wandering Minds Section.
Johnston
Town Councilman Tommy Burton's Unedited Letter to the Editor
February
28, 2008
Letter to
the Editor
Writer seeks to save American Legion
Post
February
27, 2008
Flat Tax One Key to Competitiveness
February
20, 2008
Writer takes mud boggers defense to
task
February
11, 2008
Letter to the Editor
Writer claims electoral college
should be removed
February
11, 2008
Letter to the Editor
Writer defends mud boggers
February
7, 2008
Letter to the Editor
Open Letter from Edgefield Mayor;
Seeks input on redesign of Town Square
January
30, 2008
Letter to
the Editor
Sen. Massey: "Our Work Begins in
Columbia"
January
22, 2008
Editorial
McCain a "front-runner" with 67%
of Republicans voting against him?
January
21, 2008
Letter to
the Editor
Sen. DeMint stresses importance of
Saturday’s Primary
January
18, 2008
Letter to the Editor
Rex Should Focus On Job - Not
Politics
January
18, 2008
Editorial
Is building purchase "lose-lose"
for county taxpayers?
January
16, 2008
Editorial
Washington D.C. says citizens have
no right to own guns
January
5, 2008
Letter to
the Editor
Superintendent praises School Board
January
5, 2008
Editorial
Sticking it to smokers is not the
answer
December
20, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Edgefield Mayor Durham thanks
citizens for participation in Christmas Decoration Contest
December
19, 2007
Letter to the Editor
Johnston Town Councilman thanks
Sheriff, Deputies
December
19, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Johnston Development Board thanks
supporters
December
8, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Open Letter from Edgefield Mayor Ken
Durham
November
19, 2007
Editorial
Rep. Clyburn should concede Senate
race
November
12, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Shedding light on the SCRG and Shane
Massey
November
9, 2007
Letter to the Editor
School Choice Opponents Grasping At
Straws
November
9, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Edgefield resident disputes quote by
Augusta Chronicle report on murder - suicide
November
5, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
US Sen. Jim Demint seeks citizens’
support in “100,000 Strong for Earmark Reform”
November
3, 2007
Letter to
the editor
DREAMS President thanks public for
support
November
1, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Edgefield County Recreation Director
seeks help with Youth Basketball League
October
31, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Jubilee gave “a great opportunity”
for others to discover the history of Oakley Park, writer says
October
30, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer offers contradictions to UDC
President's claims
October
27, 2007
Letter to the Editor
Writer says Massey has the “right
kind of experience” for Senate
October
27, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer says Massey "man for the job"
in Senate race
October
24, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer disputes desecration of
"hallowed grounds" at Oakley Park
October
18, 2007
Letter to the Editor
Writer supports School Board member
Brad Covar's observations
October
18, 2007
Editorial
There are none so blind as those
who will not see
October
17, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
UDC member says "Scalawags"
responsible for desecration of "hallowed grounds"
October
11, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Former Fireman takes County Line
Chief to task
October
8, 2007
Editorial
Hixon should apologize for
"classless" letter
September
24, 2007
Letter to
the Editor: Gov. Sanford weighs in
Educating Voters Key to Needed Changes
September
20, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Edgefield Mayor touts coming events
September
19, 2007
Editorial
"Intestinal fortitude" is not all
it is cracked up to be
September
13, 2007
Editorial
Baby killer takes coward's way out
August
30, 2007
Editorial
Will unresponsive candidates make
unresponsive electors?
August
27, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Chamber thanks businesses and
individuals for school supply drive
August
20, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer questions school fees
August
20, 2007
Editorial
County Recreation consumes more
than it provides
August
16, 2007
Editorial
Parents are first line of defense
in child safety
July 16,
2006
Letter to
the Editor
“Conservative” Court ruling will
cripple the free market
July 2,
2007
Editorial
Paul Martin
should have been fired, not transferred
June 25, 2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer seeks study on need of
additional deputies
June 2,
2007
Letter to
the Editor
Edgefield County Chamber of Commerce
Director thanks community for support on ETV Day
May 28,
2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer: It’s Important to Know Where
Our Legislators Stand on Illegal Alien Amnesty
May 22,
2007
Editorial
Cutting wants to provide for needs
May 14,
2007
Letter to
the Editor
Writer takes on
smoking ban and private property rights
April 30,
2007
Letter to the Editor
EMA Director defends emergency
plans in
bomb threats
April 13,
2007
Letter to the Editor:
Business owner takes aim at
trucking company for fiery crash
April 13,
2007
Guest
Opinion: SC Gov. Mark Sanford
Senate has opportunity to improve
budget
April 11,
2007
Letter to the Editor
Writer praises Edgefield County
Hospital
April 6,
2007
Editorial:
Johnston residents suffer with
division of town council over walking trail
March 19,
2007
Editorial:
There is more blame to go around
in Cooper abuse case
March 2,
2007
Letter to the Editor:
Writer defends
Mayor Campbell
February
19, 2007
Editorial:
America is in dire need of a
leader in Presidential race
February
12, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Writer gives history of Confederate
Battle Flag
January
24, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Athletic Director thanks Edgefield
Medical Clinic
January
19, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Professor counters columnist's claims
January
16, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Edgefield Mayor expresses thankfulness
January
9, 2007
Editorial:
Peace comes through victory, not
surrender
January
8, 2007
Letter to the Editor:
Reader takes
columnist to task, "your opinion is for the birds"
January
3, 2007
Guest Column:
Jimmy
Carter, friend or foe
December
11, 2006
Editorial:
Johnston
leaders questioned over letter
December
8, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Senior thanks
community for support
November
30, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Writer has message for "gang of five"
November
21, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Writer
claims Editorial holds "abundance of ignorance"
November
15, 2006
Editorial:
Win for Dems loss for America
November
13, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
STH Band
spotlighted for achievements
November
9, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Edgefield Mayor supports "Shop
Edgefield First"
November
8, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Writer offer's County Council options
in tax debate
November
6, 2006
Editorial:
Democrats dishonest on Fair Tax ads
November
2, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
"Benign neglect, studied indifference
or willful ignorance?"
November
1, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Writer "amazed" at question of
Pettigrew's qualifications
October
30, 2006
Editorial:
Bad
things happen when good men do
nothing
October
26, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Mayor thanks volunteers, attendees,
for Heritage Jubilee
October
24, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Mount Vintage Developer offers views
on residential growth and column
October
19, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Mount Vintage
resident wants county
council member out of office
October
7, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
I received the new tax assessment
and I am perplexed.
October
4, 2006
School
Board member living the "suite" life
September
25, 2006
Sen Graham supports "terrorist
bill of rights"
September
18, 2006
County
Officials need a refresher course on rules and laws of meetings
September
8, 2006
Letter to the Editor
Ridge Spring Police Chief speaks out
on ordinance
August
21, 2006
Letter to the Editor
Ridge Spring residents oppose ending
police protection
August
17, 2006
County Councilman Kitchens
oversteps his authority
August
15, 2006
Letter to the
Editor: Family expresses thankfulness
August 7,
2006
Reining in illegal aliens in
Edgefield County
July 31,
2006
Politics and the County
Administrator should come to an end
July 10,
2006
Who is running this county?
June 16,
2006
Letter to
Editor: Writer thanks community for support
June 8,
2006
Letter to Editor: Writer supports
Judge Peeler
June 6,
2006
Congress gets a taste of Liberty
and does not like it
June 5,
2006
Fox Creek digging a deeper hole
May 17,
2006
If school
work is to be done at
home, why not home school?
May 8,
2006
Letter to the
Editor: How
quickly we forget
the lessons of the past
May 3, 2006
Mr. President; Secure our borders
May 1,
2006
County Council; Proper law
enforcement for county not worth $8
April 19,
2006
Ex-Fox Creek
Board Member speaks out
"I am very worried about many aspects of our 'boards' rulings and
decisions."
April 13,
2006
Letter to the Editor: The county is
certainly
in need of a blood transfusion
April 4, 2006
Letter to the Editor: Just my
thoughts on the
School Board in Edgefield County
April 1, 2006
Opinion: High times at Fox Creek High
March 31, 2006
Opinion: Budget woes and foes
March 30, 2006
Letter to the Editor: President Bush should
secure borders
March 29, 2006
Letter to the
Editor: Writer is "blessed to have Dean Campbell as
our Mayor"
March
16, 2006
Letter to the
Editor: Writer claims:
Edgefield Endangered
March
16, 2006
Letter to the Editor:
Writer supports Mayor
Campbell for re-election
March
14, 2006
Letter
to the Editor:
Female writer ponders Roe v Wade for men
March
13, 2006
County
government,
Here's your card!
March 8, 2006
Why
double pay the administrator?
February 28, 2006
Is
the Town of Merriwether inevitable?
February 20, 2006
Writer
offers apology for Letter to Editor
February 10, 2006
Town
of Johnston needs ordinance for all night nightclubs
February 8, 2006
Letter to the Editor
Writer has concerns for school safety
February 1, 2006
School
safety comes first
January 30, 2006
Dropping
names
January 27, 2006
Letter to the Editor
"What does it take to have speed
limits enforced?"
January1 7, 2006
A
blessing in disguise
January 7, 2006
When
is too many not enough?
January 5, 2006
Letter
to the Editor:
Planning Commissioner unhappy with internet auction
December 21, 2005
Hybrids
and higher taxes
December 9, 2005
Supporting
the terrorists
December 8, 2005
Crime
on the rise
December 5, 2005
Letter to the Editor
Dear
Editor:
I appreciate very much you allowing me this forum to respond to some
remarks made against me in recent weeks.
December 1, 2005
A selfless Christmas gift
November
30, 2005
Merry CHRISTmas
November
28, 2005
Why be politically Correct?
November
21, 2005
Freedom of Information does not
apply to
Edgefield County Government
November
16, 2005
STH Football producing more
shinning stars
November
9, 2005
A lesson in French
November
8, 2005
President Bush gets second chance
to get it wrong
October
31, 2005
Is Harriet Miers right for the
Supreme Court?
October
18, 2005
Letter to the Editor
Writer assures readers Pendarvis
Chevrolet was not target of letter
October
15, 2005
Is majority rule the American way?
October
14, 2005
Letter to
the Editor
Questions towing practices and charges
Letter to
the Editor
Resident takes
issue with letter writer
Letter to
the Editor
School Board hopeful says, "It is
time to do something"
When “Unity” is a bad thing
October
3, 2005
Higher gas prices are up to you
September
22, 2005
Judge
Williams blew it
September
16, 2005
Where oh where is Jim Oliver
tonight?
September
15, 2005
Those who
do not know history do not know
where they are
September
14, 2005
Apples, oranges, and fuzzy math
September
7, 2005
Marion Key: More questions than
answers
September
3, 2005
The
elite doesn't understand the South
Matt Towery: TownHall.com
Letter to the Editor: Reader
draws the
line on the football field
Imagine, a State Championship game
at
Strom Thurmond
August
29, 2005
Liberal media in quicksand
August
25, 2005
Are you ready for some football?
August
20, 2005
“PUD’s” and what they are not
telling you
August
17, 2005
How to solve a problem: Solve it
August
13, 2005
Hidden
taxes tax the mind, and wallet
August 8.
2005
Find the terrorists, but do not
look for
them
August 2,
2005
Does Ray Walker Trucking really
care?
July 30,
2005
Letter to the Editor
Dear
Editor,
In the interest of balance and fairness, I request that you please print
the following letter in your next publication
July 30, 2005
Back to school
July 25,
2005
Some people just do not know when
to quit
July 22,
2005
Integrity lost
July 18,
2005
When the chips are down, true
colors are
shown
July 16,
2005
Rolling
back the clock
July 11,
2005
Are we powerless over illegal
immigration
in Edgefield County?
July 7,
2005
Letter to
the Editor:
Activist explains
actions on chicken farm
July 6,
2005
The truth, the whole truth, and
nothing
but the truth please
July 2,
2005
Chief
Magistrate Judge Davis Parkman
Obliges Freedom of Information Request
June 29,
2005
Here we go again
June 25,
2005
This land is our land, it is not
your land
June 24,
2005
School Board needs to get in line
June 15,
2005
Has California gone mad?
June 14,
2005
Do as we
say do, not as we do
June 11,
2005
Veteran Judge could take lessons
from
rookie Clerk of Court
June 9,
2005
Letter to
the Editor:
Mother
expresses pride in daughter
June 8,
2005
Koran "Abuse"?
June 7,
2005
Duplicity
in action
June 7,
2005
Who is out
of touch? Not Norman Dorn
June 4,
2005
A Stark Reality
June 1,
2005
“It’s none
of your business,” (James
Bibbs) “The hell it ain’t,” (Brad Covar)
May 26,
2005
Sen. Lindsey
Graham, R-S.C. sells out South
Carolina
May 24,
2005
Why does
the national media hate America?
May 21,
2005
Controlling Illegal aliens with trespassing
charges
May 16, 2005
Child killers and public executions
May 11, 2005
A problem
in believing Solicitor Donnie Myers
May 7, 2005
What
happens when everyone is correct in their position?
May 6, 2005
Lacy
needs to get a clue
May 4, 2005
County
and Town run from failing legal challenges
May 3, 2005
An
End To
An Expensive Wild Goose Chase
April 29, 2005 (removed, will
be reposted in full at a later date)
The
Wizard
April 16, 2005
Should
CSRA women be sent to find Osama bin
Laden?
April 12, 2005
A
Tax by any other name is still a Tax
April 6, 2005
Dividing
and
conquering?
March 30, 2005
The
Real Put Parents in Charge Act
March 15, 2005
Is
Zoning Right For Sweetwater?
March
2, 2005
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