Opinion & Editorial

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Give us the voucher system

News Staff
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
To the editor: Mr. Boger’s letter about school taxes got me thinking. I have been around long enough to know how governments work.

Housing market still presents challenges

Kyle Wingfield
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
There’s a new culprit accused of inflating home prices – investors. The share of U.S. homes sold to real estate investors reached a record 18.4 percent in the final quarter of 2021, according to real-estate firm Redfin. Metro Atlanta had the highest share of any major market: 33 percent.

See you at Thanksgiving

Matthew Osborne
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
OK, so it won’t be like that. In two months, my son moves into his college dorm, and it’s not like I will kick him out the door and forget him until it’s time to baste the turkey.
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Be careful out on the roads

News Staff
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Summer is here in force, and even with gas prices through the roof, folks are going to be traveling around to get where they are going for work and play. We need to be extra careful out there this summer.
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Questions about school tax for seniors

News Staff
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
To the editor: I have a question: Why are seniors in our county penalized on property taxes because they need to work to help curb the effects of this high inflation we are all dealing with? I am sure you have noticed the age of some of the employees at Ingles, Lowes and Walmart, just to name a few.
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

We need common sense

News Staff
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
To the editor:  Many of us are struggling to find a way to think how we as a nation could put a stop to another mass school shooting, or church shooting, or store shooting. Perhaps we cannot. But could we at least try to lesson the chances?

Governor gets major stamp of approval

Kyle Wingfield
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Politicos are still parsing the results of Georgia’s primary elections. What does it say about Donald Trump’s influence among Republicans? Are Georgians tired of hearing about the 2020 elections?

License plate readers work perfectly

Brian Wellmeier
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
I found this out about two months ago, and not in the way I wanted to. I was en route to downtown Clarkesville for some specific task I can’t recall when radiant, blue lights flickered and flashed. I’d passed a Habersham County Sheriff’s Deputy’s patrol car and now he was coming fast.
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Keep those vote totals rising

News Staff
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
To paraphrase one of the most popular television characters right now, the May 24 primary turnout was strong, from a certain point of view. On the one hand, seeing 35.5 percent of Habersham County voters cast ballots in May was a promising sign.