Village Reflections: Stanford stories

Sometimes stories show up in your backyard. That happened when I was mowing the lawn last summer and noticed a sheen of pink on the edge of the garden plot. I dug a little deeper and discovered what I later learned was a McCoy vase.

Costs are too high

To the editor: I keep reading and hearing about the cost increases for county construction doubling and tripling. It seems to me that county officials are dealing with the wrong people.

Nothing is being done

To the editor: On this wonderful, warm day, March 27, 2023, I decided to review the news, for current event happenings. I switched to MSNBC News, and was immediately hit with excited reports of another elementary school shooting that just occurred in Nashville, Tennessee! Amazing!

Salute to our ag community

Last week was Georgia Agriculture Awareness Week, and here in Habersham County, we know agriculture is our largest economic driver. “As we celebrate Agriculture Awareness Week, let us remember that agriculture is way more than just a job – it’s a way of life,” said Commissioner Tyler Harper.

Excuse me, sir, could you tell the internet to make my coffee?

When explaining my column this week to my wife, I told her it was “Uncle Traveling Matt meets Andy Rooney.” If you are old enough to know who both of those people are, you will probably appreciate what I have to say.

SPLOST plans fall short

The rules for Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax – or SPLOST, as we all commonly know it – are specific and finite. We, the voters, have to pass SPLOST into existence, and our governments have to give us specific reasons (special purposes, if you will) for the money they will collect from us.

Is Trump’s arrest partisan?

To the editor: Trump arrested is nothing but partisan, as it is a Democrat from Liberal New York doing it? Justice is supposed to be blind. Republicans are screaming that Hunter Biden is getting away and no one is investigating him. Well they are by the AG.

Donate your tax surplus

To the editor: Recently, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that our state budget ran a surplus this year returning $500 to each taxpayer. I extend my invitation in the form of a challenge. I will be forwarding my “extra” $500 to a charity and I challenge any able community members to donate your $500.

Celebration of history was excellent

To the editor: As an advisor to the Habersham County Historical Society, it was my pleasure to participate at the 50th Year Golden Jubilee celebration of this organization.

Nothing to Bragg about

The district attorney of Manhattan, N.Y., is trying to make a criminal case stick against Donald Trump. DA Alvin Bragg is pushing to have the former president indicted on charges that he falsified business records during his payoff of his alleged former mistress Stormy Daniels.