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Don’t use tax money to build an equestrian venue/ag center

Editor: Our county commissioners are asking for public input on their recent announcement to build an equestrian venue and agriculture complex complete with indoor/ outdoor arenas and convention center. The consulting firm commissioned by the county estimated the building cost to be $15 million to $28 million. Statements made at the March 2 County Commission meeting assured the commissioners it could be built for $3 million to $6 million. Regardless of the cost, we ...

March 20, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

State legislators: Don’t forget about us in the middle

Editor: Some questions for our Georgia senators and representatives: We are perplexed at the House Bills HB 385-387 that attempt a consumption tax with no reduction of income taxes. Fair Tax/Flat Tax type tax increases only work if there is a decrease in the overall income tax. Many of us have seen large increases in our property taxes due to the elimination of the homestead exemption, leading us to wonder if we ...

March 19, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

Illegal immigrants are just that – illegal

Editor: Undocumented individual defined: Prohibited by law; unnatural foreign resident of a country. My dictionary defines this as: illegal alien. Question: is there a difference between an undocumented person and illegal alien? Does "undocumented person" mean the individual lost their paperwork to be in our country? Or does it mean they sneaked across the United States border illegally, hired on with a criminal organization that sells their cheap labor to U.S. entities, such as ...

March 19, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

One ideal of our nation is to support the dreams of all

Editor: I'm writing to comment on an ideal that has a long history in the United States, equality of opportunity. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson included this value in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, and despite the fact that equality did not apply to all residents of this nation at the time of his writing in the late 18th century, as a society we have strived to meet that ideal over the ...

March 19, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

Thanks for series of Black History Month articles

Editor: I wish to thank you for publishing during February/Black History Month inspiring articles about your African American citizens in Statesboro, many of whom I personally knew. I am thankful especially for the prominence your paper gave to the article on Sunday, February 6th, about my father, Dr. Harvey van Buren, recognized for his contribution to the community some 68 years after his passing. I visited Statesboro on February 26th and spoke ...

March 19, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

Everyone, including undocumented youths, deserves an education

Editor: I grew up in a family with limited means and when I was 17 years old I was shocked to learn that teachers in my community were raising money to send me off to college. They must have seen in me a potential and a promise that I would ultimately fulfill. Forty years later I would like to believe that as a professor of American Studies I have contributed to the success of ...

March 12, 2011 | | Letters To The Editor

Herald: Thanks for informing and educating!

Editor: After reading the Statesboro Herald the first Sunday in February, I was reminded of anticipating what would happen in the comic strips when I was a teenager. I anxiously waited to read "Dick Tracy," The Phantom" and other comic strips each week. The Herald rekindled this eagerness in me during its features during the celebration of Black History Month. The first article depicting the life of Dr. Harvey Van Buren revealed interesting ...