Letters

What great news to hear Kingston Mayor Troy Beets proclaim savings on current loans of “roughly $59,000 in fiscal 2013 and $56,000 in 2014.”

Let’s hope city council members remember whose money is being saved and gives taxpayers a $60,000 break when they work out those draconian tax increases they recently announced.

Also, here’s a question for someone in the know.  

We understand Ms. Eleanor Neal was suspended for making a typographical error in reporting Kingston’s tax rate to the state.  

I hate to keep writing negative letters to the editor, but I haven’t seen or heard anything positive to be happy about; therefore, I would like to comment on some recent articles in the paper.
County officials seemed very happy that the Volkswagen distribution center that is locating in our county.
That’s well and good, but they neglected to say what, if any, incentives (land, tax breaks, etc) were given to this rich company that the hardworking taxpayers of Roane County will be paying.
That seems to be the going thing these days.

This is being written in reference to the Our Readers Write letter in the Dec 21, 2011, edition of the Roane County News.

The letter being referred to was titled “Pickup Sent to Drive Away Dead Man Not Appreciated.”

First, being members of the Roane County Rescue Squad, we would like to extend our sympathies and condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.

Never in the past, present, or future will any member of our organization say or do anything intentionally to disgrace or shame anyone, whether they be rich or poor.

Tennessee’s new voter photo ID law is nothing less than state-sanctioned voter fraud.

Wait, that’s not correct.

It’s massive and intentionally deceitful state-sanctioned voter fraud.

The fact that five out of six, or 95 out of 100 people, questioned believe that the photo ID law is OK, good, excellent or just what the country needs is irrelevant.

The new law is not so cleverly cloaked in the language of reform: “to protect against voter fraud” or “ensuring the integrity of the electoral process.”