Woe, woe, woe

Discussion

July 19, 2010

Anonymous Jacksonville Daily Progress The Jacksonville Daily Progress Mon Jul 19, 2010, 08:08 PM CDT

JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville finally voted wet!

We’re told every day to look for the total collapse of our town.

Truth is, Jacksonville has always been wet.

Jacksonville probably has more alcoholics than any town in Cherokee County.

I lived here off and on since the 40s. There were bootleggers on every corner from the Rialto Theater to the corner drug store.

If you wanted a larger selection, you loaded up the old lorry and drove to Kilgore. There was more than one good ex-serviceman killed making this trip.

Some of our citizens think it’s better for those who drink to have to drive 20 miles to get the Devil’s Brew. This leads to drinking and driving. Then they trash our roads with their beer cans and empty boxes.

Truth is, our kids have more things to worry about than the corner store selling beer and wine. If they want to drink, they’ll get it someplace.

We don’t allow drugs to be sold in Jacksonville and those who want them have no trouble buying them.

So, now that it’s legal to sell alcohol, it’s time to stop crying and get on with your lives.

Probably the only difference you will notice will be less drunks on the roads and cleaner roadways.

Another happy citizen,

B.W. Hammonds,

Jacksonville

Text Only

Letters to the Editor

County commissioners response baffling, not too surprising

I can’t believe our county commissioner’s court’s recent actions regarding their refusal to entertain a motion to return to public comment time on the agenda.

January 15, 2012
Caldwell has a burr under his saddle

Goodness, I think I may have put a burr under Cherokee County Attorney Craig Caldwell's blanket. Mr

January 15, 2012
Nothing inadvertent about Pinotti’s work
(This letter from Cherokee County Attorney Craig D. Caldwell is in response to a letter by John Tessaro of Jacksoville published in the Dec. 11 Daily Progress, who wrote that Commissioner Katherine Pinotti's had ordered the "inadvertent improvement of a road thought to be a county road?")

December 31, 2011
‘Come on fellows, learn to work’ with Pinotti
Our poor precinct three commissioner has certainly been under fire and has had her share of distractions since she assumed her duties.

December 10, 2011
No plans for commissioners to slow spending
I would like to be perfectly clear. I have no political aspirations whatsoever and this has nothing to do with political parties. However, I am very disturbed by the actions of the county officials in managing the county funds. As a retired manager (32 years) for an international corporation, I feel compelled to bring some transparency to what has developed in Cherokee County finances.

November 19, 2011
Dear Jacksonville, thank you
We took our ice-cream outside to enjoy the beautiful weather, and were captured by the sound of Indian chants and drum beats. When we asked about it, we were told it was the football team practicing for that night's homecoming game. That trumped anything on our agenda; we decided to stay in Jacksonville for the game.

November 5, 2011
Thank you to good Samaritans
I would like to thank all of the people who were involved with caring for my husband and seeing to it that he got to the hospital.

November 2, 2011
The inconvenient truth
The Oct. 16 front-page article “Tensions rise over dam” (Buckner Dam on Lake Jacksonville) was quite educational. But some clarification is needed on a few points.

November 1, 2011
The inconvenient truth - part 2
These are some additional clarifications from the Oct. 16 headline “Tensions rise over dam” relative to the city’s failure to repair Buckner Dam.

November 1, 2011
Don’t outsource tax collections
Received my letter from the appraisal district, very alarming. It seems someone (little/flowers) is discussing to combine the appraisal district and the county tax office.

October 23, 2011
More Letters to the Editor Headlines

Letters to the Editor

Search Results

Discussion

Woe, woe, woe

Site Map

Contact Us