I donated my first $100 to the Stacey Abrams campaign out of simple gratitude for an alternative to the loathsome bigot-bait the Republicans have fielded for governor. For the first time in history, black people actually have somebody to vote for in Georgia, and if they are told this good ne…

A recent article was published in The News that Glynn County had more road deaths than any other county in Georgia. Frankly, there are more aggressive drivers and speeders in Glynn County who I have seen anywhere outside of Fulton County, and even they did not have 17 road deaths in 2017.

I’d like to thank The Brunswick News for covering the Kings Bay Plowshares action of April 4. Main stream news carefully avoids the story, especially any thing concerning getting some of the facts out to citizens concerning our nuclear weapon industry. I’ve just returned from another democra…

The two political parties that command the bulk of power in our country today may well have called our venerable and essential structure into question. Increasingly identified by the extreme boundaries of their political leanings, the Republican and Democratic parties define the polarized la…

I am so pleased to read letters from Charles H., Frank K., Felton H., and the lady who outfitted her kayak with survival gear to help others in troubled waters. Also I am never surprised to read letters from Clinton and Obama worshipers like Bob T., Tony B., and often Dick W. Their deep, inv…

On this date, I read three things that got me thinking:

I recently lost my husband and never felt such heartache. What has amazed me is the kindness of individuals, even strangers in our community. Recently, I scheduled a visit to my heart doctor. Driving over the causeway, memories came over me as if I were encompassed by a dark cloud. Each mile…

I am appalled by the lack of vision of our county commissioners. The Tradewinds tract along the spur, over 600 acres of land, sits vacant. Our commission can see only industrial use.

The headline on Larry Hobbs’ front page article, “Threat test goes awry at airport,” couldn’t be further from the truth. Glynn County Police Officer Justin Floyd responded to the threat appropriately and was praised by Chief John Powell for his actions. To have forewarned local law enforceme…

Robert Mueller and his Special Counsel investigation/probe/inquiry/witch hunt into Russian collusion/meddling/hacking/money laundering/tax evasion/conspiracy/spearfishing, or whatever alleged crime is handy at the time, was supposed to look into some kind of collusion between the Trump campa…

To all Tonys — chill-out. All politicians are liars. When the candidate says “he/she just wants to serve the people,” the lying starts. After, election lying becomes reflexive.

I am writing in support of the doctors and staff at Southeast Georgia Health System. I am relatively new to Brunswick, and moved from an area with excellent medical care. I was so thrilled to find doctors of such high quality here in Brunswick. I went to the emergency room in February and re…

It’s time for our elected state representatives to take our Glynn County Commissioners out of the process of managing St. Simons Island’s growth problems.

Thank you Tony Baker for your letter the other day. We get it. You think the president is a liar. In my experience, it takes one to know one, so perhaps we should heed what you say. I found it hard to follow your “truth” timeline since you start with the early 1960s and then move to the 1940…

An African-American female friend contacted me with reflections on my letter critical of Star Parker. I quote, “Star Parker’s columns sound like the ramblings of a mad woman and is enamored with her own thoughts that amount to BS.”

I know it is probably a done deal, but let me make sure I understand this whole concept. In 2001, we had a SPLOST that raised $3 million to build a conference center. Seventeen years later, the city has decided to act on it. There have been estimates that we now need $5 million to complete t…

I was very surprised to read in The News that there was a unanimous vote to continue to move forward and approve the conference center design and construction management approach. What happened between June 28 and Thursday? Did Mayor Harvey’s presence influence the vote?

The truth is that we might have fallen into nuclear war in 1962, lost two world wars, and failed to emerge from a worldwide depression but for luck, leadership, and trust in our institutions. As it was, it took global war to achieve economic recovery in the 1940s, and that’s many millions de…

It’s time for our elected Ga. state representatives to take our Glynn County Commissioners out of the process of managing St. Simons Island’s growth problems.

I wish to emphatically commend The News for publishing the special supplement “Back To School” with their Friday edition.

On July 19, the board of commissioners voted to adopt Glynn County’s comprehensive plan, a document intended to guide our growth over the next 10 years. Unfortunately, the public comment process leading up to the vote was a missed opportunity for our community.

I was hot, and not only because the air-conditioning in the hotel lobby didn’t work as well as one would hope on a muggy July night in Washington, D.C.

I was stalled by the lighthouse — no battery juices. A lovely woman, Liz Hallman, from Live Oak, Fla., came to my rescue, and a Chris Baker, from Chatsworth, came in his black truck with some jumper cables. It was a hot day; everyone was pleasant, and I wish to thank them kindly.

Fiscal responsibility?

To respond to the letter appearing in the July 19 edition expressing the writer’s inability to understand why people support Trump, I will try to enlighten him.

No it wasn’t President Trump that got had by Comrade Putin, rather it was Robert “Swan” Mueller and the Washington establishment that got smoked by dear old Vlad.

All politics are local. They impact having a good job to support your family, low cost health care and medicines and a clean and safe environment in which to live.

At the June Glynn County Commission meeting, Sea Island proposed a plan to move the Sea Island Half Marathon — the morning of Saturday, Dec. 1 — from Sea Island, where it was run last year, to a new route from Rainbow Island to The Lodge. Their initial draft plan involved closing the northbo…

For the past year, I have had the pleasure of serving as interim president of College of Coastal Georgia. As I conclude my term at Coastal Georgia, I am reflecting on the past year with both an insider’s fierce pride and an outsider’s open eyes.