Letters to the Editor

Can you think of someone close to you whose life has been altered by the economic turmoil of this past year? Many of us are confronted daily by the loss and devastation for many who live in our area.

Nov. 7, 2009, is a day that will go down in "infamy!" It's the day the citizens of this country took its first step toward socialism and the loss of one of its greatest

On Saturday morning Nov. 15, a group of us from Unity Presbyterian Church met on Steele Street at the entrance to the grist mill and there we were taken on a walking tour to the site of the grist mill established in the late 1770s. The present mill was rebuilt earlier this year.

This letter is in regard to and in support for good and affordable health care coverage for all of the American people. Our people must be given the right to choose between “public option” and private insurance. Those are our rights and should be our liberty.

Nov. 11 is Veterans Day. The 11th hour of the 11th day of the eleventh month. It is a day that World War I ended (Nov 11, 1918) and in 1919 President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the date as Armistice Day to remind Americans of the tragedies of war. It was changed in 1938 to make the day a federal holiday and in 1954, Congress changed the day to Veterans Day to honor all veterans.

First, I want to thank all of the voters in the Fort Mill School District that elected me to the Fort Mill School Board of Trustees. It is truly an honor to receive the vote of confidence in bestowing this incredibly significant responsibility upon me.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank those in our communities who supported me in the South Carolina District 48 House race. I met and got to know many people who worked very hard on my behalf, and I am grateful to them. I knew from the beginning that it would be an "uphill" battle in District 48 – and it was.

Who in the year 2009 considers oneself a “Conservative” and who considers oneself a “Liberal?” Two different words, two different meanings.

The residents of Spicewood, Eppington South, The Reserve and Knightsbridge are tired. We are tired of driving past schools to get to our assigned school. For years we drove past Gold Hill Elementary to get to Orchard Park or Riverview.

Our schools are having budget problems, cutting out programs, charging student fees, etc.

In reading the Fort Mill Times' introduction to the Tega Cay candidates, I noticed all the candidates have several things in common: Fiscal responsibility, building up the contingency fund, annexation and now the controversial LPGA seem to be common platforms for the candidates.

I was moved to tears this morning as I read about the untimely deaths of Michelle DiBernardini and Luke Hoover. Both were young, thriving high school students with the world at their fingertips whose lives were snuffed out in automobile accidents last week.

The economy is not strong right now. Tax revenues are down. The city budget is stretched. Needed safety items such as completing fire hydrant construction and hiring full time firemen have been put off because of budget constraints. The golf club was losing money before the catastrophic events that caused us to lose the greens. Now, the city is spending a (not so) small fortune getting them back into playable condition. At a time like this, it is reasonable for the citizens to ask the following question: Why would the City of Tega Cay want to construct a croquet court at the Golf Club?

I just wanted to voice my opinion of the newest attendance zone option that is being offered for the middle schools here in Fort Mill. As a mother of several children of varying ages, I looked at the district's newest option with great concern.

James G. Winters Jr. has written me a letter regarding health care reform, which the Fort Mill Times published on Sept. 30. I have summarized his questions and answered them as follows: