Unfortunately a number of our elected officials did not take, or did not pay attention in, an eighth (8th) grade civic class. This county is a “democratic republic”, not a pure democracy. The Electoral College is based on the number…
Category: Letters to the Editor
In reference to ‘One reason I left rural America’
I had a real problem with the writer trashing the place he had lived. In the Old West, if you shot a man in the back, you were a coward. The premise of the letter is the race card. Apparently…
Who Should Pay
If the County had nothing to do with the trouble the Clerk of Court is in, I don’t think the County or its insurance company should be expected to pay. D. Warren
Planned Parenthood and Choices about your Body
You already have the right to plan about becoming a parent. You already have the choice about your body. These rights can’t be taken away. These choices are made when you choose to have unprotected sex. You take a candy…
FSU Graduate Program creating political operatives
I am writing today in the hopes of inspiring members of our community who are looking to advance, or jump start their career in Politics. While the idea of career advancement can be daunting, I understand the importance of looking…
One Reason I Left Rural America
Dear Editor, When future anthropologists read through the archives of the Monticello News in their quest to understand institutional racism from the perspective of a small, southern community, they will no doubt place a bookmark in the May 28th, 2019…
Gulf Power
On June 4th I stopped by the North Florida Fairgrounds on South Monroe Street to visit Gulf Power Company’s open house. A friend had passed along the newspaper ad from a week earlier in the Tallahassee Democrat seeking information about…
NextEra/ Transmission Lines – new proposed gas pipeline route
While I and my neighbors appreciate all of City of Tallahassee, Jefferson, Leon and Tallahassee commissioners have done on the NextEra project, the “new proposed gas line route” is far from ideal for us in Jefferson County. The pipeline route…
NextEra Transmission Line
I am a concerned resident regarding the proposed transmission line running through our county. Could someone in Jefferson County please explain to me why our county commissioners are not standing up for residents who are still affected by the new…
White privilege – is it real?
One of the latest attacks on Western Civilization is the odious cry of “White privilege” in many of our tax-payer subsidized, White-people-founded universities, universities that openly discriminate against White people through Affirmative Action and other ‘minority’ preferred programs. There is…