Letters

If the following was told to the people of the Twin Counties: "Raise your hand if you've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder," how many people would be honest enough to raise their hand?
Who should raise their hand but have no idea or are in denial about their mental instability?
It's time for the cycle to stop.
The mental roller coaster of extreme highs and lows that are being hidden by alcohol abuse, drug abuse, domestic violence and poverty needs to come to a final end.

Amazingly, Christmas is quickly approaching!  This year the Y’s Men have increased their goal for reaching out to our community with 550 food boxes.
Many individuals and families in our community are experiencing situations which make their holiday less than “merry”.
I join the Y’s Men in their campaign to reach their monetary goal for the Christmas boxes which mean so much too so many! Won’t you join me?

Grayson County has lots of needs. We also have lots we don't need, in the form of expenses for the taxpayers. Here are just a few.
• Doubling of real estate taxes to pay for a new multi-million dollar school. We already had good school buildings, better than a lot of kids live in.
• Borrowing money to pay interest on borrowed money with the result of putting the new school in hock to some financier off in another state somewhere.
• A school superintendent with a salary that would choke a hay-baler.

It boggles my mind every time I read a news article in which citizens state that zoning makes them give up control of their land. This simply illustrates the ignorance that exists in our county.
Zoning protects the value of your property.
I own about 10 acres on the edge of town and I really don't wish to have a concrete plant or a chicken processing plant move in right beside me. My property values would go to zilch in a hurry.
The thing that people are forgetting is that they are in control of what the zoning ordinances control.