Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Words of Hope
October 30, 2023EditorVinton TodayAs the first Benton County woman ever to be elected as a Benton County Supervisor - and coincidentally one of the first six women county supervisors elected in the St... Uneasy times as a librarian shuts out other ideas
By Randy EvansThe word for today is optics — but not the kind where your eye doctor is an expert.Instead of eyeglasses, I am thinking about the kind of optics that result when the perception of some...
Letter to the Editor: The squad and Hamas vs Israel
Dear Editor, Israel must defend the holy land given by God. There is no two two-state solution. Hamas must be destroyed to the last person. Same with Hezbollah. That is the only way for Israel...
Letter to the Editor: Fundamental Truths
Editor:Fundamental truths:1. Some people tend to believe what they wish to believe regardless of facts or data.2. Some scientists will attempt to prove a hypothesis with data and facts that have a bia...
"Something Wrong with That?"
In last week's regular meeting, the Benton County Supervisors seem to forget that the Benton County Auditor is their official records keeper. A copy of a contract was handed around for the Supervisors...
Letter to the Editor: VOTE NO TO EMS
Dear Editor,How many of you realize that voting yes to ems will raise your taxes .68 cents per $1,000 of your land value? That is a lot of money! If your land is appraised at $100,000 you are paying a...
Reason 1,472,358,234,7453,190 to appreciate our government workers
In my last opinion piece about why to get a government job, it was misunderstood by some government employees, Some thought that I was saying that ALL government employees are privileged simply by hav...
When you don't follow the rules...
If anyone was watching today's Board of Supervisor meeting, I would bet that your blood pressure went through the roof. The frustration of watching and listening to everyone on every side of the ...
Letter to the Editor To the Citizens of Benton County
Citizens of Benton CountyI am writing in response to the many statements and insinuations that Virginia Gay Hospital has not been transparent with use of state grant and county funds.Budget informatio...
Reason 1,472,358,234,7453,189 to have a county job
At today's Benton County Board of Supervisors Meeting, I found that I might just need to go back on blood pressure medicine. Today's meeting left me frustrated and wishing that as a teenager someone w...