Category: Viewpoints

Open Letter to the Editor: To the citizens of Freestone County. Let me start by expressing our gratitude for all of the prayers, food, flowers, cards, calls and charitable donations. You folks are truly amazing! We were very...

Dear Editor, What a blessing to know and work with so many wonderful people! Our 2018 Show of Wheels / Poker Run was a great success! Despite the weather we had 92 entries. Thank you to all those that helped make our show...

by Lee H. Hamilton   It’s so easy these days to despair about the future of our country. It feels like half the people I run into just want to pull the covers over their heads and ignore the news. There’s dysfunction at the...

Dear Editor, Freestone County Commissioners Court hides behind the fact that they meet during the day when the people they should be representing are working. The Court needs to meet on a specific night every month that does not...

by Lee H. Hamilton   If you take a dim view of our political parties, you’re in sterling company. So did George Washington. In his famous Farewell Address, he warned us against “the baneful effects of the spirit of...