Here are  some of the issues area residents are discusing. The statements were phoned in anonymously, so the Courier does not vouch for their veracity, nor do we know what motivated  the callers:

Congratulations to the tree-stand hunter who shot an eight-point buck and carried it to his pickup. It was quite a feat for a man who gets Social Security disability for a bad back.

Help, I think it is a shame I’m forced to pay for city water then I have to go buy bottled water for cooking and drinking. The city says it’s because of a magnesium and another mineral build- up on a dead-end street. They could fix the problem, but they would rather spend our tax dollars for travel.

That is incorrect what they said about Walthourville Mayor Daisy Pray. She doesn’t have a vote. It was the city council.

The tax cut will help the Republicans receive bigger donations from the rich and wealthy so they can win elections. But the Democrats, the unemployed will have no one to donate to them because they will be on food stamps.