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

Drive-by shootings are the highest form of cowardice that I know of. It really takes a man to go by a house, not stop and show his face and shoot innocent people. We need to find who this is and then put them to the test.

 Why should the taxpayers incur the expense of rebuilding the football field at Liberty County High School when the original contractor did not do his job?

 I don’t mind sending a check to Eastern District Fire Rescue if they would just give us a financial statement. That is thousands of dollars they are getting.

 Congratulations to our Long County tax assessor and collector, you have killed the goose that laid the golden egg with your ridiculously overpriced property taxes. You did a great job.

First it was Jon and Kate Plus Eight. Now its Jon and Kate no more and each one takes four.

Just to let everyone know, you have 180 feet in the turning lane, not 430 feet, before you are supposed to turn.