Here are some of the issues area residents are discussing. The statements were phoned in anonymously, so the Courier does not vouch that they are true. Nor do we know what motivated the callers to make the statements:

They need to increase the ad valorem tax on these foreign-made vehicles. That will encourage buying American.

Terry Doyle's recent letter to the editor says it all. To propose raising taxes at a time like this is not only unethical, it is downright criminal.

In order to finish off the conservative revolution, we've got to elect Jim Martin. That way we can end this whole mess conservatives have gotten us into.