Here are some issues that area residents are discussing. The statements were phoned in anonymously, so the Courier does not vouch for their veracity, not do we know what motivated callers.

The winning junior basketball team was from the east side of Liberty County. And just because they were minorities they were not chosen to go to the state championship.

On 5 Feb., I watched the national prayer breakfast on the news. A prayer breakfast, huh, a prayer at the national level, while our children are not even allowed to pray?
Congratulations to all the students in Liberty and Long counties who signed scholarships. But they’ve got to remember they’ve got to work hard to make their parents and community proud.

Bush did not want Barack Obama to play Robin Hood with the money so he left us in a cancerous crisis of economics and not even radiation will cure it. The only thing that will fix it is God’s judgment.

Mr. Riddle wrote a good letter about Carolyn Brown. However, she needs to repay all the money she took, not just a portion.

Will the county commissioners be taking their annual taxpayer-paid vacation to Jekyll Island this year?