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

Why are housing prices down 15 percent nationwide and Hinesville's are up? It's because they want more tax money without saying raising taxes.

We're just wishing the bank would've put in a branch in the new shopping center with Food Lion. It sure would have been convenient.

We haven't had someone in there making the hard decisions for the last eight years. We had someone in there making the wrong decisions.