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

I think the Liberty County Health Department should go to all the schools and give the teachers flu shots for free. These teachers are educating our kids. They need to be protected.

Representatives are going to China to try to get more distribution centers. Wouldn’t it be nice if we built more factories here? Isn’t that part of the problem, not enough factories making things here in the United States?

It’s not long until the holidays are here. Is everybody ready? I’m not.

If I only had $70 in the bank and begging the whole world for money I wouldn’t be sitting in the bar drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, plus getting manicures and pedicures. I’d spend the money on something
better.

Maybe the reason you haven’t seen a terrorist is that for the past eight years we’ve had someone who is willing to make the hard decisions regardless of whether it is popular.