http://www.picayuneitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:21:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_278102220.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_278102220.html Editor;The enclosed text is intended as a reply to a letter that was printed in your paper 9-22-09. The letter was entitled “Alcohol definitely not needed in Picayune”, submitted by Melinda Dukes. While I respect Ms. Dukes personal opinion, there are several flaws that suggest response. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:07:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_273120830.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_273120830.html Editor:The Picayune Item has come out strongly in favor of bringing liquor sales to Pearl River County. I feel that the other side of the issue should be given equal airing. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_273120145.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_273120145.html Editor:I read in a recent newspaper article that Sheriff Allison is going to have to make drastic changes in the way his Department is going to be operated. Major cut-backs in funding via the Board of Supervisors have been set to take effect Oct. 1. Pearl River County needs all the Deputies we can get at this time and age with all the crime that’s happening all over the state. Not only the crime but what about the traffic. This has increased many, many times since Hurricane Katrina blew all of the evacuees and the construction workers into South Mississippi, both legal and illegal. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_267115217.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_267115217.html Picayune does not need alcohol. Let’s face it — alcohol breeds crime, and our city is better than this! Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_267115041.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_267115041.html Editor;In response to your article “Now We Know” September 20, 2009. Our local editor of the Picayune Item took the word of one individual and the article printed September 18, 2009 “City lost one restaurant because of law” regarding the potential location of Applebee’s in Picayune. First of all, I can not believe a large chain such as Applebee’s would enter into a proposal to locate in Picayune without first gathering all the facts and laws that would govern such a decision. Second, did our local editor bother to check with Applebee’s regarding this matter or simply rely on Mr. Thigpen’s comments? You and I both know the answer to this question. Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:21:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_236122202.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_236122202.html Editor:Obey the police officer before you kill a child! Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:12:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_155101242.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_155101242.html Editor:I have been meaning to write to thank the management of the Picayune Item for including the writings of Dr. Thomas Sowell ... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_155101144.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_155101144.html Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:33:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079095417.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079095417.html Editor:If you are angry at the AIG bonus debacle and have any anger left may I direct it towards the proposal being consider by the Obama White House. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:28:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079092935.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079092935.html Editor;I was not surprised to read your column published March 17. Your feined outrage over the AIG bonuses is straight out of the Obama playbook and talking points. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:26:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079092721.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_079092721.html Editor:In Chapter 26 of “Elmer Gantry,” Sinclair Lewis’s great satire of fundamentalist Christianity, Gantry forms an ecumenical “Committee On Public Morals” in order to “wage open war on the forces of evil” (primarily alcohol) which he claims are threatening “the morals of youth and the sanctity of domesticity” in the fictional town of Zenith. Clergy from all the Christian denominations of the town, the local rabbi, “four moral laymen” and a lawyer comprise the committee. Gantry’s purpose is to bully the committee members into taking vigilante action against the town’s various “dives” and houses of ill repute, Gantry, of course, being the self-anointed leader. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:46:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_330094723.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_330094723.html Editor:As we approach this Thanksgiving season, American agriculture continues to provide food and nourishment for every family in the USA and to export more than 30% of what is produced in excess of our needs. This is truly a blessing that God has allowed us to enjoy as we work every day as stewards of His domain. Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_304162458.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_304162458.html Editor,Of all tax types, property taxes are the least popular among taxing authorities. Property taxes are paid all at once, unlike income tax or sales taxes which are paid a little along. The people who decide who gets what tax type reserves the less painful type for their entity and pass the most painful type down the line to the least influential entity (the county). This property tax is assessed upon 5 groups of property, real, business personal, mobile homes, motor vehicles, and public utility. Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_269094046.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_269094046.html Editor;Let me state at the beginning of this letter that I am not now, or at anytime in the future, considering running for any political office here in Picayune. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_268153954.html http://www.picayuneitem.com/letters/local_story_268153954.html Editor; When a legislative task force visited two school districts last week, they witnessed two extremes in operating schools. The schools could not have been more alike in some respects or more different in others. The school districts were almost identical in terms of size and demographics, but they were very different in terms of student learning outcomes.