Decisions to consider when purchasing a car
This week my car gave us a scare. Somehow or another a valve bent in the cylinder after I started the car and put it in reverse. We couldn’t have seen this coming, I was told by our mechanic, so ther…
Newspaper clipping reminds us God is the only authority
Dear Editor,
I just ran across a newspaper clipping, date unknown, which blessed my soul. Election time approaches. It’s worth sharing. The headline read ‘First black judge praises the Lord,’…
Speak Out November 1
Monday 2:24 a.m.
Voters please vote no for the 1 cent increase in sales tax. From my understanding, they’re saying we, as the voters, would be able to choose where we want the new courthouse to be…
Dems Underestimate Voters' Intellect
“No government ever voluntarily reduced itself in size.” Ronald Reagan
The Democrats have an impending problem surfacing at an inopportune time: their beloved big government’s feckless respon…
Politics of trash talk
A recent Speak Out argument hit home for me recently when a few times I saw trash blow out of someone’s vehicle and on to the road. There was also the guy, on a bicycle, who rode through the parking …
Aunt Lizzy’s wisdom and Mama’s ditties
Reminiscing
Invariably, when our thoughts take us back, they involve another person or more. Thinking back to my childhood, I know I was fortunate to live next door to my paternal grandmother (Mam…
One cent tax up to voters
Dear Editor,
Within my first two weeks of being named Santa Rosa County Commissioner for District 1, I held a town hall assembly specifically on the new judicial center. It was a spirited meeting …
Speak Out October 25
Wednesday 5:10 p.m.
Voters, please vote yes for the 1 cent increase in sales tax. If it doesn’t pass, I read that homeowners will be responsible to pay for the new courthouse through their propert…
Productivity and Standard Time
My excitement regarding the end of Daylight Savings Time (DST) is one of them is a minority amongst my friends and family. My anticipation of falling back into Standard Time accelerates within the mo…
Ebola, We Hardly Know Ya
When it comes any issue, what is best for America is not what drives Obama. Even with Ebola, he is like the trendy new song, “I’m all about the base, 'bout the base, not the trouble.”
As with…













