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‘Granny over the cliff’ just doesn’t work
To the Editor:
With the election date drawing near, I am apprehensive about the Republican candidate for Haywood County Tax Collector. I am a resident of Haywood County and the fact that we have a young man representing us with little life experience concerns me. He is still a college student and has never had a full-time job. The tax collector is a full-time job that requires skills and experience to handle millions of dollars collected for our community. The monies collected are put back into our community for the staffing and operations of important services such as … fire, EMS, police and local school districts. Each of us could possibly rely on one of those services at some point.
When it comes to running such an important office, I expect this person to be someone with experience, understanding and leadership! It also requires being a people person with compassion who sometimes deals with difficult situations that may be the lowest points of our Haywood County citizen’s lives, resulting from a loss of a job or loss of a family member that puts them in a financial downfall.
The Republican candidate is not gallant in his campaign. I have not seen his name appearing anywhere. During the candidate forum he did not demonstrate courage or directness, as he did not look up when speaking or when asked a question. Should this not concern citizens?
The numbers speak for themselves! The current tax collector, Greg West, has the highest collection rate in the history of our county and it has been the highest during his consecutive four-year term. He has managed this from being fair and hands-on to the citizens of Haywood County. I urge you not to vote for someone just because “R” is beside their name. My vote is for the most qualified and most experienced candidate, Greg West!
Stacy Lindsey Haywood County
To the Editor:
You have to laugh at the way liberals in the news portray the big bad Republicans. They are all anarchists and should be put in a basket of deplorables. Well that is just a bunch of, to put it lightly, male cow patties.
The front page of The Smokey Mountain New proclaims ‘’House Republicans eye cuts entitlement programs!” Oh my God, we are doomed. How dare those dastardly Republicans try to shove granny over the cliff by cutting spending. I’ve been on Social Security and Medicare for 12 years and never had any benefits cut. The election is days away, let’s try to sway the vote by scaring people more than we already are.
These so called “entitlements” are not my entitlements because I paid taxes on my wages ever since I was 16 years old and so did my employers. The people who are getting entitlements are the ones coming here illegally and getting free cell phones, free health care, food stamps and the like. No, I’m not a racist! Foreigners come here all the time from other countries and I welcome them, just don’t come here illegally and with your hand out.
So I say to staff writers at SMN, “I ain’t skeered.” I voted early and I voted for the people with common sense and they were not the party of our current mindless President. Listen, history shows Democrats spend spend spend and Republicans have to go behind them and have to cut cut cut. Dennis Ford Franklin
GOP wants to cut entitlements
To the Editor:
Who cares if you’re a Republican or Democrat? Who cares if you like Biden? Who cares who will run for President in 2024?
Right now, if the current brand of Republicans win, Social Security will go back on the chopping block … the cap on drug prices will be popped off … victims of rape and incest will be forced into an involuntary choice. As for inflation, that is a worldwide problem because of Putin’s war and his nuclear threats to us all — threats that can’t be ignored. Yes, that means the cost of living has gone up in the USA, but it has skyrocketed in other countries around the world.
Mary Joyce Sylva
Planned Parenthood supports Democrats
To the Editor:
Cheri Beasley is a liar. Without providing any proof she claims that the majority of folks in North Carolina believe that Roe v. Wade should dictate reproductive freedom. I think that the majority of people actually think it’s justified murder. There’s nothing reproductive if you kill the “product,” the child!
For nearly 50 years a law was in the books that came to be after the plaintiff lied about being raped. For 50 years that ruling allowed minorities to be targeted by Planned Parenthood and its leftist supporters. The only reason why the Democrats support it is because Planned Parenthood channels almost $50 million in taxpayer money they get each year back to the Democrats by supporting the DNC and Democrat candidates.
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