Community

Obligations as a public servant

Polk County Commission Chair Tom Pack and two of his Republicans colleagues, Keith Holbert and Michael Gage, voted…

Letters to the Editor

Commissioners should be charged with a federal crime

To the editor: I think everyone is missing the point here. I was a volunteer with the county…

Letters to the Editor

Do Black Lives Matter in Tryon?

To the editor: On Thursday, Sept. 3, I attended a meeting of the Eastside Citizen Advisory Committee at…

Letters to the Editor

What is the value of our water?

To the editor: This is an open letter to each member of the Polk County Board of Commissioners.…

Letters to the Editor

Responsibility to protect all God’s creatures

To the editor: The recent decision by Commissioners Pack, Holbert and Gage to not reinstate Patti Lovelace and…

Letters to the Editor

The sin that can never be forgiven

To the editor: It’s not supposed to be this way.  It’s not supposed to be this way, at…

Letters to the Editor

Disgusted Republican

To the editor: Commissioners Pack, Gage and Holbert have made it clear that their first priority is themselves,…

Letters to the Editor

Commissioners should represent all citizens

To the editor: Call me naïve, but I thought we elected county officials to represent all the citizens…

Community

No room for ‘playing politics’

I am greatly saddened and disappointed to read about your decision to vote against the reinstatement of Patti…

Community

Where is the power going?

One question I've been wondering about, that I haven't heard asked yet, relates to the supposed purpose of…