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Feb

17

Letter: The community should show more support

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : February 17, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,
On Monday night, February 13th, we attended the Plummer Family Country Music Show at the Trinidad school. This was a benefit for the Trinidad Volunteer Fire Department (TVFD). For a paltry price of $10 each, we enjoyed two hours of country music that was equal to most Branson shows. So what’s the beef?

The problem is that a large number of seats went begging for a lack of support by the very residents the TVFD works so hard to serve! It pains me to see that large communities like Key Ranch Estates, Beachwood and others located within

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Feb

09

Letter: San Antonio atheist calls for anti-nativity rally in Athens

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : February 9, 2012

Category: Government, Letters to the Editor, Opinion

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Dear Editor,

My name is Patrick Greene. I live with my wife of 33 years Karen. We live in San Antonio. Mr. Richard Riehn wrote a letter to the editor on Dec. 20th last year, defending the Nativity scene and how Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers

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Jan

13

Letter: Oh Little Town of Athens

Posted by : Michael V. Hannigan | On : January 13, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

Oh, little town of Athens, Texas, how still we see thee lie. That is until those mean ole bullies from up North come to our town demanding that we dismantle our manger scene on the Courthouse Square. And then it’s up-in-arms! Some of us literally.

Every denomination and all the citizens banded together in such a show of solidarity. After all, the Christmas season is the celebration of Christ’s birth. Santa Claus, gift-giving, candies, and parties were just instituted to further the joy and love that the birth of the Christ child began. The manger scene had to remain. And, although some among us would say that they’ve “never been proud of our country until” a certain occasion, I have ALWAYS been proud

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Jan

06

Letter: Flour, cornmeal, cooking oil, salt and black pepper

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : January 6, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

A few months ago Congressional Republicans in Washington fought hard to defeat one cent of tax increase on millionaires and billionaires. They won the battle for the rich. I was proud not to be involved. I’m not a Republican, and certainly not a millionaire or billionaire. Just the thought is laughable, considering my camoflauged ball cap status.

In other words, I’m not rich enough to be a Republican. I don’t even

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Jan

06

Letter: Best gift

Posted by : Michael V. Hannigan | On : January 6, 2012

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,
Our troops are home from Iraq, and 10,000 are home from Afghanistan. What a Christmas gift!
To our troops, thank you. Thank you to your brothers and sisters who are still deployed.
Thank you, President Obama, for bringing them home. This is truly the story of the Season.
Alan Belcher
Henderson County

Dec

19

Letters: A chicken in every pot

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : December 19, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Black Friday’s gonna save us all! The numbers are in. Retailers are showing enough ivory to put a Baby Grand to shame.

Record sales. More Americans earning wages as seasonal workers. Stocks for giant retail companies are sure to look better on the Big Board. Big investors are looking

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Dec

19

Letters: Hensarling was wrong

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : December 19, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Congressman Hensarling’s failure as the chairman of the Super Committee to bring together cuts and revenues to address the nations needs was a far bigger failure than he admits. Yes there will still be $1.2 trillion of spending cuts that will be guaranteed under the Budget Control Act but the part that he glossed over was that the Democrats offered three times that much way back when the first hard fight for spending and revenue increases were debated. That is the real tragedy.

The President has, on numerous occasions, expressed that Medicaid, Social Security and other tax supported systems were in the discussion for review and adjustment. This did not make many Democrats happy but he did this for a compromise.

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Dec

19

Letters: God-given rights

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : December 19, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

How we believe is our God-given right. Many, many of our young men and women have gone overseas fighting for our rights, and many, many of them have been killed. Therefore I think our rights are well paid-for.

It just wouldn’t be our courthouse if it wasn’t decorated

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Dec

19

Letters: DAR sends boxes to the troops

Posted by : Staff Reports | On : December 19, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,
The Daniel McMahon Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution would like to thank all of the persons from Malakoff and all Henderson County who took gifts to the Athens Review office and placed them under the Troop Christmas Tree. We mailed 21 boxes to our service men and women who would not be home for Christmas, each box weighing approximately 26 pounds. Thank you for your generosity.
JD Ferguson

Dec

09

Letter: Hensarling editorial ‘disgraceful’

Posted by : Press release | On : December 9, 2011

Category: Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

I sent the following email to Representative Hensarling about his Nov. 22 Wall Street Journal opinion piece:

Your WSJ opinion piece was disgraceful. As an elected representative

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