Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Thanks to Harry Alexander for demonstrating the differences between our town and Oxford.  While a LARGE portion of the letter is all about him (relevance?), he finally gets to the point.  But his point is his biggest mistake.  Harry thinks we want our town to look like Oxford.    This condescending letter to…

Aside from basic issue of the proposed trailer park, I am a bit concerned about the yard signs popping up all over town that refer to a trailer park invasion. Now assuming they don’t refer to waves of sentient aluminum life forms, one might take these signs to refer to those humans that would inhabit…

Since my name and a quote was attributed to me I thought I needed to set the record straight – if for nothing more, the truth and my peace of mind.  I hope the paper will do likewise.  After the contentious Presidential Election the country has experienced, I would think the public deserves an accurate…

  In the January 19th edition of the Herald, Mickey Howley used his weekly column to accuse four young Oxford men of looking to break the Golden Rule. After thinking about this for two weeks and the ensuing controversy that Mickey caused  along with Coulter Fussell’s article maligning the character and  motives of these four…

To the Editor: In one of letters to the editor in last week’s Herald, the writer noted, “We are all victims of journalism that has become the property of progressive ‘reporters’ who no longer report what they see.  They twist the news into personal observation colored by their ideological agendas…”  Seriously?  What about Fox News…

TO THE EDITOR:  Giving outrage, righteous indignation and belligerence a temporary break, I decided to look objectively at the trailer park “invasion” (Thanks, Mickey). When we first learned of the problem I called my alderman, Bobby Cox.   He didn’t return my call.  Instead he came over within 15 minutes with a map of Water Valley…

Dear Editor, The concept of the expansion of the  Water Valley trailer park by the Golden Wing group is so ill-conceived that it is repulsive. The proposal is an exploitation of trailer park tenants and our town. Far from being an “asset” to our community, it will be a huge detriment to our town. There…

Dear Editor, There exist some NIMBYs  (Not In My Backyard) in this here county. Hypocritical ones, at that. In their defense, though, they are only partly to blame. Most of the blame rests on the echo chambers of their social circles. Social media has made these echo chambers even more polarizing and reinforcing. One ends…

Dear Mr. Editor This letter is in response to the letter in last week’s Herald in which the writer expressed dismay at being unfairly labeled a hypocrite among other things after voting for Donald Trump. I myself supported Bernie Sanders in the primaries. Call me idealistic or worse if you like. Once it came down…

Dear Editor,  It is true that the Mayflower Pilgrims were not Puritans, but they were very similar to the Puritans in that both groups were devout Calvinistic  Christians. The difference between the Puritans and the Separatist Pilgrims was that the Puritans were content to remain within the State Church of England and try to purify…