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Letter to the Editor: Sticking to the agenda

Now that those who rule the roost on Parkersburg City Council managed to essentially silence their constituents, a little bird told me to check the April 8 agenda. And while its contents didn’t exactly ruffle my feathers, and it wasn’t a cardinal sin, I wonder what birdbrain is setting the ...

Letter to the Editor: Election integrity essential

Over the last few years, election integrity has been a huge topic of discussion in politics. Election integrity is far more than “stolen votes,” mail-in ballot shenanigans and voting machine irregularities. Election integrity is extremely important if we are to have a system that truly ...

Letter to the Editor: Expansion creep

President Trump’s DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) initiative coupled with our crippling national debt is earth-shaking. Having worked in and around the federal government for over 35 years, I have witnessed first hand the fraud, waste and abuse. Every federal supervisor knows the ...

Letter to the Editor: No one is immune

It has been a learning experience for me since my sister and her ex-husband were involved in an auto accident in Myrtle Beach last Aug. 28, one in which he did not survive. Both of them had been suffering from some dementia and inability to remember, especially short-term things. After being ...

Letter to the Editor: Problem is bigger than Donald Trump

What a letter writer of March 30 says about President Trump’s attack on the judiciary is correct for the most part. Trump’s claim that elements of the judiciary were biased against him and for the Biden family may have been true to a certain extent, but are discredited by the massive ...

Letter to the Editor: A constitutional conundrum

With Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, winning in the electoral college and the popular vote, both by a large margin and the Republicans maintaining control of the House and regaining control of the Senate, the Democrats are struggling for relevancy. The American people know why ...