Opinion
Speak Out – Facts
Facts Fact — Taylorville Community Unit Board of Education held three meetings on Wednesday, May 25, 2022: Building Committee, Curriculum Committee, and Special Board Meeting. Fact — The meetings were held at the Taylorville High School Tommy TV Studio which is located on the second floor of the east wing. Fact — There is no…
Read MoreSpeak Out – Shooting Strain
Shooting strain I’m getting sick and tired of all these mass shootings in our country. Enough is enough! Something needs to be done. Unfortunately, the gun lobby has control over the right wing republicans who have blocked gun control legislation. They say the reasons for the rash of mass shootings are the lack of moral…
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Kindness Kindness is not lost in Taylorville. Thank you to the kind neighbors in Kenton Addition for returning my lost pooch. Thank you to the cemetery crew that put my lost eyeglasses on the tombstone for me to find unscratched instead of mowing over them. Thank you to the courteous, patient employees working longer than…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Heartland Greenway placed a full-page ad in the Breeze-Courier on Sunday, May 15 in an effort to assure the public that their project is safe for all of us. The ad makes four references to the monitoring wells that will be placed to “ensure that no CO2 is migrating up from the storage…
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Dear Editor, As the proud parents of two THS graduates, and as two individuals closely associated with the Taylorville schools for many years, we feel compelled to write this letter. To the students, faculty, advisors, and all those associated with the production of the Tommy Awards, a big thank you and a job well done.…
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Dear Editor, I have been watching in awe of the decisions or lack of that are being made by the Christian County Board and wonder what exactly is their motive in continuing to bring items to the Board, send back to a committee, then back to the Board, on and on and on? Even some…
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Dear Editor, Fox News hosts like Sean Hannity falsely identified photos from a border facility as “pallets and pallets of baby formula for illegal immigrants and their families.” It was clearly marked powdered milk. Due to recent recalls there is a shortage of baby formula. So what does Fox News and their ilk do. Use…
Read MoreMayor Adams mocks the Far Left to rave reviews
Froma Harrop New York Mayor Eric Adams is a rising power in the Democratic Party. A former police captain, Adams is the answer to the prayers of Democrats who have almost given up praying for a politics they can sell nationally. Adams is a Black man, who, at age 15, was arrested and beaten up…
Read MoreOccupying the center
Susan Estrich The right-wing takeover of the Republican Party, symbolized by the end of Roe v. Wade, offers the Democrats the rare opportunity so artfully exploited by President Emmanuel Macron in France: that is, the chance to occupy the middle of the political spectrum. Ideologues may wring their hands, but the general rule in American…
Read MoreWhy Finland, Sweden joining NATO will be a big deal
BRUSSELS (AP) — It’s likely to be the quickest NATO enlargement ever and one that would redraw Europe’s security map. Finnish leaders announced Thursday their belief that Finland should join the world’s biggest military organization because of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Sweden could soon follow suit. Should they apply for membership, the move would have…
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