Articles by Dispatch Editorial Board
Claude Simpson: Dismayed by behavior of supervisor
I am enlightened but dismayed after having attended a Board of Supervisors meeting yesterday. It was my first since returning to Columbus, my hometown. I had heard and read in the newspaper about rowdy and disruptive meetings and the concern that at times no progress could be made because of it, even on important issues. So I decided to attend a meeting to see for myself; they are open to the public.
Roses and thorns 3-13-11
Election candidates; Columbus Middle School Principal Cindy Wamble; Lowndes Supervisors Leroy Brooks and Harry Sanders; Rotary Club speakers; comprehensive planning crowd;
David Owen: Magby Creek problems blamed on Corps projects
I read your “Taming Magby Creek too Costly” editorial in the March 11, paper. It stated that this North Columbus creek, which is actually in East Columbus, is not worth fixing.
Bridget Pieschel: Report from Tokyo
I was really glad to hear Will’s voice when he called at about six p.m. this evening. It was about 8 a.m. in Tokyo, and he was still at his desk in the Price Waterhouse Cooper Building in the “Government District” in central Tokyo.
Wallace Dabbs: The Old South
A recent thoughtful column by Columbus editor Birney Imes, which appeared in The Commercial Dispatch and The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, contained a reference to Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest and President Abraham Lincoln.
Our View: Taming Magby Creek too costly
Heavy rains swept through Columbus and west Alabama earlier this week, which led to the inevitable. Magby Creek in North Columbus overflowed. Runoff ditches along Tuscaloosa Road weren’t able to hold all the water. Fields and streets filled with water. Roads and homes in the Masonic subdivision flooded.
Our View: Build a more attractive Columbus
On the demographic surveys that retailers use to build new stores and restaurants, Columbus looks surprisingly similar to other Mississippi cities.
Raymond Gross: Gas prices
Over the past few years I’ve read many letters to the editor about how gas prices are always higher in Columbus than anywhere else in the state. I think all this concern is good, and I appreciate the paper publishing all those letters so others may be encouraged to join in the song of complaints.
Ricky Bishop: Opposes redistricting plan for Starkville
An open letter to the citizens of Starkville and the Starkville Mayor and Board of Aldermen:
This past Friday, March 4, 2011, the Mississippi House passed Joint Resolution 1, a plan to redistrict the Mississippi state House based on population shifts.
Our View: Cadence’s best possible option
Cadence Bank began its new life as a private concern this week. Its sale to investment firm Community Bancorp is officially inked, its stock pulled from the market, and its board reshuffled and stacked with Texas-based CBC officers.
W.R. Bill Taylor: Setting the record straight
Ms. Bardwell (Home, home on the Prairie, March 7) was incorrect about the Taylors and Thurstons. It was a Taylor boy that married a Thurston girl. I should know. They were my grandparents. William R. Taylor married Stella Thurston.
David Creel: Makeup renovations start with primers
All the talk about “priming” would lead folks to think less about makeup and more about something seen on HGTV or on the local home improvement do-it-yourself aisle. Nevertheless, we are speaking of cosmetics, and the vocabulary has changed quite a lot over the years.
Ask Rufus: Turkey hunting and the settlement of Columbus
Turkey season will soon open, and hunters wearing the latest camo while carrying their favorite turkey calls will venture into the woods. The tradition of turkey hunting in the Tombigbee Valley goes back to the early Native Americans who were here even before the Historic Period Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Ask Rufus: Turkey hunting and the settlement of Columbus
Turkey season will soon open, and hunters wearing the latest camo while carrying their favorite turkey calls will venture into the woods. The tradition of turkey hunting in the Tombigbee Valley goes back to the early Native Americans who were here even before the Historic Period Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Our view: A building with a shaky foundation
The fate of the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau office in the almost-finished new building behind the Tennessee Williams Home is apparently in limbo, with the county balking at the price tag.
Public concert highlights guest artist’s visit to Starkville
Guest artist Dawn Lenore Sonntag, from Hiram College in Ohio, is visiting as an Artist in Residence today through Sunday in Starkville.
Our view: A West Point boy that could
Gray Swoope’s successes in Mississippi have been noticed nationwide, and that’s bad news for us, but great news for him.
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
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