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July 7th, 2022

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: An alternative idea for surplus state funds

By Paul Mack • March 28, 2022

In The Dispatch Sunday article on the state budget and proposed tax cuts House Speaker Phil Gunn was quoted as saying Friday that, “We’re collecting

Letter: Untransferred Trotter funds cause for concern, cooperation

By Berry Hinds • March 14, 2022

The revelation regarding the continued financial problems the City of Columbus is having further confirms there is a dire need for an audit to determine

Letter: Doesn’t agree with AG Fitch’s definition of ‘freedom’

By James Hodges • March 11, 2022

Attorney General Fitch pushes against feds on abortion, vax mandates and states her office is about freedom. By pushing disproven theories and inaccuracies about the

Letter: Concerned about leadership at home and abroad

By Larry Watson • March 11, 2022

President Joseph R. Biden is banning all Russian oil Imports along with our allies and some of the other European countries. A warning has been

Letter: Learning from history, or not

By Jim Terry • March 11, 2022

There is this comedienne, I believe it’s Judy Lynn Tenula, known for her whimsical and bawdy personae of the “The Love Goddess” all the while

Letter: Further thoughts on Salter column

By James Hodges • March 4, 2022

In 2018, President Trump suggested a move that would destroy NATO: The withdrawal of the U.S. Trump told his top national security officials that he

Letter: Enjoyed description of wedding event

By Emilie White • March 3, 2022

Just a note to express my pleasure to read the great McLeod/Robinson wedding article in “Transitions”, The Dispatch, Sunday, February 27. With its great descriptions

Letter: Remarks made to city council Tuesday night

By Will Sanders • March 2, 2022

Thank you, Mayor and Council, for your time and attention this evening. I have some prepared remarks about the city’s annual audit, will be brief,

Letter: Concerned about various city projects

By Lee Roy Lollar • March 2, 2022

leaders are feckless on how to respond. I understand this is Europe’s / NATO’s problems, but America is funding the Russian’s war machine by buying

Letter: Calls on citizens to be givers

By Pat Fisher Douglas • March 2, 2022

We, Columbus and Lowndes County brave citizens have voiced our opinions knowingly and willingly through our number one media, The Commercial Dispatch, that has been

Letter: Invasions

By Bill Gillmore • March 1, 2022

Some people in this country support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Marjory Taylor Greene led a chant of “Putin! Putin!” Obviously a manly man, willing to

Letter: Further comments on proposed Fifth Street improvements

By Bill Ford M.D. • February 28, 2022

I have come to understand that the $700,000 the City has received from internet sales tax must be spent on road projects. That doesn’t mean

Letter: Doesn’t believe proposed Fifth Street improvements are needed

By Bill Ford • February 27, 2022

I fully agree with “Our View” Wednesday, Feb. 23 that the city should not spend $330,000 to match another “free money” grant, this time for

Letter: Supports public lands

By Paul Mack • February 27, 2022

Based on the excellent article in The Dispatch this week, State senator Chuck Younger is the key proponent for returning the Black Prairie Wildlife Management

Letter: Doesn’t understand Russian support from US citizens

By Jiben Roy • February 27, 2022

What a beautiful country are we living in. A country of freedom of religion, race, color, speech, politics, a country of friendly neighbors, safe workplaces.

Letter: Takes issue with AG Fitch’s use of ‘freedom’

By Bill Gillmore, Columbus • February 25, 2022

Attorney General Lynn Fitch is about freedom. She mentioned two freedoms in her remarks to the local Rotary Club. The first is the freedom to

Letter: Encourages public comments on Black Prairie WMA

By Paul Mack, Columbus • February 22, 2022

I’m not sure how many are aware of the county’s proposal to return Black Prairie WMA to private property. This is a real proposal with

Letter: Believes conspiracy theories threaten democracy

By James Hodges, Steens • February 17, 2022

In his Sunday column, Jabe Nicholson states: Since people conspire, there can’t be anything wrong with believing they conspire, hence there can’t be anything wrong

Letter: Takes issue with wording in baseball magazine story

By Erle Chenney, Starkville • February 14, 2022

I enjoyed the Mississippi State 2022 Baseball Season Preview Special Edition in Sunday’s paper. I thought it was well done and presented in a very

Letter: Opposes elimination of income tax

By Bill Gillmore, Columbus • February 11, 2022

The Mississippi legislature wants to more or less eliminate the income tax and increase the sales tax. Everybody knows that this will transfer a massive

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