Dear Samuel Knox Wansley, Welcome! You are my seventh great-grandchild and the fourth male in my growing family tree. However, I suspect that is of little importance to you at this point.

Dear Editor, I am struck by the recent firing of the NPR journalist of 21 years who exposed that this government-sponsored media service is biased and any information that is positive about Republicans is squelched or misrepresented. I do believe that we all know the media is biased, whether it is MSNBC and CNN to the liberal side, or Fox to the conservative.It is unfortunate, but these are privately owned businesses and We the People make our choice of which we want to listen to.But a news source funded by a government that is allegedly devoted to free speech is heinous in not being an agency of free speech.

Dear Dick Yarbrough, I appreciated your column of March 27 ( The Eatonton Messenger: “Becoming a Bulldog – Forever”) that described the remarkable credentials of UGA’s newly admitted students. As we welcome the stellar Class of 2028 to campus this fall, I look forward to all they will accomplish as they grow into exceptional leaders who impact communities, the state of Georgia, and our nation.

Silently, Tink closed his laptop. He had been showing me a couple of videos.

As of this writing, the opportunity has passed to express your opinion to Georgia’s Environmental Protection Division about its decision to issue draft permits for Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals to strip-mine the 582 acres of wetlands it owns adjacent to the Okefenokee Swamp.

Dear Editor, The referendum approved by the voters in the March 20, 2024 election clearly stated that General Obligation bonds were to be issued “in the principal amount not to exceed $22,000,000.”

Dear Editor, Last Thursday night, about the time most of you were sitting down to supper, the (Putnam County Board of Commissioners), in a hurriedly called meeting, was busy approving a resolution to issue General Obligation (GO) bonds that potentially could result in a Putnam County debt of $24.5 million. Revenue to pay off this debt is tied to TSPLOST #2; revenue which, by law, is capped at approximately $19M.

Dear Editor, This letter is in response to Commissioner Steve Hersey’s letter ( The Eatonton Messenger, April 11, 2024). I agree that the fire at Precision Outdoors is a public nuisance, according to my son who works in the area.

This story comes on good authority which assures us that this good story is true. One day, Tink and I were visiting his father, former television Executive Grant Tinker, when the conversation turned to Merv Adelson, a legend of iconic 1970s television shows.

Let’s face it. We’re a blessed people. Not only do we have the oldest state-chartered university in the nation with two recent National Football Championships, 27 Rhodes Scholars (but who’s counting?), and the greatest state song in the history of the world – Georgia on my Mind, as sung by Ray Charles Robinson – but we are also home to the sweet Vidalia onion. Our cup runneth over.