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Mayor, chief wrong on HB89
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Dear Editor:

 

I read your recent article in the May 14 issue regarding House Bill 89 which would give more gun carry rights to people with gun permits and it almost made me ill. It is hard for me to understand how both Mayor Davis and Chief Billy Reynolds want Sonny Perdue to veto this bill. Please understand that I think both Mayor Davis and Chief Reynolds do a good job for Richmond Hill, it’s just that I don’t understand their reasoning regarding House Bill 89. I have been advised there are approximately 300,000 individuals in Georgia that have carry permits. These individuals go through a background check prior to the permit being issued. Most of the people I know that have carry permits are outstanding citizens in their community, pay taxes, attend church, are mostly conservative, have never been arrested and have never pulled a gun on anyone.

When I take my family to a restaurant on River Street in Savannah and leave that establishment at 10 p.m. I have major concerns about getting them all back to my car parked on Bay Street safely. When we make that walk I do not want any of my family robbed, beat up or shot. And if you think that is not happening I would suggest you pull your head out of the sand. I am no different than Chief Reynolds in the fact it is my responsibility to serve and protect my family as his is to serve and protect the general population. Why is it you want me to break the law in order to protect my children? It is not me you have to be concerned about. Remember, I am a law abiding citizen as are 99.99 percent of the remaining 299,999 permit holders!

 

John T. Wall

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Showing gratitude for service
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Dear editor: Another election cycle is finally over and the voters of Bryan County have spoken. We will have three new county commissioners in January 2011.
My congratulations go out to Jimmy Henderson of District 5, Carter Infinger of District 4 and Wade Price of District 2. I look forward to working with them as we continue to take care of the business of the county.
All three races were contested, which gave the voters a choice of who they wanted as their commissioner. Those who did not prevail in this election are to be applauded for offering themselves as candidates.
Our county owes a debt of gratitude to retiring commissioners Rick Gardner with eight years of service, Blondean Newman with eight years of service as a commissioner and 30 years as tax commissioner, and Toby Roberts with 18 years on the county commission.
These three spent many hours establishing policies and procedures for our county government and many meetings with state and local officials to achieve the best possible outcomes regarding our county on numerous issues. Their many years of experience will be sorely missed.
I well remember the first time I ran for public office and lost. Sometimes those who are not elected are the winners because they don’t have to go to all the meetings – that is said with tongue in cheek, of course.
After my loss, someone sent me the following quotation from President Theodore Roosevelt, which I keep on the wall in my office:
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
And my wish for all the citizens of Bryan County is to have a truly blessed Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year’s.

Jimmy Burnsed
Chairman
Board of commissioners

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