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Category: Opinion
Editorials and opinions from the editor of The Dillon Herald, Dillon, SC, guest columns, and letters to the editor
Editorial: Volunteer This Year
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This week is National Volunteer Week. Volunteers and their service are extremely important in our community.
Letter: Theatre Needs Support For Final Performance
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We need your help! With your support, The Dillon County Theatre has brought yearly seasons of live entertainment to our stage for some twenty years.
Editorial: Make The Time To Vote
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The City of Dillon has a council election on Tuesday with two seats with opposition.
Editorial: Positive Things
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Every now and again, it’s good to be reminded of some of the positive things that are happening in Dillon County. Lately, we have had our share of positive news. Let’s review some of it.
Editorial: Openess And Understanding
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In Thursday’s paper, we reported that the Town of Latta had approved a resolution to implement a two percent hospitality tax and a three percent accommodations tax that they had passed in 2008.
Opinion: Government Transparency
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It was three years ago this month that I unveiled the state’s first Transparency Web site, giving taxpayers a central site to view itemized expenditures for state agencies. The idea was simple: People work hard for their money, and they deserve easy, click-of-a-mouse access to details about how government uses their tax dollars.
Editorial: Habitual Offenders
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The Herald has heard numerous complaints lately from residents in the City of Dillon about dogs running loose and in some cases terrorizing entire neighborhoods. A citizen appeared before the Dillon City Council last month to make a complaint about dogs running loose.
Editorial: A Good Place To Start
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At a recent Dillon City Council meeting, a citizen made a complaint about litter. His complaint specifically dealt with those people who are hired to clean someone’s property and accomplish their work by blowing leaves, debris, and other trash onto someone else’s property rather than picking it up and disposing of it properly.
Letter To The Editor: Cell Phone Usage In Vehicles
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I’m a caring, concerned citizen here in Dillon County.
I’m writing to say they should pass the law for adults and teenagers that they should not be talking or emailing on cell phones and driving at the same time.