Beaufort County Council leaders well-intentioned | Letters

Your editorial suggesting it’s time for a complete turnaround of Beaufort County Council frankly has me turning around.

Stu Rodman and Paul Sommerville have been working diligently for this county for many years. I suggest that you look around and realize we have: great roads, comprehensive development plan, Rural and Critical Lands program, reasonably low taxes, and I can go on and on. I am very proud of Beaufort County.

To condemn two long-serving and frankly hard-working elected members of county council in what appears as a poorly-orchestrated Third World coup is bad form. Give me a break!

Have you ever been to any of the hundreds of meetings these council members have to attend? Have you ever heard the ridiculous comments people make? Even their time off is rarely their own. All of this for not much financial compensation – not a job that will ever make you well-off.

Ashley Jacobs is a fine choice to lead this county, but remember she just started and she may need some time getting on her feet on the ground. The responsibility of running this county government is a huge job. Perhaps efforts to assist her were not appreciated, but their intent was well-intentioned.

I will take two guys who have been at it for 14 years over some crusader who may not stand the test of time.

Christopher W. Campbell

Sheldon

How to help local business in coronavirus pandemic

We recently received a message from our daughter in Sausalito, California. She, her family and friends, are purchasing gift certificates from local mom-and-pop restaurants and merchants.

The gifts certificates can be used down the road when they re-open their doors. This should help the merchants who always support us, get through these difficult times.

We would even suggest that the merchants consider giving discounts for the gift certificates as an incentive.

Bonnie and Don White

Hilton Head Island

China is not our friend

This influenza came from China. It originated there, it first spread there, and the totalitarian nature of their government intentionally suppressed its seriousness. Critical details could have given the world a head start in its containment. Instead, they chose to silence those who sounded the alarm.

We have outsourced to a strategically dangerous degree to a nation that is now exposed as irresponsible and indifferent to the international community, a nation whose ambitions are to replace the U.S. as the model and leader. While the left has cringed at “America first” as jingoistic and xenophobic, it is now abundantly clear that it encapsulates the only real preservation of who and what we are.

Our service industry has been kneecapped, our markets ravaged, our everyday life completely disrupted. This will pass, when and under what circumstances remain to be seen. The lesson here, obvious to anyone with eyes and half a brain, is that China is not, nor ever has been, our friend. Time to treat them accordingly.

Steve Quick

Hilton Head Island

Time to stop outdoor burning

Hello neighbors, all those folks who continue outdoor burning should know that residents who do not burn find it unsafe and annoying.

How can anyone sit outside and have a fresh cup of coffee? Or even walk?

Folks who are looking to buy a home will definitely be turned off.

Let us all make a clean environment.

We presently have a recycle center that takes yard debris.

Maureen Wilson

Bluffton

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