Dear Editor, Experience and knowledge are indisputable assets in most any enterprise and are the underpinning for success. However in politics it...
Letter to the Editor: The importance of term limits
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Letter to the Editor: Protecting our flag
Dear Editor, Along the line of making America Great again, we need to do something about protecting our national ensign, Old Glory, our flag, the...
Letter to the Editor: A humble hero
Dear Editor, Your account of Staff Sergeant John T. Dorsey, born, reared and early-schooled in Opelika (“A Humble Hero”—Opelika Observer, Nov. 23,...
Letter to the editor: Pre-championship game message
Coach Blackmon, I wanted to reach out and say congratulations to all that you have achieved with the program to date. I know you guys are working...
Opelika’s Cinderella story
Dear Editor, Everyone is a sucker for a good underdog story. There is nothing greater than an upset in March Madness or an FCS team going in and...
Letter to the Editor: Thanks to Rep. Rogers for PCHETA act
Dear Editor, Nearly half of all people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias are in hospice care toward the end of their life. Even with the...
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently I read Mr. Fred Woods’s very interesting Jan. 16, 2016 article online about the history of the Spring Villa plantation owned...
Opinion: Vote ‘no’ on amendment 2, state park privatization
By Charley Grimsley Amendment 2 on State Parks has been advertised as a way to protect state park revenues. If that were all it did, it would be...
Opinion: Amendment 2 will protect our parks system’s money
By Greg Lein and Bob Baumhower Alabama’s State Parks have received much attention during the last few years, including reports of crippling...