'Dirty stinking garbage dump'
05/09/08
To the Editor:
I am writing in opposition to the proposed landfill south of Cornersville. I have heard it called many things already. Waste Management calls it an "environmental center." Waste Management should call it their "goose that will lay the golden eggs." I prefer to call it what it would actually be, a dirty stinking garbage dump.
Be responsible and recycle
05/09/08
To the Editor:
I recently drove through your county and saw signs indicating that your community opposes a landfill in your area. I understand that sentiment.
'My whole life will change'
05/09/08
To the Editor:
My name is Levi Henry. I live in Diana, Tenn. My grandparents live on Claude Fox Road.
Waste Management is trying to put a landfill close to their house. They have 100 acres that I have lived and played on all my life. I plan to raise cows on that land when I grow up.
Landfill will affect everyone
05/09/08
To the Editor:
My husband and I were born and raised in Marshall County. We were proud of our county and the beauty of it could not be compared. The hills and the fertile land in the south of our county was known as the best farm land in the county and was so productive that it made many residents wealthy enough that they're offspring are willing to sell it off for garbage.
Reality isn't pretty
05/09/08
To the Editor:
Well, it has happened. We've outgrown our present landfill and now a new site has been selected. My, how much energy is surrounding it. Signs on lawns, people discussing the ramifications.
Stop this travesty
05/09/08
To the Editor:
Due to ill-health, I have had to drop out of active participation in the landfill matter. I regret
Mother's day is fast approaching
05/09/08
To the Editor: I doubt you will print this letter. You have never printed one I have written. But I thought I'd give it one more try. Mother's Day is fast approaching. I know you only feature one or two mothers. Which is fine for those mothers. But why not devote a whole section to letters about mother's like your counterpart in Shelbyville? But I guess some people would not approve, right? Oh well, I'm going to try anyways...
A dumping ground for others?
05/09/08
To the Editor It is humorous that our county commissioners should entertain the idea of putting "another" landfill in Marshall County. How could another landfill possibly benefit this county? Will it create 500 new jobs? Will it increase property values? Will it attract tourism to our county? How will it greatly benefit people in Chapel Hill, Belfast, Farmington, Petersburg, Berlin?...
What should the question of the week be?
05/09/08
Newspaper reporters don't have all the questions, so this week we decided to ask our readers for suggestions for an up-coming question of the week. Fortunately, everybody we asked knew about this column and were eager to offer us their ideas. We present their answers here...
How many hats can you wear?
Clint Confehr - Confehr on the square ~ 05/09/08
During the 1990s, Fred Hobbs was, simultaneously, mayor of Eagleville; the district's representative to the Tennessee House of Representatives; a member of the Rutherford County Board of Education, which elected him chairman of that panel; and for one year he was chairman of the board of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce...
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