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Alcohol sales better option
Editor:
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There is a certain group of city leaders in Hartselle who want to con and force everyone to foot the bill for a much needed new high school. There is no option. By edicting and levying additional taxes, everyone must pay, no exception. On the other hand, alcohol sales will produce more than enough revenue to pay for a new high school and everyone has the option of participating or not, buy if you wish or refrain and no one condemns you. And no, contrary to nay sayers, Hartselle’s lifestyle will not be adversely affected in the least.
The attitude of these certain city leaders is, they and only they, have the right to choose your life and how you live it. Don’t be misled! There is no wrong in the sale and consumption of alcohol. The Bible does not tell you this, only the small narrow minds doing the interpretation tell you this. The only wrong in alcohol is the manner in which it is used, or more appropriately – misused. Controlled alcohol sales and use is only positive, a benefit to all. With alcohol sales, we, the people of Hartselle, have a greater, improved school system in which we can all take pride and certain city leaders loose their dictatorial control over Hartselle. Hartselle does not want nor need more taxes – maybe new leaders but not more taxes.
James L. Nix
Hartselle
Fundraiser a success
Editor:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped make The Rocky Gillespie Fundraiser a huge success. God Bless and may you feel Christmas in your heart all year long.
Regena Forth , Kristy Wiley and Friends of Rocky Gillespie
Downtown is great
Editor:
I recently moved to the Huntsville area and have been encouraged by everyone to visit Hartselle. I decided to do so and arrived there Friday past early in the afternoon. I found downtown Hartselle to be a charming town and had a yummy piece of lemon cake at a great restaurant-Cahoots. I was greeted by all shop owners and found that great Southern hospitality is alive and well in Hartselle. I could tell that most of the shop owners have put great effort into restoring their buildings. No one can imagine my surprise when I happened upon a past copy of the local paper in which a writer described the sales people as “rude” and the downtown area as “clutttered” with antique stores.
Was I in the twilight zone?. Had that person and I been on the same planet? That writer seems bent on bringing cement and shopping malls to downtown Hartselle, exactly the reason I left Huntsville for the day. I wanted peace, quiet, and an afternoon away from cement, pushy sales help and the constant rush of life! Hartselle delivered! I went home relaxed and couldn’t wait to return. Hardly the way I feel after visiting the local mall. Hartselle residents are in the enviable position of being able to decide whether their lovely town will become a giant flea market (you probably can guess which stores I am referring to), another cemented treeless retail wasteland, or a wonderful combination of the best of the past and the present.
I do agree that more parking space is needed and some specialty restaurants open on Friday night and the weekends but it is obvious that future business folks would be reluctant to invest in a community without local support which is the backbone of every small business.
Ashley Edwardson
Huntsville
