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Lessons learned, thank you Mr. Buck

I read with sadness that one of my favorite high school teachers died this past weekend. Morris Buck was the kind of guy that you either really liked or hated. I liked him because underneath his scathing wit was a desire that each of his students succeed in the class, and in life. During speech class anyone who dared to utter the forbidden "uh" or "um" were interrupted with his classic, "Uh? Um? That is NOT a word, start again." He was a tough teacher, but in my opinion we need more like him. Whether in his role as director for drama students or teaching English and speech, he made an impact that I will never forget and I doubt many who he taught in his 33 years as a teacher will forget him either. Michael Griffey II Lafayette

Vote out all county incumbents

It has become quite clear that all of our county officials have turned into tyrants. Our highway superintendent had his feelings hurt so he wants a citizen's property condemned for a pet arch project. I'd like to know on what grounds you want this property condemned?

Our county is so far in the hole that we have to raise taxes because of the incompetence of past and present county officials. It is obvious that our elected leaders can't manage a lemonade stand so why are we wasting tax dollars on this bridge? What possible public interest of this arch trumps the right of a citizen to property?

I question whether the county attorney is going to pursue this legal action pro bono, or are we Carroll County taxpayers going to foot the bill?

Please join me in voting out all of our incumbent county officials. We can't continue on the same path that we are on. Darren Pullen Bringhurst