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Today's Opinions

  • Letters 04/24/13

    Inspired by book

        I have just finished reading “The Bedford Boys” by Alex Kershaw after it was recommended by a good friend of mine to read.

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  • Letters 04/17/13

    More information
     
        Back in 2006 many Bedford residents were solicited and responded to make a five year pledge/commitment for the construction of the Bedford Hospice House.
        In July 2009 there was an additional appeal to fund an endowment fund.
        In August 2011 there was a dedication ceremony.
        In December 2012 operations were suspended and it has been quiet ever since.

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  • Letters 04/10/13

    A fair voice

        Recently the County Board of Supervisors, as part of the City’s reversion process, voted to absorb the future Town residents into two existing county districts. By so doing, the future Town residents will simply be diluted into the two county districts which will result in the Town residents having no effective voice in how we are governed.

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  • Reducing the tax burden

    Tax season is upon us once again. As April 15th creeps closer, families and businesses are scrambling to meet the filing deadline for 2012 tax returns. For many that means a mountain of paperwork, hefty fees for tax preparation, and a headache from navigating the outdated, needlessly complex tax code. The U.S. tax code is so complicated that roughly 9 out of 10 Americans use paid professionals or commercial software to prepare their tax returns.

     

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  • Liberty University’s unholy gun policy

    In its advertising and promotions, Liberty University loves to tell the public that it is producing “Champions for Christ.”
        Yet, it is not a divinity school; it pretends to be like any other college or university in the secular world of higher education. But in all those other places, education – the profound search for higher knowledge – is a calling that certainly can’t be entangled with religion.

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  • A change for the worse

        Everything eventually comes to and end. I was reminded of this as I sat in Delegate Lacey Putney’s office doing the interview for the story on him that appeared in last week’s Bedford Bulletin. He’s never lost an election, but time finally did what no political opponent could do. Next year’s General Assembly will convene without Lacey Putney for the first time in more than half a century. I certainly wish him, and Carmela, well in his retirement.

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  • Balancing justice

    In his closing arguments Monday at the sentencing hearing of Anthony Ware, special prosecutor John Alexander, the Botetourt County deputy commonwealth’s attorney, argued that there’s a perception that folks of means can steal hundreds of thousands of dollars through embezzlement and not face jail time while someone might not be so lucky for taking a few bucks out of the cash register of the local convenience store.

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  • Letters 04/03/13

    Double
    standard?

        As a recent retiree, I enjoy watching the news daily on both Ch 10 & Ch 13.
        In recent months, several traffic accidents have occurred where a motorist has rolled their vehicle ( car, truck or tractor trailer). In most cases, the driver has been charged with “failure to have their vehicle under control.”
        A police officer or fireman can roll their vehicle and be excused.

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