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Thursday, September 2, 2010
Letter to editor: F-35Bs will be more than twice as loud

Letter to editor

F-35Bs will be more than twice as loud

In the May 2010 draft EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) for the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, the key and crucial noise data for the F-35B was omitted in the 487 pages, substituting instead data assumptions based on the lighter, quieter  Air Force F-35A:  The Navy wanted the public to comment on the alternative proposals without this major environmental component. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Roy Flannagan rebuts former Chief Jeff Dowling

Letter to editor

Roy Flannagan rebuts former Chief Jeff Dowling

Since my testimony has been impeached by former Chief Dowling, I need to defend my reporting. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Former Beaufort police chief challenges downtown crime concerns

Letter to editor

Former Beaufort chief challenges downtown crime concerns

I take issue with comments such as Roy Flannagan’s concerning the police being in “collusion” with drug dealers. To make a statement such as this without coming forward to report the officers that he thinks are in “collusion” indicates a fabricated story. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Letter to editor: Does Billy K’s re-branding of USCB make sense?

Letter to editor

Does Billy K’s USCB re-branding make sense?

The mayor of Beaufort seemingly dropped a bombshell when he suggested that The University of South Carolina eliminate “Beaufort” from its designation of the two campuses in Beaufort County. Since he asked for input and feedback here goes: [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 23, 2010
Roy Flannagan writes about local crime: Problems of petty theft, grand larceny and muggings

Roy Flannagan writes about local crime:

Problems of petty theft, grand larceny and muggings

Picture this: not long ago, an elderly man in the Northwest Quadrant saw an adolescent take a bike from his front porch and start peddling down the street.  The elderly gent, quite fit, gave chase.  The kid on the bike had some trouble with the drive chain on the bike and had to stop to fix it.  Meanwhile, three or four other kids came out of their houses to make fun of the spectacle of the older man running towards the thief as the thief tried to fix the chain.  The thief gave up and started pushing the bike down the street under his own power.  The other kids remained, mocking the older man chasing their friend. [ read article ... ]

Friday, August 20, 2010
Letter to editor: Underneath beautiful facade Beaufort is full of crime, mayor promotes appearance over safety

Letter to editor

Underneath beautiful facade Beaufort is full of crime, mayor promotes appearance over safety

I have made Beaufort my home for more than 35 years now. As a matter of fact it has been 38. I was born and raised here as the first child born in Beaufort in 1972. Over the years I have been more than proud to show off the town I call home. Much of this is due in part to the fact that for more than three decades Beaufort has been a serene, peaceful town on the beautiful Beaufort River. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Police Chief Matthew Clancy responds: Start a crime watch group

Police Chief Matthew Clancy responds

Start a crime watch group

While I disagree with Alton Aimar’s recollection of our meeting and the facts shared with him, I do applaud his interest in maintaining Beaufort’s tranquility. Having been a victim of property crimes myself in the past, I can empathize with the sting that he feels from having his car broken into. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, August 19, 2010
Alton Aimar says: A pattern of increasing criminal activity downtown

Alton Aimar says

A pattern of increasing criminal activity downtown

On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, I met with Mayor Keyserling and Police Chief Matt Clancy at Police Headquarters. We met to discuss the increased criminal activity occurring in the Core Commercial/Waterfront Park/Marina area in downtown Beaufort. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Letter to editor: Frank Weil’s economic analysis is on the mark

Letter to editor

Frank Weil’s economic analysis is on the mark

I do not know Frank Weil, the author of “A Two Track Global Economy” which appeared on August 16 nor have I ever read any of his previous work. However, I want to commend you for publishing his even-handed and thoughtful commentary on how the “the economic world is behaving.” This is a sanity inducing piece at a time when our public discourse has become increasingly crazed and irresponsible. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Letter to editor: Why are downtown crimes not being reported by local press?

Letter to editor

Why are downtown crimes not being reported by local press?

Dear Editor,

I am trying to discover why the public is not more aware of the escalating crime occurring in downtown Beaufort.

Over the last several months we have seen an increase in not only the number of incidents occurring but also in the type of criminal activity occurring in the core commercial district, waterfront park and city marina. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Rash of muggings and a robbery in Bay Street commercial area of downtown Beaufort

Rash of muggings and a robbery in Bay Street commercial area of downtown Beaufort

Responding to an inquiry today, August 17, by The Beaufort Tribune, Chief Matthew Clancy of the Beaufort Police Department has disclosed that three nighttime muggings and a robbery have recently taken place in the Bay Street commercial area of downtown Beaufort. All four of these reported crimes have occurred in the 800 and 900 blocks of Bay Street, location of downtown bars and restaurants, the downtown marina, and the downtown waterfront park. [ read article ... ]

Monday, August 16, 2010
Op Ed by Frank Weil: A two track global economy

Op Ed by Frank Weil

A two track global economy

Terms like single scoop and double dip are normally only heard in ice cream shops. But, at the moment the economic and financial pages of news organizations the world over are using these types of terms to try to predict and explain what is going on “out there”. Indeed what is going on is unusual and defies categorization in conventional ways. [ read article ... ]

Monday, July 5, 2010
Letter to editor: Support Air Station Alternative 3

Letter to editor

Support Air Station Alternative 3

The mayor, city council, politicians and chamber of commerce leadership in particular are taking a passive role in accepting and supporting the Navy’s recommendation of Alternative 1 for the Air Station expansion. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Editorial comment: Is another Great Depression just around the corner?

Editorial comment

Is another Great Depression just around the corner?

Not too long ago the thought the world might have another Great Depression was almost unthinkable. The only kind of depression anybody under the age of 65 knew anything about was the kind cured by Prozac. [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Letter to editor: Reader hopes Democrat pollsters & advisers continue to misread electorate

Letter to editor

Reader hopes Democrat pollsters & advisers continue to misread electorate

Thank you for sharing the column by Pat Caddell on the recent South Carolina primary elections. Unfortunately, he misses the mark widely on the three elections he focused on. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Beaufort County’s Manatron tax software system wreaks havoc in Minnesota counties too

Gary Kubic vs. Joy Logan

Beaufort County’s Manatron tax software system wreaks havoc in Minnesota counties too [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Editor’s comment: Of guns and graduates

Editor’s comment

Of guns and graduates

Two articles in The Beaufort Tribune today epitomize the chasm that separates civilized man from savage man in contemporary American society, indeed in contemporary Beaufort society. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Letter to editor: Trailer thefts continue on St. Helena Island

Letter to editor:

Trailer thefts continue on St. Helena Island [ read article ... ]

Monday, May 24, 2010
Letter to editor: F-35B puts out too much noise

Letter to editor: F-35B puts out too much noise [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 15, 2010
Parent: Beaufort High School is in crisis

Parent says:

Beaufort High School in crisis.

[ read article ... ]

Friday, May 14, 2010
Editor’s comment: Rush to judgment on County Treasurer Joy Logan is unseemly and unfair

Editor’s comment:

Rush to judgment on Joy Logan unseemly & unfair [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Letter to editor: It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about our failed schools

Letter to editor:

It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about our failed schools

It’s about time someone had the guts to speak up about the way our schools have been allowed to decay throughout the years. Our future community leaders deserve better than we are giving them. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Letter to editor: School board members should be removed for malfeasance

Letter to editor:

School board members should be removed for malfeasance

I live in Beaufort only part of the year and have no children. I am glad to pay school taxes because really, a community is only as good as its schools. Beaufort, a town I love, is failing in that regard. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Editor’s comment: School board “hearing” on “proposed budget” failed to show budget and was not a hearing

Editor’s comment:

School board “hearing” on “proposed budget” failed to show budget and was not a hearing

On Thursday evening, May 6, the Beaufort County Board of Education held the second of its “public hearings” on its “proposed” FY 2010-1011 Beaufort County School District budget. The meeting was held at Robert Smalls Middle School in a room that the citizens had trouble finding due to absence of signage at the school’s front door directing the public to the meeting. No budget document was presented at the meeting. The chairman admitted in answer to a question that the school board had already passed the budget, meaning that this was not a proposed budget but an adopted budget as far as the school board is concerned and was not a hearing but a window dressing. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: Beaufort County education system is a shame bordering on gross negligence

Letter to editor:

Our education system is a shame bordering on gross negligence

The education system in Beaufort County (and probably state wide) is a shame bordering on gross negligence. The “powers that be” solution is to throw money (taxpayer’s money) at the problem, usually by increasing their own compensation. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: School board throws good money after bad

Letter to editor:

School board throws good money after bad

I am writing in support of Mike Sanz’s letter to the School Establishment. As the parent of a Beaufort County Public School child, I hear what goes on in the schools and am in utter amazement. [ read article ... ]

Friday, May 7, 2010
Letter to editor: Students not only ones to blame for weakened school discipline

Letter to editor:

Students not only ones to blame for weakened school discipline

When I taught in Beaufort County schools the one point that central administration was missing is the number of tries a student needs to graduate. Just because it takes 24 credits does not mean the student needs teachers for 24 classes. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, May 6, 2010
Beaufort County public school teacher Mike Sanz says quality education is falling apart in Beaufort County

Beaufort County public school teacher Mike Sanz says:

Quality education is falling apart here [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Letter to editor: Let’s improve buffers along our waterways

Letter to editor: Let’s improve buffers along our waterways

I hope developers, lawn care companies, new home owners, etc., have stopped the practice of clearing away brush at a waterway’s edge. It is artificial looking and eliminates natural habitat for painted buntings and other wildlife. [ read article ... ]

Monday, May 3, 2010
Letter to editor: Parking meter for boat stuck in mud

Letter to editor: Parking meter for boat stuck in mud

Regarding the photo of the boat in the mud, either the tide went out and the boat got stuck or it was cheaper to park in the mud instead of at the downtown marina. [ read article ... ]

Monday, April 19, 2010
Other voices: South Carolinians need school choice

Other voices: South Carolinians need school choice

The report card issued late last week by the South Carolina Department of Education that Beaufort County’s public schools are below average and have fallen further behind begs for a solution to the problem of poor education in our county. Here is one proposal that is gaining increasing attention statewide– school choice–in an editorial by Philip Bowers, a member of the South Carolina Board of Education. [ read article ... ]

Friday, April 16, 2010
Letter to editor: Rash of utility trailer thefts on St. Helena Island

Letter to editor: Rash of utility trailer thefts on St. Helena Island

I live on Eddings Point Road on St. Helena Island. I have had two utility trailers stolen out of my front yard in the last two weeks. Deputy sheriffs have come to my house to investigate the crimes, but there has been no luck locating my belongings. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Letter to the editor: Thank you all

Letter to the editor: Thank you all

Editor’s note: The following is a letter from our staff reporter, Susan Woods, following her miraculous escape relatively unharmed last Thursday from her automobile, which overturned end over end on a rural road near her home in Hampton county while she was driving to work. We are happy to report she is back at work.

Dear Editor,

My family and I would like to thank all of the readers who wished me well during the days I was recuperating from a very wild ride. [ read article ... ]

Friday, April 9, 2010
Letter to editor: Local Tea Parties are alive and well

Letter to editor: Local Tea Parties are alive and well [ read article ... ]

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Editorial cartoon: What the heck could possibly go wrong?

Editorial cartoon: What the heck could possibly go wrong?

Let me get this straight … we have a health care law written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it, passed by a Congress that hasn’t read it but exempts themselves from it, signed by a president that also hasn’t read it and who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that’s broke? [ read article ... ]

Monday, March 22, 2010
Letter to editor: Businesses are closing all over Beaufort

Letter to editor: Businesses are closing all over Beaufort

Dear Editor,

It amazes me how many small businesses have closed around Beaufort in the last year. It happens one shop at a time, little by little, such that it garners little attention, not to mention the fact if it’s not on Bay Street nobody pays any attention except the employers, the employees and their customers. [ read article ... ]

Friday, March 19, 2010
Robert Moore: Free press patriots are getting at the essence

Robert Moore: Free press patriots are getting at the essence

Even as most of America’s urban print newspapers spiral into economic distress, some big paper columnists are writing better than ever. In journalism, as in many endeavors, difficult times can focus the mind and produce incisive, probing commentary. [ read article ... ]

Friday, March 19, 2010
Other voices: “The only way to restore trust is from the local community on up”

Other voices: “The only way to restore trust is from the local community on up”

Editor’s comment: David Brooks of The New York Times has some good things to say. He said one such good thing yesterday: “The only way to restore trust is from the local community on up.” [ read article ... ]

Saturday, March 13, 2010
Other voices: Is affirmative inaction the policy for school violence when race is involved?

Other voices: Is affirmative inaction the policy for school violence when race is involved? [ read article ... ]

Friday, March 12, 2010
Letter to editor: Parking garage needed

Letter to editor: Parking garage needed

This is in regards to the proposed increased fees for parking in downtown Beaufort and the process by which to pay for them. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Letter to editor: If the City keeps on, downtown’s going to be broken

Letter to editor: If the City keeps on, downtown’s going to be broken

I do not believe downtown is broken. Mr. Keyserling writes it “…is a little broken.” Why? Stores, shops, restaurants and other businesses are very active on Bay Street. [ read article ... ]

Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Letter to editor: Downtown parking increase is the last straw

Letter to editor: Downtown parking increase is the last straw

I do not live within the city limits of Beaufort, but I do consider the city my hometown. I think everyone north of the Broad does. [ read article ... ]

Monday, March 8, 2010
Brits claim Americans gave Obama “an idiotic level of idolatry” and are regretting it

Brit claims Americans gave Obama “an idiotic level of idolatry” and are regretting it

Here’s a look at the current U.S president from the point of view of a Brit:  [ read article ... ]

Monday, March 8, 2010
Letter to editor: Beaufort Symphony Orchestra is great

Letter to editor: Beaufort Symphony Orchestra is great, needs support

WOW! How does a town of 17,000 people and surrounding communities deserve a performing arts enterprise the quality of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra? This week’s sold out symphony performance with guest violinist Tamas Koecsis playing Brahms Violin Concerto in D Major, was simply outstanding. [ read article ... ]

Monday, March 8, 2010
Other voices: Obama’s problem is Obama

Other voices: Obama’s problem is Obama

Here’s the link to an article by Jack Kelly that points the finger at Barack Obama for the president’s current problems at governing: [ read article ... ]

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Letter to editor: School board members need close voter scrutiny

Reader: School board members need close voter scrutiny

Dear Editor,

It appears to me that all of us, with or without children in school, should be paying much closer attention to who is being elected to the Beaufort County Board of Education. [ read article ... ]

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Other voices: Greece today, America tomorrow

Greece today, America tomorrow

Greece has reached almost the end of the road of welfare statism, according to the ineluctable laws of economics. Read on to see what’s in store for us in America as the same ineluctable laws play out here. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, February 27, 2010
Riverview parents: We want an independent investigation of the school district

Riverview parents: We want an independent investigation of the school district

The Beaufort Tribune has obtained the following letter, which is being distributed by Riverview Charter School supporters to all Riverview parents to obtain their signatures on the attached letter to the school board:

Dear Riverview Parents:

Please take a moment to review the attached letter to the Beaufort County Board of Education. As we are now well-aware, there are serious questions surrounding the data released by the District to Riverview and the Office of Civil Rights regarding the actual diversity numbers of children in the County. [ read article ... ]

Saturday, February 27, 2010
Reader: An open letter to the voters, hold school board members accountable

Reader: An open letter to the voters, hold school board members accountable

To the voters of Beaufort County:

With the current turmoil regarding the Beaufort County School District’s Board of Education and Riverview Charter School, it is relevant to point out 2010 is an election year where voters have the opportunity to hold particular board members accountable. [ read article ... ]

Thursday, February 25, 2010
Editorial cartoon: Riverview outsmarts them

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