|
Letters To The Editor Heartfelt thanks:
Dear Editor, I
am writing to you because I would like to thank everyone on behalf of
my daughter, Rhonda Nance, and her family who were injured during the
May 2 tornado. Your prayers and generosity are greatly appreciated.
Our friends from Ashland First Baptist Church,
our work (Family Dentistry, Strickland Roofing Co. and Holly Springs
PD), our neighborhoods and people we don’t even know, have been so
supportive and helpful. We couldn’t have made it without you. But
first and foremost I hope I speak for all those affected by the
tornados when I say we are blessed to have such a devoted group of law
enforcement, fire department and emergency medical personnel as well as
volunteers to work in such situations. I personally want to give a
special thank you to Benton County Dispatch, who I know from
experience, was bogged down with calls all night. It
is times like these when you realize what a wonderful and loving group
of people live in Benton and Marshall Counties. Janet F. Power City streets:
Dear Editor, How
nice it is to see a city street in Holly Springs being completely
remodeled, as if we were living in Seaside, Fla., as I heard one
resident say recently. It is, no less, a dead end street. However,
people can now walk down it without worrying about tripping, or having
a bicycle wreck. The brick work is simply amazing. When riding past the
street, it certainly is an eye-catcher. What
about Chulahoma Avenue? Salem Avenue? Any other street in Holly
Springs, for that matter? Two of the most historic streets in town are
left with horrific sidewalks - tree trunks buckling them so much so
that tourists or locals have to meander in the streets or yards to
avoid hurting themselves while walking. When
are these streets going to have a decent appearance? There is only so
much homeowners can do to spruce up their yards to make them appealing.
Someone needs to step in and speak up - let’s get our major sidewalks
in working order! It was also nice to see that
HSUD is fixing to go to a different metering system. We were told three
years ago that was going to happen. Slow and steady wins the race, I
guess, in some cases. What is the hike during
“peak hours” of usage, though? Who determines what the peak hours are
for our city? Why would there be an increase in cost for certain hours
and not for others? We have a home for sale in
town. No one seems to be able to tell us why our utility bill was close
to $400 one month. Mind you, this is a vacant house. There is one light
that stays on continually - gas has been turned off and the thermostat
set accordingly (could hang meat in there during the winter and hot as
blue blazes during the summer). High as a cat’s back one month and
dropped to $80 the next - no difference in the usage. What do you do
when that happens? They have ya - you don’t pay, you get shut off.
Well, most of us do anyway. It is a shame. All they do is send out a
form letter with “meter readings” from past months to show the usage.
Sure, the numbers are there but explain how that happens when the usage
has not changed in months? When we lived in the house, our bills
weren’t that high! We need to get this city under
control. Obviously things need to change for our city to become
attractive to people wanting to move out of the big city. There are
homes for sale on every street - two and three and four - that haven’t
been sold or even had bites. There has to be a reason for that! The
city government needs to figure out where this town is going wrong and
work valiantly to fix the problems. Who wants to move to a town that
has outrageous utilities that can’t be explained and city streets that
can’t be walked down without hurting oneself? Once again, there is only
so much we can do as homeowners to make this place livable. It has to
start somewhere, folks! Mary Clay Brooks
Holly Springs
|
