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Today's Opinions

  • Consider options on animal control

     The city of New Albany has taken bids for an independent contractor to take over animal control in the city. Six proposed contractors have turned in bids, ranging from about $25,000 to $45.000 a year for a four-year contract.

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  • Letter to the Editor

     The mayoral and other elections are finally over.  Every Saturday I was afraid I was going to be caught in my boxer shorts by some wannabe candidate!

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  • Do geeks get the girls?

     We often have a discussion at our house about whether, in the end, the geek gets the girl.

    Having been a geek all my life, I come down on the side that they do. But it’s easier to believe that at age 63 than at age 17.

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  • Let’s go out to see summer baseball

     The wait is over and the new collegiate baseball summer league games are underway at Legion Field at the New Albany Sportsplex.

    Four teams have been put together in the North Division of the Cotton States Baseball League, and all four teams will play their games in New Albany this summer.

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  • KKK event shows our area at its best

     The turnout - or lack of it - at the demonstration last Saturday by the Ku Klux Klan on the lawn of the Union County Courthouse says a lot about our community. And it said the right thing.

    Only a few people showed up at the event, even though flyers had been distributed all over town, and most of those who showed up were there out of curiosity, or even opposition, to the Klan.

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  • No “Honey Do” list for me

    “You’re not Mr. Handyman, are you?” my wife said, as she surveyed the shards of glass all over the bathroom tub and tile floor.

    Because I have the height advantage, she had asked me to replace the light bulb in a bathroom.

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  • More education, higher incomes tie together

     The Commission on the Future of Northeast Mississippi met in Tupelo last week and told us a lot of what we already know  that the state’s economic future depends largely on increasing the educational level of its citizens.

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  • What did the election tell us?

     Although we still have a general election coming June 2, the results of the Democratic primary and runoff elections likely have set the course for New Albany for the next four years.

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