Editor:

Two years ago I was in a Columbia County School Board meeting and heard the school board informed that if they pass the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, the school system would be out of debt in two years.

It has been two years, and now I understand teachers will be laid off, class sizes will increase and the superintendent who said that got a raise. Something does not sound right to me and I want to know what.

Bobby Ray Strickland

Harlem

Editor:

I would like to clarify some misinformation. I wrote a letter to the editor (April 18) regarding charter schools and the administration costs of the Columbia County school system. Superintent Charles Nagle replied (April 29) and stated that I should have stated that I am the president of the union for the school bus drivers. Nagle went on to talk about lawsuits that the board of education is dealing with and implied that it was the union behind the suits.

Editor:

According to May 8 Atlanta Business Chronicle, home prices in Georgia decreased 7.3 percent in March of this year. The state of Georgia ranks No. 4 in the five states with the greatest home depreciation in the nation. Georgia Watch, the state’s leading consumer advocacy organization, says the value of 2 million Georgia homes decreased by an average of $1,920 in 2011.The average drop in 2012 is expected to number 3 million homes at more than $4,600 per home.

Editor:

On April 18, three of my English bulldogs managed to get off my deck at about 8:30 a.m. After searching all day with many friends, including door-to-door searches that led to dead ends, I notified the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. A full report was filed. I was heartbroken, as I knew I would never see my “babies” again.

On April 25, I received a letter from the sheriff’s office stating that they had fully investigated my report, but with no leads, they were closing the file.