OPINIONS/EDITORIALS

It was a welcome break from the heat and humidity we've all endured this summer but Mother Nature certainly threw us a bit of a surprise with an early taste of what Fall will be like when the remnants of Hurricane Sally blessed us with a good soaking last week.
The hurricane, which brought a deluge of rainfall with it when it visited Alabama and then worked its way across the South Eastern U.S., also brought markedly cooler temperatures with more than four inches of rainfall.

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Franklin County is growing.
For the sake of this conversation, let's do one of two things:
• Forget, for a moment, how the county's apparent lack of water allocation could limit growth;
• Assume that Franklin County leadership will find the water resource and necessary funding to sustain and maintain growth now and down the line.

Dear editor: In regards to recent letters to The Franklin Times, I question why some individuals are so angry and volatile with their comments.
People are fundamentally different about their viewpoints for fundamentally different reasons.
Is that not why the United States is referred to as a "melting pot?"

Dear editor: I've always been told that there are two sides to every story.
There's a lady here in Louisburg that's seeking help, not only through prayers, but law enforcement. She's been lied on, set up, cars follow her and hold cell phones up in the air and out the window so she can see their phones. Home violation.