Columns/Editorials
March 25, 2022

Good To Hear – This land is your land…

By Mac Cordell

I must admit that I am confounded by the solar farm debate.
I don’t get it. I struggle to understand how a community that purports itself to be Republican can so flagrantly disregard the tenants of the Republican Party.
These good Republicans that scream the government needs to stay out of my busine...

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