If we did not have any other way of knowing the elections are getting close we could always tell by watching Openwood Plantation.

When we see streets being re-paved that did not need it, we know it will not be long until we go vote.

When you compare the streets that are being re-surfaced in Openwood to Culkin Road and Oak Ridge Road, you have to wonder why. Someone should be ashamed their priorities are so far out of place. It goes far beyond ridiculous. It should be considered almost criminal. When you consider they are trying to influence the way the folks in Openwood vote, it means they are actually using taxpayer money trying to buy votes. There is no other way to look at it.

It really puts the other candidates at a real disadvantage. They have to use their own source of funds. It seems to me this is a truly unfair arrangement, to say the least.

When the candidates put up signs, buy space in The Vicksburg Post and pay people to work in their efforts to win an office, they are trying to buy votes. There’s no other way to look at it.

The sad fact is most folks I talk to believe the asphalt treatment really works.

R.G. Hollowell

Vicksburg