Give details, not politics
This is an open letter to
Cherokee County Sheriff candidate Heath Woodard, who is currently serving as a Clay County deputy sheriff
lieutenant.
In the Cherokee Scout article in the May 12 edition, you are quoted as believing the actions of our governor concerning his executive orders issued during this pandemic emergency declaration are contrary to both the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of North Carolina.
Just exactly which article and section of either Constitution do you believe was violated?
Cooper followed the laws and regulations spelled out in General Statute 166A-19.30, also known as the N.C. Emergency Management Act of 1977 as Amended. This law has been used countless times by numerous governors for all sorts of both localized and statewide emergencies since its passage. It is broadly written, and it does include public health emergencies within its framework.
I would like to remind you that Section 7 of the Constitution of North Carolina prohibits anyone other than the Legislature from suspending or ignoring any law of North Carolina.
Section 3 of that same document gives the power to change the government to the people, but only through lawful means.
If you want my vote to be our sheriff, I want to know what you are planning to do about the pitiful $36,000 salary a deputy sheriff here makes each year. I want to know how you plan to modernize the agency, and how you plan to train both new and existing deputies. I want to know how you plan to be vigilant in protecting the citizens of this county.
Most importantly, I want
to know that you have actually
read and understand the
Constitution. You can save the political plank of populist ignorance for your future run for the General Assembly or U.S. Congress.
Kevin Heyboer
Hot House
Editor’s note: The writer has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and previously worked in law enforcement.
Children are real victims
According to Penny Ray’s article on the front page of the May 19 Cherokee Scout, “Local man receives 6 years for child porn,” Americans are just hapless victims of their government.
Personal responsibility and accountability for one’s actions are moot if you aren’t considered “lucky.”
This sentiment enables Ray
to write about how (from the
defense attorney’s perspective) Lawrence Keith Limon’s turbulent childhood led him to victimize innocent children through child pornography. That’s not OK by any stretch of the imagination.
This nauseating attempt
to normalize pedophilia is a
fundamental part of what’s wrong in our society. Yes,
there is wrong, yes there is evil. Pedophilia is evil, and no amount of pseudo-Blantifa psychobabble will ever make it right.
Limon is not the victim – the exploited and tortured children are the victims. How dare anyone attempt to paint the pedophile as a victim.
The innocent children are the victims! Watch “The Sound of Freedom” – the story of Tim Ballard (Jim Caviezel), a former U.S. government agent, who quits his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers.
Tim Ballard is the CEO of Operation Underground
Railroad, an organization
that fights to dismantle child trafficking rings and rescue kids all over the world. Anyone who tries to pass pedophiles off as the “victims” of their own crimes is part of the problem, not the solution.
Educate yourself and make a difference. Learn how you can help.
Robin Kimball Foster
Murphy
Grateful for hospital help
Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital and Outpatient Clinic Staff are fortunate to be supported by kind and giving community members including residents, local businesses, Emergency Medical Services and local government.
While always apparent, we have witnessed unparalleled encouragement and concern
for the well-being of our staff and patients since the beginning of the pandemic, as seen in
our Park & Pray area on the
hospital campus, continued compliance with mask wearing while in our facilities, and recently through generous donations to help us celebrate National Nurses and Hospital weeks.
On behalf of our entire team, special thanks go to the following groups who contributed to recognizing our staff’s efforts: Erlanger Western Carolina Auxiliary and Volunteers; Marketplace Antiques; Peachtree Produce; Julie’s Place; Murphy’s Chophouse; Black & White Market; Rare Bird Emporium; Blue Moon Elise; Serenity Mountain; FernCrest Winery; ShoeBooties Cafe; The Copper Door; The Parting Glass Pub; Ronnie’s; Mountain Harbour Golf Club; Michaelee’s Italian Life Caffe; Paris & Company; and McDonald’s – Murphy, Robbinsville, Blairsville, Ga.
Thank you for the privilege to serve our community at their most vulnerable times. We look forward to continue helping improve the health of our region.
Stephanie Boynton
Teresa Bowleg
Murphy
Boynton is Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital’s CEO, while Bowleg is the associate nursing officer and director of operations.