Comments of the Week: January 25-30

After less than 24 hours on our website, the story about a man found dead on River Road had already generated hundreds of hits, and more than 60 comments. A few people were upset about the traffic tie ups Thursday morning.

One driver posted, “Ok, I understand that the deputies are taking care of the murder on River Road, but please, please, please put a darn sign near the entrance to River Road by Snows Cut Bridge. They just made a quarter of the county late this morning.”

Many had strong words in response to the complaints about the traffic, and questions about the victims past.

Rhonda Hamilton, who said she knew the victim, wrote this, “A child was taken from this world and people are talking about traffic and his past criminal record!!!!! What is wrong with this picture, no compassion!!!!!!!! If you want to know about Corey let me tell you… He was a good kid that got on the wrong path, got in with the wrong crowd, it happens!!!!!”

The other story that generated the most comments this week: Wilmington’s proposal to annex even more Monkey Junction residents into the city limits.

R Smith, writes, “Enough! Before my neighborhood got annexed, we had police protection, road maintenance, schools, etc…Now we have higher taxes, pot holes and an absence of police patrols. Oh yeah, I’m a lot better off now.”

There were not many comments in favor of annexation, but the concept did seem to have at least one staunch supporter, who wrote, “Welcome to America. Life isn’t fair…get over it. Would you rather reduce taxes and lose those things…?”

That comment prompted this response, “It’s called no taxation without representation. This country was partly founded on escaping over taxation…we are taxed to death. So no, I won’t get over it. Getting over it means I just let my government run a muck and do what they want. I want to keep my hard earned money!”

Speaking of taxes, the state of North Carolina is also considering taxing you for downloading music onto your iPod. Lets just say that idea was universally panned by our viewers.

One wrote, “I legally buy music from iTunes right now. If this goes through, I will bust out my pirate patch, and surf the high seas in search of tax free music!”

And finally, this comment – “When will it stop? The people in power in Raleigh and Washington are the ones that have gotten us into this economic mess, and they think they can just tax us out of it. What’s next? A tax on every email, every mile you drive, every toilet flush, every breath you exhale…”

Keep the comments coming; we love to hear what you think.