Fundamentalist preachers vs. sophisticated newcomers ...to name a few
To the Editor:

Thanks for the free copy (August 3) of your newspaper and $5.00 offer of a one-year subscription. I must decline the latter, for the following reasons: The Union Sentinel seems to have made the fatal mistake of trying to be a carbon copy of [another newspaper]. The recent vote on alcohol by the drink should tell you that half (at least) of the population of Union County is NOT controlled by the wishes of fundamentalist preachers. Furthermore, the vote results indicate clearly that the more sophisticated newcomers will eventually control this area.

So, what did the Union Sentinel have on the FRONT PAGE of its August 3 issue? An article on abstinence mainly to please the fundamentalists, forgetting that the young girls native to this area have been having sex and bearing babies out of wedlock since their ancestors arrived here from the old country, and long before that. they are not going to stop because of an abstinence program.

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That was a great August 3 editorial (sans the bombastics usual in the editorials of [another newspaper]. But, then you went and spoiled the page by including TWO political cartoons by a (what else?) pro-Israel Jewish cartoonist! And, you really finished the page off right with a column by that maniac, Bill O'Reilly.

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Then, more photos of overweight ladies. Why not run a series on obesity (with photographs!); evidently the fundamentalist preachers are never going to admit that gluttony is a biblical sin or an addiction. Not when so many fat women and men are their faithful parishioners.

Alcohol beverages in America, Part 2. 'Nuff said. Why did you print that series, when it ran in [another local newspaper]? Isn't once enough?

Is it just to fill up space that you run [name of column removed] and [name of column removed]? Ditto on [name of column removed]. They discuss matters that anyone with an ounce of brain could solve for themselves.

Dear editor, you and the publisher, need to decide whether you want the Union Sentinel to continue to be a carbon of [another local newspaper], or do you want your newspaper to rival it by being hard-headed competitor who marches to a different drummer, one that was heard clearly in the recent alcohol by the drink vote.

Unsigned