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Got a complaint? Got a compliment? Call Your Mind On Line at 537-6397 and let us know what’s on your mind. Quotes are printed exactly as they are called in and are not necessarily factual, but rather, callers’ opinions. Libelous, slanderous, personal attacks, and unfounded accusatory or lengthy comments will not be printed. Two calls per week per caller, and calls should not exceed 30 seconds, please.

“If you want to see something about why the Jews and Arabs are having so much trouble in Israel right now, you should watch the 1960 Otto Preminger film EXODUS, which was filmed in Israel only 12 years after the United Nations voted to make Israel a state when the remaining Jews had nowhere to go after being freed from the Nazi concentration camps.”

“ Many, many of the residential streets in Vidalia, besides needing street signs, need work to fill in potholes and paint reflective lines that help drivers at night and in bad weather. Don’t we have money budgeted for this or is tax money going for something more “important” like the Pal Theater signage or the Aquatic Center?”

“Some of our factories in the US are having to delay work because they don’t have “chips” from China and other countries. The “global economy” sounds great until there is a lockdown or disaster in one country with essential parts. Then everything all over the world has to stop. When will we learn that we must have our own factories to make all necessities and that “self-sufficiency” and “nationalism” are not bad words.”

“About Walmart, the music is horrible and way too loud in the parking lot and in the store. And they need to hire some people. You cannot find a clerk anywhere.”

“We don’t have enough cities burning because of racial tension fueled by the White House and the media? Now they have to pull in something that happened 100 years ago in Oklahoma and Biden is going there today? Yes, a divided population is easier for a government to manipulate. The White House and Congress are just sitting there laughing.”

“I am so glad they are fixing up the Altama Gallery. That is such a beautiful old home and an important part of our local

history.”

“I ride by the Vidalia Post Office every day, and I notice at least 3 times a week that the flag is not up. I rode by this morning thinking that for Memorial Day weekend it would be raised, and it wasn’t. It’s a shame, I’ve had family members die in the war, and our post office cannot be respectful and have the flag raised. Do better.”

“I have taken a personal pledge to not support any restaurant that will only offer drive-thru service and not open its dining room to serve customers. We are now past a serious threat from the pandemic. Why should I have to wait in a long line, wasting gas, just to get my food? You pride yourself on great service, and I consider this a customer service issue.”

“I’ll be glad when people decide to go back to work. Sunday afternoon, 12:30, ten buses of field workers at Walmart, only 4 registers open. People standing in line 20-30 minutes just to get checked out. All the self service lines, people standing in there, too. People are too sorry to go back to work because the government is handing out money to them. I’m tired of it.”