Sound Off: August 21, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Invisible politicians

The only place Mississippi voters can see their elected leaders in public, for free, is the Neshoba County Fair. Has anyone seen an elected person at a town hall, not a photo op at Ingalls or Keesler? Mike Ezell is playing his disappearing act and hasn’t been seen, either. Sen. Wicker was here last week, but it was $45-55 to get in. Sen. Hyde-Smith can’t get off the farm.

Not enough

Denzel Blakely beat a defenseless 5-year-old child to death. One can only imagine the horror and pain this kid suffered. 40 years is a slap on the wrist.

A shortfall?

How can Biloxi have a $2 million shortfall, with more casinos and businesses than just about anywhere. Mis management or complete stupidity. Where’d the money go?

Make ’em pay

Pass Christian could ease its financial woes by requiring annual golf cart registration with renewal of permits. These vehicles use city roads, and speed limits were even changed to accommodate them. Electric vehicles and hybrids are required to pay additional annual fees because they use the roads. Shouldn’t golf carts pay their fair share?

Enough of him

Just watched a segment of James Carville spewing his tainted lies, This guy is either mentally challenged or drunk.

Solutions

Even if Democrats had solutions to the Putin problem, the current president wouldn’t listen to them. Additionally, he wouldn’t have to leave the golf course to listen to their solutions if he had fulfilled his campaign promise to end the war as soon as he was elected. Not sure why so many believed that or anything he says.

Nonsense

Did I miss something? President Trump rolled out the red carpet and allowed Vladimir Putin to ride in The Beast. If I’m not mistaken, Putin is a dictator and started the war in Ukraine that killed half a million innocent people, including babies. Yet Trump didn’t do the same for President Zelenskyy and other foreign leaders. Make this lack of judgment make sense.

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