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Nov 19, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Trenton UMC Invites You to "Parade of Mangers" Before Christmas Para

Start planning your Christmas activities now! Plan to come by Trenton United Methodist Church before the Christmas parade on December 14...

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Nathan Wooten

Nov 18, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Come to Expo!

Registrations are RED HOT for vendor spaces at the upcoming DADE SMALL BUSINESS EXPO to be held at Dade County High School on Saturda,y...

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Letter to the Editor: Miz A Urges You to Support Library Friends Group

Dottie Abercrombie

Oct 24, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Miz A Urges You to Support Library Friends Group

The Dade County Friends of the Library have their very own national week of celebration. On the week of Oct. 20-26, they will join the...

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Letter to the Editor: Homeschool Group Recommends Forester Apiary

Sophia Price

Oct 22, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Homeschool Group Recommends Forester Apiary

This is a letter to the editor from Sophia Price, who gives this report on a homeschool group's recent field trip to Ed Forester's bee...

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Letter to the Editor: Dade's Scenic Beauty in Peril

Robin Ford Wallace

Sep 20, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Dade's Scenic Beauty in Peril

Editor's Note: This is a letter to the editor from the Wildwood Preservation Alliance. To Our Neighbors in the Independent State of Dade,...

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The Mary Poppins Zone: Zonin', Listenin' and Why I Changed My Name

Robin Ford Wallace

Aug 30, 201910 min read

The Mary Poppins Zone: Zonin', Listenin' and Why I Changed My Name

This is an editorial about the current zoning issue in Dade County. But first: a confession and a funny story. Confession: For 29 years I...

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Suck My Dixie! Truth, Justice, the TennCare Arrests and What I Did On My Summer Vacation

Robin Ford Wallace

Jun 27, 201914 min read

Suck My Dixie! Truth, Justice, the TennCare Arrests and What I Did On My Summer Vacation

"The world is too much with us," Wordsworth wrote famously. In my case, I don't know about the world but The Planet has been coming out...

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Dear Readers: A Note on The Planet's April 1 Edish

Robin Ford Wallace

Apr 2, 20193 min read

Dear Readers: A Note on The Planet's April 1 Edish

Dear Readers: If I have a vice--and I do, I do, I've got like 48--it's a tendency to go for the Cheap Laugh. I love jokes and spoofs and...

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Letter to the Editor: Mom of Child with Seizures Challenges Sheriff on Cannabis Oil

Sheli Gilley

Mar 7, 20194 min read

Letter to the Editor: Mom of Child with Seizures Challenges Sheriff on Cannabis Oil

Editor's Note: On March 5, the Georgia Legislature passed House Bill 324, which would legalize the cultivation and harvesting of cannabis...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 27, 201916 min read

The Planet Looks at Tax Services

It's tax time again! For small business owners, that can mean Schedule Cs and SEs, bagfuls of receipts and so many headaches that many...

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Letter to the Editor: Coach Poole Eager For Semi-Pro Recruits

Coach Skip Poole

Feb 12, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Coach Poole Eager For Semi-Pro Recruits

REGISTRATION UPDATE (for The Wolverines semi-pro Dade team) We certainly realize that your time is valuable and so we want to make this...

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An Open Letter to Dade County from Coach Poole

Skip Poole

Feb 8, 20193 min read

An Open Letter to Dade County from Coach Poole

Editor's Note: Coach Skip Poole is owner of the Chattanooga Steam semi-pro football team, which is planning to relocate to Dade County....

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(Republication) Build Thee More Stately Mansions, O My Soul! (And Tax The Crap Out Of Them.)

Robin Ford Wallace

Feb 4, 20196 min read

(Republication) Build Thee More Stately Mansions, O My Soul! (And Tax The Crap Out Of Them.)

Editor's Note: Superintendent Jan Harris and the Dade Board of Education convene this afternoon at 6 p.m. for a special called meeting to...

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Letter to the Editor: Fredock Amazed at Nonworking Hydrants, Logging Mess

Robin Ford Wallace

Jan 30, 20191 min read

Letter to the Editor: Fredock Amazed at Nonworking Hydrants, Logging Mess

Thanks for the article on the nonfunctioning water hydrants. I'm amazed that water hydrants are not functioning at such an alarming rate...

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2018 In Review, or: Why You Should Send The Planet Money

Robin Ford Wallace

Dec 29, 201812 min read

2018 In Review, or: Why You Should Send The Planet Money

This is the time of year when newspapers review their headlines and remind readers of the news they've delivered in the preceding 12...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Dec 27, 20181 min read

Letter to the Editor

Editor's Note: This is a letter to the public from Nathan Wooten, organizer of the annual Dade Small Business Expo, at which he is...

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Robin Ford Wallace

Nov 14, 20187 min read

It Is, Too, My Damn Business

This is not fixin’ to be one of those long, florid editorials I feel called upon to write sometimes, stuffed with Shakespeare quotes,...

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Open Letter: Anti-Lookout Logging Activist Responds to Online Critics

Robin Ford Wallace

Nov 13, 20182 min read

Open Letter: Anti-Lookout Logging Activist Responds to Online Critics

Editor's note: Jennifer Blair spoke at the Dade County Commission's Nov. 1 meeting to ask the commissioners' help against the wide-scale...

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Open Letter to Dade County: Speak Up to Stop Deforestation

Robin Ford Wallace

Nov 7, 20183 min read

Open Letter to Dade County: Speak Up to Stop Deforestation

Photo: Runoff from the logging operation swamps the big horseshoe switchback on Highway 136 East near Cloudland Canyon State Park. Dear...

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This Week, Dade (and The Planet) Will Honor Veterans!

Robin Ford Wallace

Nov 6, 20183 min read

This Week, Dade (and The Planet) Will Honor Veterans!

November is a happening kind of month, but without enough daylight to fit all the happenings into. The time switch at the first of the...

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