To the Editor: Just read your editorial related to the infamous brothel. Very well stated and the citizens of our county should repent for not making a bigger fuss about its continuance for those many years.

To the Editor: We live during a time where what’s right is wrong and what’s wrong is right. Where what’s normal is considered abnormal and what’s abnormal is considered normal.

MayaAngelou, the famous African-American poet and author of many books, often spoke about forgiveness, and the most powerful of her injunctions was this: “Forgiveness is the greatest gift you can give yourself: It’s not for the other person.” What a powerful statement that is, and almost impossible for us to live out in these days of such deep divisions in our society, when too many of us walk around wary and even borderline angry, whether over the divisions in politics, ethnic loyalties, wealth and income levels, educational opportunity, or beliefs about morality and religion.

To the Editor: A FCR letter on June 30 reminded patriots that the Declaration of Independence “contained the first formal assertion by a whole people of their right to a government of their own choice.” The author wrongly claims that a “whole people” claimed that right. Historians agree that approximately one third of the colonists supported independence, another third (British Loyalists) opposed it, and one third were willing to see what happened if independence were pressed.

For years, it seems, I’ve been trying to escape at least some part of a Texas summer. And now, for a few days, I have.

The Nacogdoches ayuntamiento or town council issued an urgent appeal for armed assistance on Jul. 28, 1832 in the face of an imminent showdown with the Mexican army.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week issued a sweeping gag order ahead of the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Houston Chronicle reported, saying “out-of-court statements” by both sides threaten to jeopardize the trial.

Long before Kathleen McElroy was the central figure in a national controversy about the convergence of journalism, diversity and academia, she was just a lady trying to find a copy of The Fayette County Record.

To the Editor: My wife and I will be attending the annual meeting of FEC, this coming Wednesday evening. As with so many things of this region, the Fayette County Electric Cooperative is an exemplar of fine service.

To the Editor: Most Fayette County voters believe in holding people accountable for criminal behavior. Now is the time to put beliefs into action.