Letters to the Editor

Decatur ISD is in a financial crisis due to state funding not increasing in five years despite a significant rise in educational costs and a large state surplus. Local taxpayers feel the burden as transportation, utilities, insurance, and maintenance expenses escalate without state support. But DISD’s own spending decisions have also played a significant role. Administrative salaries have risen. Budgets […]

Are you ready for the nonsense and endless fighting in Rhome to stop? Are you ready for an adult to take charge? Are you ready for Rhome to get it together so we can take care of business and get this city moving forward? Well, I am more than ready. Rhome has the wrong reputation in the Wise County community. […]

Craig Johnson for sheriff This letter is in support of Craig Johnson for sheriff. In my opinion, Lane Akin is the finest and most honest man in Wise County. He recommends Craig. Plus, Craig has done a great job as chief deputy and he knows the workings of the office well. The other men in the race are good people […]

Which candidate is beholden to PACs On Feb. 1, 2024, the Messenger published an article, ostensibly about a county sheriff candidate taking a donation from a Political Action Committee (PAC) called Defend Texas Liberty. Oddly, given the title of the article, it also noted that a candidate running against Lynn Stucky for Texas House District 64 (Wise County’s district) took […]

Sheriff vouches for candidate Craig Johnson and I first worked together in 1993. He was a brand new Wise County Deputy, and I was the Texas Ranger assigned to Wise, Jack and Montague Counties. Twenty-three years later I was elected Sheriff. I needed a Chief Deputy, someone who could be the next Sheriff, someone who could step in and seamlessly […]