The Citizen nonchalantly reported that dealing with agricultural issues will be something new for the new county planner. We need to replace our planners, and the legislators who put them there, with people who aren't ignorant about our No. 1 industry and the thing most of our real estate is used for.

There is so much opposition to replacing natural grass with a turf field at either Holland Stadium or the practice field at AHS. Why not then put the money to better use by ripping out the obsolete concrete seats at Holland Stadium and replacing them with regular bleachers on both sides of the field so that everyone can have a decent view of the game and not just from the one end zone.

Auburn High School remains on the list of “schools in need of improvement.” I believe that pertained to math and English not athletic fields.

In response to Brendan McGrath's article in last week's paper: Mr. McGrath neglected to tell people that the average daily census of Auburn Memorial Hospital is somewhere between 35 and 40 patients. For this we have added new administrative positions including a vice president of patient services as well as an assistant director of nursing, and we still have our director of nursing.

As Rome burned, Nero played a fiddle. As Auburn falls into disarray, Mayor Lattimore just abstains.