After reading the front page story in today's News Journal, we were appalled to read the comments made by County Councilmen Samuel Wilson and Vance Phillips at Tuesday's county council meeting.
The comments regarding grants of $100 each to the lower Sussex NAACP youth council were both rude and insulting. It is hard to understand how someone of Wilson's advanced age and experience on county council would not know what NAACP stands for. Furthermore, their comments about "Colored" people added insult to injury!
We believe county council members should be representing all people in their district. Based on the attitudes of Sam Wilson and Vance Phillips, it is clear that they do not abide by that sentiment. Their comments are an affront to Sussex County residents, and show a lack of fairness and compassion.
This type of shameful behavior and hateful commentary should not be condoned at council meetings, and they should be reprimanded.
Jim and Wanda Berrigan
Lewes
-
A letter to the editor expresses a reader's opinion and, as such, is not reflective of the editorial opinions of this newspaper.
To submit a letter to the editor for publishing, send an email to viewpoints@capegazette.com. All letters are considered at the discretion of the newsroom and published as space allows. Due to the large volume of submissions, we cannot acknowledge receipt of each submission. Letters must include a phone number and address for verification. Keep letters to 400 words or fewer. We reserve the right to edit for content or length. Letters should be responsive to issues addressed in the Cape Gazette rather than content from other publications or media. Letters should focus on local issues, not national topics or personalities. Only one letter per author will be published every 30 days regarding a particular topic. Authors may submit a second letter within that time period if it pertains to a different issue. Letters may not be critical of personalities or specific businesses. Criticism of public figures is permissible. Endorsement letters for political candidates are no longer accepted. Letters must be the author’s original work, and may not be generated by artificial intelligence tools. Templates, form letters and letters containing language similar to other submissions will not be published.
