Comments from our readers:

RANT TO FRED RUSSELL for saying he can't give the landfill dirt away because it's government property. Has he forgotten that the citizens of Richmond County are the government? They would simply be getting their property returned to them.

A RAVE TO THE sweet young lady that saw our bus broken down on Highway 56 as we were returning from Florida and went and brought us ice and cups and water so that we, sitting in the sun, would not be thirsty. I just wanted to say thank you, God bless you, and we truly appreciate it.

A RAVE FOR THE person who said Gov. Sonny Perdue should be defeated if he ever ran for another office. I would vote for him, but only for dogcatcher, in hopes that he would be bitten. His lies to the Georgia people who voted for him are unforgivable.

IN NOVEMBER 2006 the national average for a gallon of gas was $2.19. We voted for change, and I guess we got it! Thanks, Democrats.

NOBODY SHOULD GIVE donations to Hillary. She and her ego spent like mad and she should have known what she was getting into. She's got multimillions personally; let her pay her own way.

A WELL-DESERVED RAVE to Daphne, ultrasound/sonogram technician at Summerville Women's Medical Group.

ALAS, ONE RANTER DOESN'T know that a student who makes good grades gets his own reward by learning something. There is no need for an "award." It appears that the farther we get from solid education, the more awards get presented. The only conclusion is that when all students fail all courses, all students will get an award.

RAVE FOR A majority of the nurses on the second floor (labor and delivery) at Doctors Hospital, Lillian. Carmen, Daniella, and Candice were so nice and supportive to me. A job well done ladies.

WHY DOES RICHMOND County want to sell their dirt when they need all that dirt out at the landfill to cover with?