Comments from our readers.

RANT FOR THOSE who use Fairington Drive to get to Deer Chase Elementary. You need to slow down. This includes day-care vans and school buses.

I SUPPORT DEPUTIES Hodge and Ortiz in the shooting of Justin Elmore. It was a case of self-defense.

THE MOB WHO attacked deputies for protecting the stupid mob are both morons and haven't a clue about civilized living.

IF THE CON called "global warming" continues, soon Augusta will be enveloped in ice. Then Augusta kids will grow up ice skating, and only then will there be a big enough audience of fans to sustain professional ice hockey. Otherwise, it's like trying to promote camel races in Augusta, when there is no desert to run in.

THE CHRONICLE'S front page story names some project dwellers who think cops should not protect themselves while they're protecting the public. One even said, "This ain't nothing. It's just beginning." OK, cops. Write down that guy's name, and watch out for him.

A SINCERE "good luck" to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta. At the same time, they seem to be teaching "iffy" stuff. Is a game of pool a "life" skill? If so, my parents, who never played pool, lacked some "life skills," even though they stayed out of jail, among other sensible things.

THE CHRONICLE CONTINUES to publish the Mini Page, which is often just four pages of liberal propaganda. Today's is most obnoxious. It's trying to brainwash kids into "green" this and "green" that. Christmas is not about "green." It's about Jesus, nothing more. "Green" has nothing to do with Christmas.

RESIDENTS OF Cherry Tree Crossing who felt the need to riot against the RCSO -- you disgust me.

I THINK THE sheriff is doing a good job.