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Letter to the editor: "A man, a plan, a canal, Panama," Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 01.02.25 It’s a well-known palindrome that makes just as much sense if you read it backwards. That’s more than you can...
Shelley Allen
Jan 13


Letter to the editor: Trump's job, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 12.12.24 In his Nov. 28 letter, “Thank goodness!” Dick Wilson claims Democrats wrote two years of letters containing...
Shelley Allen
Dec 31, 2024


Drowning in MAGA's lies, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.17.24 “Planet of the Apes” ends as Charlton Heston finds a half-buried Statue of Liberty and realizes that the...
Shelley Allen
Oct 24, 2024


Letter to the editor: JD stands for "Jarring Dishonesty," Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.10.24 JD Vance is historically unpopular. He said kids are better off if mothers stay with husbands who beat them....
Shelley Allen
Oct 23, 2024


Letter to the editor: Trump retaliates, Rouzer refuses, Biden and Harris rush relief, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 10.10.24 In March 2020, Trump shut down the economy due to COVID, triggering America’s worst economic contraction....
Shelley Allen
Oct 23, 2024


Closing argument: Want to be heard? Elect Democrats
If you think Republican elected officials don’t listen, you’re right. The good news is, Democrats do. “Shut the hell up!” he explained....
Shelley Allen
Oct 16, 2024


Media advisory - Connecting the red dots: Silence of the GOP
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Lon Anderson A Note to the Media from BCDP Chair Shelley Allen Recently, we in...
Shelley Allen
Oct 9, 2024


Trump, Vance, Nazis torment Springfield, Ohio; Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 09.26.24 At the Harris/Trump debate, when Trump shouted, “In Springfield they’re eating the dogs, they’re eating the...
Shelley Allen
Oct 5, 2024


Old Yeller, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 09.19.24 Commenters on the Harris-Trump debate agree: Harris had Trump for dinner. They differ on when, as Hannibal...
Shelley Allen
Sep 28, 2024


Trump earns two thumbs down, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 09.05.24 You’ve probably seen photos of Trump flashing a thumbs-up and grinning while posing beside graves of fallen...
Shelley Allen
Sep 21, 2024


For Pete's sakes, Pat Sykes, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 08.29.24 Brunswick County’s newspapers have recently run pieces from District 3 Commissioner Pat Sykes claiming to be...
Shelley Allen
Sep 8, 2024


They paved paradise, put up a parking lot, Brunswick Beacon
08.22.24, Brunswick Beacon I used to think Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi” was just a catchy song. I didn’t know Brunswick County would...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29, 2024


Trump trades racist dog whistle for megaphone, Brunswick Beacon
08.22.24, Brunswick Beacon In his 7/25 column, Tom Campbell called for “toning down the angry, divisive rhetoric.” President Biden did...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29, 2024


In our opinion: Platform for growth
Our candidates for Brunswick County Commissioners Everyone knows Brunswick County is growing at a record-setting pace. Everyone, it...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29, 2024


Harris-Walz campaign to open field office in Brunswick County
PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lon Anderson For Immediate Release August 29, 2024 HARRIS-WALZ CAMPAIGN TO OPEN FIELD OFFICE IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29, 2024


McHugh earns second term on NC League of Municipalities
Bill McHugh, a Democratic member of the Leland Town Council, has been chosen to serve a second term on the Legislative Policy Committee...
Shelley Allen
Aug 29, 2024


Josh Stein comes to Brunswick County -- again!
For the second time this election season, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein was the guest of the Brunswick County Democratic...
Shelley Allen
Aug 27, 2024


Letter to the editor: Clean water leadership, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 07.25.24 For over 10 years, I worked for an organization with a main objective to bring clean water to developing...
Shelley Allen
Aug 20, 2024


Trump abandoned Paul Whelan, Biden freed him, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 08.08.24 On August 1, the Biden/Harris administration completed the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War. Moscow...
Shelley Allen
Aug 19, 2024


Trump's plan to make inflation grow again, Brunswick Beacon
Brunswick Beacon , 08.08.24 June’s consumer price report showed falling prices produced a 3% annual inflation rate, the biggest monthly...
Shelley Allen
Aug 19, 2024
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