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Without a free press, our democracy perishes

Nettie Green
April 11, 2025
I understand why all letters cannot be published, particularly when they concern the same issue. I also agree with your rule that letters which slander another person should not be published. But many of us appreciate the previous variety of opinions and facts offered on local candidates running for public office, on complex issues that call for looking at several sides before they can be solved. Some writers have personal experience or expertise that can help us all in our daily interactions. Most issues written about are local in nature, but some involve national politics, like my recent struggle to renew my lost Social Security card in an understaffed Georgetown office.
 
I agree with the Rev. Mark Harris that peaceful protests should have coverage from the Cape Gazette, particularly when leaders have requested it. And this should happen on both sides – the Sunday events in front of the Midway movie theater before the general election, the peaceful vigils in front of the Zwaanendaal Museum in Lewes, the Black Lives Matter demonstration, which I believe was covered, and the Indivisible protests near Route 24. People are sharing their concerns through peaceful means, and the free press needs to honor that. Of course, if the vigil or protest is scheduled repeatedly, one article or photo with caption is enough.
 
In the Cape area, we are more than consumers, real estate sellers and buyers, sports enthusiasts, party and beach lovers, volunteers and contributors, artists and writers, folks who are born, get married and die. We care about each other, our area and our nation. We, by being alive, are “political.”
 
Please be the free press that you have been. Without a free press, our democracy perishes.

Nettie Green
Rehoboth Beach

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