Our 1st Amendment Rights

17 Nov 2010

Each week this newspaper uses a quote made by the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

So why does it seem that our local government officials don’t want to hear from the people they represent? We have a right and a responsibility to speak up. This is Tunica County not Tunica Plantation. Enough said.