We are greatly disappointed with the article in the Dec. 12 issue of Hardeeville Today regarding the coaches behavior at a school basketball game.
More specifically, in referring to Hardeeville and Ridgeland, the unknown commentator stated "The two communities already have a long-standing feud although we can't figure out why. Incidents like this only perpetuate a senseless division in a county that needs to work together to propel it out of poverty and corridor of shame status."
That seems like a mighty bold statement to make about two proud communities based solely on the behavior of a few people at a basketball game. And, [Hardeeville Today's] staff "can't figure out why" then maybe there is no factual basis for [the] comment. Sometimes in sporting activities a little rivalry is good clean fun for everyone involved and this is usually very positive. There are hundreds of sporting events in our area every year and on the very rare occasion when a "few" participants get out of line, it is very unfair to associate this with two entire communities. Also, when [HT] prints comments such as "senseless division" that it cannot support, then it is obvious that the problem is the newspaper and not the communities.
There are many citizens, elected officials and employees in Hardeeville and Ridgeland who are working hard and together to improve our communties. The comments were an insult and reflect very poorly on the Hardeeville Today newspaper staff. You owe all of us an apology and, in the future, please be factual and only point your finger at the few people who are