"I'd like to know what the county commissioners plan on doing about our sky-high assessments, with our property values dropping every day. Something needs to be addressed on this issue. We cannot afford to pay these kind of taxes on properties that have dropped well below our assessment values." -- Hagerstown
"I'm just calling to say please get out and vote for Penny Nigh. She does fight for the citizens, for our rights. She knows what the word 'volunteer' means; not to be paid, and she watches over our tax dollars. I doubt if you print this, but please, people, get out and vote for Penny Nigh. She's for the people." -- Hagerstown
"I have a question. I'm on short-term disability, which is worker's compensation. Will I be receiving any kind of stimulus check, or a raise in my worker's comp? If anybody can answer this question for me, I sure would appreciate the help." -- Big Pool
"My question is to the EMS chief or the County Commissioners, or the City Council of Hagerstown: What, if any, warning system does the Hagerstown area, Williamsport, Maugansville, have in effect in case there's a tornado, chemical or biological threat?" -- Fountainhead
"Not everybody that parks in a handicapped parking space is on oxygen or in a wheelchair. There's people that's got bad legs and bad backs, and everything." -- Hagerstown
"This is on city property tax increases. I wish The Herald-Mail would take the people that's running for the City Council and the two people that's running against Mr. Mayor Bruchey for mayor, and ask them if they would take a repeal on the tax increase on property taxes if they're elected in office." -- Hagerstown
"To the caller who says returning veterans are worried about the country being 'destroyed by Obama and his gang of bullies': The country I spent 27 years of my life defending has already been destroyed by Ronald Reagan, Newt Gingrich, George W. Bush, and their gang of bullies. I'm happy we now have a president who understands the U.S. Constitution." -- Chambersburg, Pa.
"Why do the Washington County BOE employees that travel to meetings need $70 food allowance per day? My husband and I are seniors, and feel very fortunate if we have $50 to $55 per week for food. It must be nice to have the taxpayers subsidizing food like that." -- Hagerstown
"I would just like to send a reminder out to the area softball and baseball coaches that the kids are playing to have fun. It's not about winning or losing, and whenever you quit making it fun for them and they quit playing, you'll be out on the field pitching yourself." -- Hagerstown
"I'm calling to the person in Chambersburg, Pa. that commented on the person stealing flowers and flags off the grave. I'm the one that called in about that, and yes, it did happen that somebody stoled it off of her grave, so -- and I'm not complaining, I'm just telling people how ignorant people can be." -- Halfway
"My husband had to go to the emergency room to have a large splinter removed from his hand, and the doctor that was on call could not remove it, so the surgeon was called in. Twenty minutes later, the splinter was removed and his hand was wrapped, and everything was fine. Two weeks later we realized this doctor did not accept our insurance, and we received a bill for over $2,000. ... Make sure if you go to the emergency room ... accepts your insurance." -- Hagerstown
"This is in regards to the people who stand in front of the Alexander House, blocking the sidewalk. They won't move when people go down in wheelchairs, or people with strollers. They're standing there talking and smoking. Isn't there some kind of an ordinance, and who do you contact to get rid of this kind of behavior? And the one gentleman ... cusses so much, takes God's name in vain, why do we have to tolerate it?" -- Hagerstown
