Sound Off highlights anonymous, brief takes on the news offered via telephone by Daily News readers.

To the misinformed person who believes that the county commissioners shouldn’t give anything to the City of Washington: He or she should know that the property owners in Washington pay the exact same county tax that people who don’t live in Washington pay.

If I am paying taxes for EMS in Chocowinity, how are we supposed to get adequate response times when both of the EMS trucks are sitting at Station 1 in Washington? They were sitting there for over two hours June 16.

I am a resident on 12th Street, and I am very upset about the decision to cut off electric to all the homes during the standoff Wednesday. My animals had to suffer and so did my elderly neighbors, and I don’t appreciate it.

Amen to the comment about talking on cellphones while driving. Any type of distracted driving kills innocent people every day.