EDITOR: Never having been an ardent supporter of the military industrial complex or a member of the armed forces, I approached my participation in the U.S. Marine Corps birthday celebration with some skepticism.
Posted - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: What a bountiful, pre-Thanksgiving cornucopia of local holiday shopping ideas in the Nov. 23 Keys Sunday.
Posted - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: Re: the story, "Bay improvement still years away," this identifies some of the challenges trying to implement the world's most ambitious ecological restoration project. The time has come to round the corner, learn from our mistakes and think big.
Posted - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: Forgotten Felines would like to thank the Marathon Publix for allowing us to place a donation bin in its store. The donations received from our caring community have helped feed approximately 500 Middle Keys cats daily.
Posted - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: On Nov. 19, we celebrated the swearing in of our new county commissioners. Attendees were jubilant and our commissioners respectful of our concerns. There was an atmosphere of civic cooperation, not authoritative confrontation.
Posted - Wednesday, December 03, 2008 07:01 AM EST
To the editor: I am outraged that the Florida Department of Transportation would allow all those beautiful trees to be cut down in the median at mile marker 102, so they don’t block the view of that horrific billboard.
Posted - Friday, November 28, 2008 10:39 AM EST
To the editor: Re: “Officials concede little progress on Everglades Restoration” [The Reporter, Nov. 21]. This identifies some of the challenges of trying to implement the world’s most ambitious ecological restoration project. The time has come to round the corner, learn from our mistakes and think big.
Posted - Friday, November 28, 2008 10:39 AM EST
EDITOR: Well, now that we've got the best government that money could buy, we are going to see how we spend money that we don't have. Never mind the national debt or the trade deficit or the credit card debt; we've got bailouts to consider. And in doing so, we have to figure out what all this debt is going to cost us, since we have to pay it.
Posted - Saturday, November 22, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: We now have a new county mayor and mayor pro tem, George Neugent and Sylvia Murphy, respectively. I read a lot of descriptions of the mayor's job as being mostly ceremonial or symbolic. However, it's more than the first description, though there is ceremony enough that goes with the position. As for the second descriptive word, the symbolism is important symbolism, encompassing an important statement.
Posted - Saturday, November 22, 2008 07:01 AM EST
EDITOR: The United States today finds itself in a very difficult financial position. A significant factor in getting to where we are now has arisen from the fact that Americans no longer save very much of their income.
Posted - Saturday, November 22, 2008 07:01 AM EST
