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Letters

  • Gun owners: Us and them

    Us: 134 million legal and law abiding gun owners. Them: seven to 10 sick individuals inflicting harm on American society in the last three to four years. Who does the government go after? The 90 million legal and law-abiding gun owners. Makes sense doesn’t it? Think about that!
    Wayne C. Sessa
    Beverly Hills

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  • Not partners but patsies

    Am I the only one who sees the arrogance of Duke Energy? First, they throw the county in a tailspin by not paying their taxes and then they have the nerve to ask for tax payers and rate payers to pay for their new proposed plant in Levy County.

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  • Sickness in gov't

    When the state of Florida refused the federal funds for Medicaid expansion, instead of reducing the federal budget and spending, they give it to other states. This is the sickness that is inherent in our government spending our money.

    Claude Strass
    Homosassa

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  • On second thought ...
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  • Fix water issues

    An open letter to Florida legislators:

    The subject is water. First, I want to establish in your minds just how important potable water is.

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  • No overtime won’t work

    Since 1938, the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act has required hourly workers be paid time-and-a-half for anything over 40 hours per week. This may now be in trouble since the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed the “Working Families Flexibility Act” as part of their “Making Life Work” agenda. 

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  • Hurricane preparedness lessons from Oklahoma

    On May 20, we were reminded that natural disasters of all kinds can bring devastation on a massive scale. In just a few seconds, the lives of Moore, Okla., residents were changed by an EF5 tornado that destroyed entire buildings while injuring or killing residents as they took shelter.

    We can’t prevent natural disasters, but we can prepare for them. By being ready and knowing what to do in a disaster, we can minimize risk, reduce the time it takes to recover and, most importantly, prevent the loss of life.

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  • Always read the fine print

    Early in the year our homeowners’ insurance renewal arrived. When my wife opened the envelope, read the total billing amount, and let out a shriek, I said, “Let me see that bill.”

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  • Hold officials accountable

    The current county commission has decided the solution to the loss of revenue from property taxes and Duke Energy is to create new taxing mechanisms. The new processes are called Municipal Service Taxing Units (MSTU) and Municipal Services Benefits Units (MSBU). The various commissioners argue these fees apply to all property owners and are fairer because homestead exemptions do not apply. However there are already exceptions to the first MSTU they have supported.

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  • Setting the record straight

    In defending Sen. Marco Rubio’s vote against expanded background checks of gun buyers, letter writer Adolph A. (Al) Puig wrote “it would have created a gun registration whereby President Obama and his pals would be able to track and trace every firearm in America, which would also effectively gut the Second Amendment.” 

    On the contrary, the bill explicitly stated that the background check information could not be used to create a national gun registry.

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