Category: Editorials

The Commissioners Albatross Bruce A. Maguire St. Augustine, FL

Dear Editor: Continuing to borrow from the play book of founder, Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles, the City Commissioners have mercifully decided against the immediate execution of the one hundred thirty-four year-old St. Augustine Transfer Company.

Let me get this straight . . . . We’re going to be “gifted” with a healthcare plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t; which purportedly covers at least ten million more people — without adding a single new doctor, but is adding 16,000 new IRS agents.

Dear Editor: It is a pleasure to see free parking provided by the city of St. Augustine for motorcycles during bike week. Even on weekdays I observed the positive impact on downtown businesses.

I am 21 years old, and have been riding in parades in St. Augustine since I was born.

Dear Editor: A bill has been introduced in the Florida Senate regarding photographing farm land.

Dear Editor: To my city officals — you do not pull up the carpet or replace the plumbing when you know your going to have a lot of company.