- November 23, 2024
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+ ‘Order Canceled’ story could help fix the problem
Dear Editor:
Thank you and Megan Hoye for the article “Order Canceled” and the info about the problem addressed in it.
Were a for-profit private enterprise given the responsibility for these things, sheer survival would find a way to make things work well. Worst-case scenario: Why don’t local officials go to those cities in Florida that are efficient and find out how they do it? Seriously!
I hope your publicizing the issue will put a fire under the pants of everyone involved in this to incentivize them to fix the problem.
George Hibbard
Palm Coast
+ Our officials need to get their priorities right
Dear Editor:
We need good paying jobs now. We need to get our economy going, and a good way to start is to install three or four industrial shell-only buildings (build them and they will come) on U.S. 1 and State Road 100.
Have our expensive real estate groups stop going after the $8 per hour franchised companies and go after the large nationwide corporation presidents. Offer their CEOs and family an all-expenses-paid weekend trip, including round of golf, private helicopter tour of our city and county and a one-day private ocean fishing trip. (It takes money to make money.)
For 20 or more years, our officials have sat back and watched Volusia and St Johns counties grow with industry. Meanwhile, our officials were only looking for highly rated corporations to occupy our “gold-nugget properties.”
Walter Albano
Palm Coast
ONLINE INTERACTION
On www.PalmCoastObserver.com
On "LETTERS: Observer, race, and reaction to ‘Order Canceled’":
I find it a bit hypocritical for certain readers to become indignant over the race issues that have come to light here. The Palm Coast Observer has stated that it doesn’t use any race as a criterion for publishing in this paper.
Shouldn’t that be a good thing? The only criterion that should make a determining factor is the subject matter.
I would hope that any businesses would use a person’s qualifications, demeanor, attributes , overall personality and substance to make a determining factor.
— Jessica Cappella
On 'Order Canceled':
My builder did not like the inspectors, either, but I’m glad they were (tough) because I got a house that was built the way it was supposed to be. I will live with this until I die. My builder moves on to the next guy. I don’t care if he liked me.
— Dan Marnell
Mayor says he sees no problem. Sure looks like there is a problem if contractors won’t work in this town. On the other hand, the new medical center and the new restaurant next to it went up in no time. Someone has to not be doing something right and the others are. Maybe some of the ones who won’t work here need to find out what their secret is.
— Ken Gistedt
On Facebook
On the question, "What do you think about the School Board’s decision to move forward with creating districtwide K-8 centers?"
Geela’s Jewels 5-year-olds do not need to be in the same building as 13-year-olds.
Stephen Matthew McClellan First off, what does the overcrowding of FPC have to do with K-8? FPC is a 9-12 school, correct? Second, the answer to a school system that is financially crippled is to spend more money the county doesn’t have? With the hopes that property values continue to climb? Does the county realize that property tax is not the only source of revenue? Does the county realize that tax revenue from industry and business serves to boost a community exponentially by not only providing direct tax income but also inviting higher-net-worth individuals with substantive incomes to move to a community? The answer is not to spend money the School Board claims to not have. The answer is to create a vibrant community that people wish to move to and open businesses in. Only then will you see a school system financially stable enough to attempt such an endeavor.
Patrick Domingues Bad idea. You’re clashing the maturity levels of older kids and the adolescents together with younger kids. I went to Indian Trials when it was K-8, and kids heard all sorts of things including profanity and talks about the birds and the bees with students. Sure, students were split apart in a way, but kids will always be kids. Words travel.
Lisa Dawson Andrzejczyk I am very much looking forward to it. I spent my K-8 years in the same school, and there is something to be said for that consistency.
Marie Guarino Hate it. Inches away from making the homeschooling decision.
Jennifer Stull Hubbs My oldest son was at Indian Trails when it was K-8, and it was fine. I’m not worried.
Lori Cooke-Young We moved over here four years ago from a school that was pre-K through 12th grade. I’d go back to that in a heartbeat. The classes were small, and the kids were given lots of attention that was needed.
