- November 23, 2024
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Socialism isn’t so bad, if you know what it actually is
Dear Editor:
In response to Timothy Hall’s Sept. 4 letter, “Common Core is an ‘outrageous socialist attack’ to brainwash your children”: Mr. Hall, you have no clue what socialism is. Before you write an opinion, educate yourself first.
I'm from Norway, and we have five weeks’ paid vacation a year. Women can stay home for 52 weeks after having a baby, plus they get $5,000 to buy the things they need for the baby. Median income is $80,000. There is no party try to stop people from voting in an election. The average Joe can be a politician — no need for big business money to be elected. You can go to school in the clothes you like — no uniformed like clothes like Palm Coast. Free education. Real freedom of speech, free medical for everybody, no worries. You get at least three months’ pay or more when you lose your job. Banks help you out in crises if you need it. We are rated the best country to live in in the world. Eight out of 10 own their homes. No red light cameras.
Shame on you to write what you wrote. I can go on and on, but if you educate yourself, you will find a lot of other great things in a socialist country.
Frode Nilsen
Palm Coast
A law is a law; don’t make your own
Dear Editor:
This city and some of the officials and residents amaze me. We have to reimburse a lawbreaker because we did not have a sign saying he was going to get a ticket if he broke the law — even though he was caught on camera doing it three times! He broke the law!
Then the city manager says, well, the Florida law states that you have to come to a complete stop at a right on red, and that is the law. Then he says, but we let you do up to 14 mph and not issue a ticket. You ever try making a 14 mph right-hand turn while trying to see if another vehicle is coming or that there is someone in the crosswalk? With that mentality, why issue a ticket to someone running a red light who does not cause an accident? What's the difference? They each broke the law.
Ken Gistedt
Palm Coast
Citizens Academy is a ‘class act’
Dear Editor:
I recently completed the Flagler County Citizens Academy, and I learned amazing things about how county government works. Our class met the constitutional officers, the county commissioners, a judge and our sheriff.
We attended presentations by the county administrator and his deputy, the clerk of courts, tax collector, property appraiser, financial services, chamber of commerce, public information, land management, general services, community services, health department, extension services, planning/building/code enforcement, county engineer, emergency services, airport and economic development.
Sessions were creative, engaging, inspiring and led to lively discussions. All presenters were enthusiastic about our county and their responsibilities to the community.
A special thanks to Joe Mayer and Andy Johnson for keeping us informed of meeting locations, coordinating activities, and especially to Andy for getting after-hours questions answered. Some of the attendees will no doubt become involved in county advisory boards, committees and councils, and a lot of them have become new friends.
If you are interested in the nuts and bolts of our county government, and want to meet our experienced administrators, you should take the opportunity to attend the Flagler County Citizen’s Academy. It is a “class act” all the way!
Ellie Unum
Ormond Beach
DeSantis makes sense; his email policy doesn’t
Dear Editor:
Although I agree with U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis about not exempting Congress from laws they have enacted, I find that I cannot tell him so directly.
DeSantis requires a cell phone number before accepting any emails! By supplying the number, you agree to accept any text or message charges incurred from future campaign messages. Of course, if I phone him to complain, my cell phone number again grants him the right to charge me for his messages. Nice blackmail by a “public servant.”
John Bigelow
Palm Coast
