- November 21, 2024
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Dear Editor:
Great article on the National Merit accomplishments of four of our students at Flagler Palm Coast High School.
At age 81, I am in the twilight of my life. However, a while back, I was on the scholarship committee of the Friends of the Library of Flagler County. It was awe inspiring to listen to Flagler County high school students sharing their goals and aspirations as they begin their life journey.
Our youth are the future of our community and our country; They need our support in any way possible. Certainly your article is one way.
Ron Pokigo
Palm Coast
Dear Editor:
Several of us members of the Rotary Club of Flagler County pick up trash along Seminole Woods Parkway from State Road 100 to Utah Place every month. Other clubs and groups have also adopted sections of our major thoroughfares, but it really doesn’t seem to make much of a dent in what we see alongside our roads.
It is amazing to me what people toss thoughtlessly out of their cars as if it will disappear somehow. It doesn’t. I agree with you, something must be done.
What the state of Michigan has done is to have a 10-cent deposit on all empty beverage cans and bottles. Once that law was enacted in 1976, people started taking those cans and bottles back to the stores for their refund. Miraculously, once people stopped throwing cans and bottles out of their cars, they quit throwing other trash out as well. That program has been a huge success in helping the entire state clean up their roads. Florida needs to do the same.
Bill Lyon
Palm Coast
Dear Editor:
There’s an ongoing debate about the sudden, dramatic growth of Palm Coast, particularly the impact on traffic. Regardless of where anyone stands on the issue, the one aspect we could potentially all agree upon is the horrendous state of cell phone reception in Palm Coast. These include high amenities and service areas that are congregated near Belle Terre Parkway and Palm Coast Parkway intersections, and Old Kings Road, among other areas.
As a new resident, it was both befuddling and frustrating to have little to no cell phone reception. As I ventured into one of the T-Mobile stores to ask if my experience was a shared one, I was informed (with apathy) that a recent proposal to set up another cell phone tower received opposition from residents.
Palm Coast has an abject need for more cell towers. Regardless of one’s opinion on technology, this one must be an overwhelming yes for Palm Coast’s residents who can rally phone companies and local legislators to move fast on this issue.
Roger Phillips
Palm Coast
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