This letter is response to the sidewalk parking issues on Marco. After reading all the recent interviews, columns and comments pertaining to the issues, there was very little mentioned in any of them about all the sidewalk parking laws and ...

Just wanted to let everyone know that our first annual Halloween candy buyback was a great success! The event was held on Nov. 1, 2009 and had a tremendous response from the community. Bonita Dental Care, Marco Dental Care and ...

On behalf of the American Cancer Society of Marco Island, I would like to thank the Optimist Club of Marco Island for sponsoring Camp R.O.C.K. Day at their homecoming games on Oct. 31. Thanks to the generosity of the board ...

One lone gull just crossed the path of the 40-foot luxury fishing boat. It gleams an almost unbearable white as it just starts to slow down entering the Big Marco Pass; there passing a 30-footer headed to Keewaydin, each giving ...

In response to Steve Stefanides commentary, I would agree only to working together for solutions to our city’s problems. This city needs to recognize that most residents are coping with the worst economic times in our nation’s history. I would ...

I would like to express my humble opinion on a very important issue that seems to be trivial and superfluous to some. First, I would like to say that many Americans are fed up with the double-talking cartoon-like characters in ...

I’ve just returned from the City Council meeting Nov. 9, and was extremely disappointed at the consensus reached during the council communications portion of the meeting when most of the audience had already left for the day. For those of ...

As I have said in the past, water meter rates were set by independent professionals, Public Resources Management Group, Inc., and while there seems to be some controversy about a disparity in rates as charged to condominiums in comparison to ...

Some economists have been suggesting the recession is largely over, and the U.S. economy appears to be breathing new life. A major factor in this resuscitation is the ongoing stabilization and steps toward recovery in the real estate market. Sales ...

Over the last several months our community has struggled through the process known as the annual budget. This year has been somewhat more tedious than others due to the downturn in the economic conditions around the world. Failing financial institutions, ...

While reading the front page article in last Sunday’s Eagle, “City Budget Cuts Don’t Please All,” I became concerned about numerous misleading comments, including comparing our financial process to “renovating a house while it’s on fire,” and council’s direction to ...

This letter is addressed to those in the city who don’t seem to know what the financial status is of our city. It is fine for Ed Issler and Steve Stefanides and their kind to be critical of MITA because ...

I am not a political activist and I don’t want to be, but I am a long time condo owner and a full time resident and several of my neighbors have asked me to put out a point of view ...

What’s wrong with asking the city manager to propose additional budget cuts? Your headline in the Sunday edition, “City budget cuts don’t please all.” As one of the individuals mentioned in the article suggesting the City Council take a closer ...

The front page article in the Nov. 1 issue of this newspaper contained two reported statements, attributed to the city manager that merit particular attention. The first entry stated that Mr. Thompson compared the city financial process with that “of ...