Comments by Fossil

Written on Marco to consider building a high school in the park:

getreak: I don't know why I bother. You are either a kid on the football team or the parent of one. Football is not a requirement to be accepted to a University. If that were true, Harvard whould have the best football team in the nation. The football program only benefits those kids who have extrodinary athletic ability. Less than 1% of any high school athletic program are so gifted. If you really believe what you say, then tell me why students who do not play football, belong to the cheerleader squad, movie club, yearbook club, etc., even get into a University? I'll give you a clue: It has something to do with hard work and using extra time to study so you may graduate at the top of your class. Attending school is not supposed to be fun, it's a place to work hard and learn how to surviive in a very competitive environment. Good luck to you.

Written on Marco to consider building a high school in the park:

Freedomofspeech: You are making stuff up. Name one University in the United States that denies entry to an applicant that graduated from a High School without a football team or cheerleader squad. As for Marco Island being a "retirement resort community"; talk to Councilman Popoff and he will tell you that is a myth. Open up your wallet and give our kids the school they deserve.

Written on Marco to consider building a high school in the park:

The comments above against building the high school are from people who do not care about our community. If they did, they would be working to support this effort not tear it down. Marco Island needs a high school for our children. The only "full-service" requirement is to give the school everything it needs to educate our children. All the rest is a waste of money and designed to entertain. There are thousands of communities throughout the U.S.A. the size of Marco Island, that are able to provide their citizens with a high school. Marco Island citizens have more wealth then most of them. It is a crime that this project was not already completed. Support this effort.

Written on Letter To The Editor: Rates seem fair:

marcoedeagle: Because it is the homeowners who have been forced on the sewer to purchase a brand new water treatment plant. This is necessary because the condos never paid into a maintenance fund all these years. Don't be so quick to claim this statement is false unless you can show that these funds exist. The entire STRP project was developed to supply the funds necessary to keep the hotels and condos on line not to give a sanitary system to the homeowners as the city claimed. The proof is that the city now is spending new found money from new homeonwer subscribers( not only to expand but to replace infrastructure used by those who have been on sewer for years. Now the condo owners want the homeowners to sholder an even greater burden?

Written on Letter To The Editor: Condos should be rewarded for efficiency:

If a dwelling unit is empty then they should be charged a basic fee. Individual meters permit the utility to charge only for usage. The condos may have been paying fees for years but it appears no money was collected for maintenance. Now that those old pipes are polluting our city, they want the homes who have been connectected for the most part to safe septic systems, to pay for the usage they enjoyed for so many years. Yes, Mr. Putnam, it is absurd and this fellow is spinning. As for using my money due from the electrict utility undergrounding, NO! That is MY money and it should not be used to help defray the cost of those who have enjoyed sewers for the past 20 plus years. How about the condos being charged a pro rated charge for reuse water? The difference between that charge and the full charge of home owners using drinking water to water their lawns should be collected from the condo owners to use for the maintenance of the pipes they have used. After all, they are both the product of a utility and drinking and reuse water are closer then water and electricity utilities. Sounds fair to me.

Written on Letter to the Editor: Broken pipes, broken rates:

Mr. Issler, you are trying to tell us the color white is black? I will give you credit for confirming that storm water is leaking into the system. However what is more damaging to the treatment plant is the fact that sea water is also entering the system. This happens each time the tide is high or whenever the island gets high water from a storm (we already know our storm drains are inadequate). Why does this happen? Because the high water causes pressure forcing the sea water into the manholes and the saturated sand allows the sea water to have a free run to the breaks in our pipes. As for the rest of your claims, I will take the time to explain this in the simplist possible terms becuase you mistakenly believe you are smarter then Mr. Neylon. If the pipe has a crack, is broken from pressure, digging, root developemnt or seperated from an adjoining pipe it will leak or leach the material it was designed to contain. Common sense (and the law of gravity) tells us that when fluids flow downhill they will take the path of least resistance. We have a gravity system on Marco. The material you flush from your house flows downhill to the nearest lift station. If the pipe has been compromised in some way, your excrement will settle in that compromised portion of the pipe and pollute the surrounding soil. As more water comes washing down the pipe, your excrement will slowly but surely find the lowest point (the break) in that pipe, accumulate and seap into the soil and find it's way into our water table. Sorry to be so discriptive but your contribution above indicates I have to make the extra effort in order to convince you that your uninformed and not very well thought out statements are damaging our enviornment.

Written on Charter school officials find themselves on the defensive :

If the parents of our children want a high school closer to home, the city and it's business community should do whatever it can to help them achieve it. Why would any parent want their child to travel twenty miles a day to get an education? Me thinks there are people in Marco that feel our wee city cannot support two schools. After all, many have given much to one and now another will be asking for donations? The Chamber needs to ask for more money from our hotels and our wealthy needs to dig deeper. Did you think those elementry kids wouldn't grow up and need a high school too? The job is not done, either use your political influence to get county money or open your wallets. Your community and it's future requires more from you then your volunteer work.

Written on Letter to the Editor: Broken pipes, broken rates:

rolomokat, either you did not hear Mr Nylon's presentation or you were one of those who felt it should never see the light of day. Well, now an employee of the city has confirmed what Mr. Neylon revealed. Butch Neylon really does know what he is talking about. Butch Neylon did let us know exactly what was going on with the old pipes during his presentation on the subject. Now that the city admits there is documentation verifying Mr. Neylon's claims, you say he doesn't know what he is talking about? Too bad the press did not perform it's duty and investigate the facts, or at least demand that City Officials give them a written preliminary assessment of the study they were doing at the time of Mr. Neylon's revelations. If this newspaper had done it's job, the entire City would have new leadership today and there would be no discussion of additional assessments or higher taxes.

Written on Letter to the Editor: Failing the American people:

Shadow: He won an election last November. You should not be surprised at the policies he has attempted to enact. He campaigned on everything he has attempted and hopefully will be successful. After all, that's why all those folks voted for him. The only reason he has not been able to deliver is because America's oponents continue to try to stop the will of the people. Before you conter with his throwing money at Wall Street. Remember, the TARP was sold to Congress and initiated by his predessor in October of 2008. The current President only completed his predessor's actions and the actions of both have been credited with avoiding a depression. He saved the largest manufacturing base in the country, the automobilie industry and it's millions of employees. For starters, that was all done in the first seven months of his Presidency. He has also regained respect for our country throughout the world. Now Dick Chany would even say that these past 10 months have been attack free in the U.S.. Therefore it stands to reason he is doing something right as far as keeping the terrorists at bay. You ask what has he done to better the world. Well for starters he reset the nuclear clock when he pulled those useless missles out of Russia's backyard. Who told you that he was hand picked by Soros? Faux news? I thought the people of this great nation elected him President. Glad to hear that you remain a good faithful American and admit you would follow his orders if still in the military. Defend the Constitition, our freedoms and liberties. Don't let Australian media mogols and former sports casters masqarading as news commentators tell you what our country should look like. We live in the best run country in the world. Anyone who doesn't believe that, should find one that has a better government and move to it.

Written on Marco electric users won’t get their $1 million refund :

What difference does it make if the majority of the money goes to hotels and the city? If the hotels paid one cent to underground the lines and the City failed to do it then that one cent belongs to the hotels. If the City (the taxpayer) paid for undergrounding and our leaders failed to give it to us, then return it to the taxpayer. When is the city going to stop justifying stealing? Our leadership thinks like crooks and goes to church on Sunday (what does your clergy teach you? There is a limit to the amount of redemption confession can give you). Do the right thing for a change, your decisions reflect on your parantage. Show us that you were brought up right.

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