Comments by Hawke1

Written on Committee gets feel for rental property dilemma:

SUNNYCITY: The people who are seeking change are not minorities in the neighborhoods they live in. Laws and regulations are written to control the members of our society that never learned how to behave. Fortunately for civilization they are the minority.

Written on There from the start: Tucker, longest serving Marco councilor, to step aside:

SRELCARAJO: Sometimes the truth is hard to take, but to say that an accurate portrayal of a period of time is stating the negative, is ludicrous. Newspapers have a responsiblity to be complete and accurate in their reporting. After all, the printed published word of a good journal does serve to document forever what actually happened. Rarely do I see balance or any attempt to verify statments of government or political officials. Nor do I see any attempt to seek or pursue clarification from sources as to the quotes the reporter uses to hang her story on. A serious reporter writing in a small home town journal should use the opportunity to sharpen their journalistic, interview and investigative skills. It should not be a period in which one is lazy and simply parrots the words and thoughts of her subjects. Perhaps the days of real investigative journalism gone forever.

Written on Letter to the editor: Nothing to fear but fear itself?:

Yes, it actually happened. The individual is a supporter of Mr. Popoff and I'm sure he will be happy to give you his name.

Written on There from the start: Tucker, longest serving Marco councilor, to step aside:

RACHAEL: A minority must be vocal or they will never be represented. Successful democracies are successful because they give their minorities equal consideration. If they do not they suffer controversy and turmoil. Even though our country protects our minorities with it's Constitution and our Bill of Rights, our country has had to learn this lesson over and over again. The majority will always try and take advantage of the minority simply because it is a minority. Mr. Tucker is an attorney and knows this to be true. I am so sorry that you are so tired of hearing my "negative bantor". I won't stop. Mr. Tucker served as an elected official in our City and I will not stand by and allow this newspaper to whitewash his record of service. Many of our citizen's believe he still has many things to answer for. My entry above simply outlines those that I'm concerned with. The truth is that this man's legacy is not all good and without controversy. Our very nation was founded by a minority that believed they were being abused by a majority. It's my right and privilege as an American citizen to let my elected officials know when I believe I am being taken advantage of. 3,000 single family home owners on Marco Island voted in the last election as a minority and lost. Although we will ALL support those who gained office, each of us have the right to complain or "banter". That's the difference between a democracy and an autocracy, despotism, a dictatorship, a monarchy, totalitarianism or tyranny. Get used to it, you live in the United States of America not Cuba.

Written on Letter to the editor: Nothing to fear but fear itself?:

If Mr. Popoff is fearful of unbalanced people in our community, then I would first look at a fellow who came to the podium and announced he was licensed to "carry" and not afraid to use his weapon. As I recall, this event occured during a meeting when the Chief of Police was present and the fellow wasn't apprehended. Sent a chill up my spine.

Written on Marco Island City Council meeting starts at 3:30 Monday:

Joey, why not have meetings at 10:00 am on Sunday morning? That would ensure adequate shade from public oversight. Think of all the personal agenda items that could be passed with little or no debate.

Written on The Farmer File: Does IQ really mean smarts?:

People of superior intelligence are frequently assaulted by those who are less bright. This article brings to mind the bully in the fourth grade that used to flick spit-balls at the nerds that always had the "right" answers. The only people who whould find enjoyment in such a piece are those who share Mr. Farmer's obvious intellectual inadeqacies and propensity to act out like a bully would. If this article is referring to Mr. Foster, then I think it likely is personal and should never have been approved to be printed as a column in this newspaper. It is common knowledge on Marco Island that Mr. Foster has been a frequent critic of Mr. Farmer's use of this paper, to champion his support, for the current political power base in Marco Island. Mr. Farmer should write to something he has some understanding of and leave the measure of intelligence to others.

Written on There from the start: Tucker, longest serving Marco councilor, to step aside:

He takes pride in falsly accusing citizens of dumping tons of asbestos on Collier Blvd? He takes pride that he did nothing to effect it's clean-up? He takes pride in admitting he deleted written communications from citizens thus ignoring the sprit of our Sunshine laws? He takes pride in frequently and disrespectfully barking at the only woman on our Council? He takes pride in not sharing and allowing our citizens to benefit from the "new information" that convinced him sewering the island was the "right" thing to do? Which directly led to another two years of turmoil in our community. He takes pride in being one of the first Councilmembers of this City to suffer a recall effort (by 2,000 citizens)? HOGWASH! Tucker's initial instinct was correct, he should have resigned. Unfortunately, he fell asleep again as he was prone to do and forgot why he had that thought.

Written on Sewer hookup violators get their day in quasi-court:

SRELCARAJO, after reading your comment, I finally understood that you had mistakenly referred to the wrong writers. I wonder, do you think your "weed' comment more accurately reflects your comprehensive thought processes? Better get some help before you do something serious to harm yourself.

Written on Marco City Council mixed on security needs:

Popoff sounds scared to me. What a putz. By the way, several mailboxes were destroyed on my street by the contractors building a sewer. I wonder if I should be concerned about that?

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