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Written on Marathon weight-loss walker to visit Marco:

Debra is to be congratulated. Though I've never had a weight problem, I know a lot of people who have. Check the homepage of my friend and co-worker from Chicago who has lost close to 200 pounds over the last two years.

http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp...

How did she do it? The old-fashioned way, diet and exercise, mostly walking! So I would say Debra is on the right track. And yes, I walk four miles every morning, too.

Written on Marco anchoring hearing set:

The city first needs to drop a case that it cannot win and repeal the offending ordinance. It should then take the money saved in legal fees and establish six additional public pump-out stations at convenient places for everyone to use. This would at last address the real reason for overboard discharge.

And if you think this is a problem just because of visitors or liveaboards, you need to count the number of boats with heads on Marco Island.

Written on Council increases reuse water rates, tables beach access:

Open the beach access - NOW! Also pass an ordinance that makes it illegal to block pedestrian access to the beach. Give the hotels and condos six months to make the necessary landscaping changes and allow adjoining properties to combine access with neighbors. But stop treating the beach as a private reserve... people live on Marco so they can go to the beach even if they don't live ON the beach.

Written on Island update: What’s new with the Madeira beach access point?:

Sunnycity makes a good point. All they have to do is cut down that wire fence and put some gravel on the path.
Our beaches are open to the public, but without public access they may as well be deeded to the condos and hotels that seem to be dedicated to closing them off. This path needs to be opened immediately as the first phase of an effort to provide walkable beach access every 1500 feet on Marco Island.

Written on Worker electrocuted :

"Palm frawns?" Don't you mean "fronds?" There is no such word as "frawns," unless maybe it's a cross between "fawns" and "prawns."

And the "Marco Urgent Care Center" hasn't been called that for years. It's the "Marco Healthcare Center."

Yikes, who's writing for this paper now?

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