Comments by deltarome

Written on Deja vu: Contention arises as city petitions for storage zoning change to help a Marco business :

I heard that the gas station lost its Texaco franchise as the Kelley's were buying cheaper gas from a non Texaco supplier and selling it under their label. Shows the ethics of those you are dealing with.

Written on Obama’s Arcadia visit brings focus to small town with country's largest solar energy plant:

This will not produce any more jobs than the 4-5 noted above to guard and patrol the facility. The solar cells will be made in China and installed in the US with illegal immigrant labor.
For that, we are paying higher electric bills and taxes to subsidize the purchase and installation. One good hurricane and the whole thing is a pile of scrap. Not practical or ready for prime time yet.
I work in the power business and this is not the way to go just yet.

Written on Island views: Do you think it’s fair for condo sewer rates to be lower than single-family home rates?:

The houses came first but the sewers were not installed until there was a commercial demand that couldn't be met with septic tanks and that was the original condo's and commercial stores.
It was not cost effective to hook up sewers to all the island especially in the estates area where the houses are spread out and the lots were large enough to filter out the effluent before it got to the canals.

Written on Island views: Do you think it’s fair for condo sewer rates to be lower than single-family home rates?:

Just because older users of sewer were paying sewer bills for years doesn't mean they paid enough to replace the aging piping and plant.
typically, the bills are only high enough to pay for operating cost and interest on past debt. Once the debt is paid off, the bills only cover operating costs.Since there is no capital improvement fund that kept extra money to cover future pipe replacements, the city will need to sell bonds to cover the replacement costs. To get the bonds, the city council will need to obligate some or all of the sewer users to cover the debt service. That is where the fur fight will occur-who pays and how much.
Choose your new council members wisely.......

Written on Least expensive Smokehouse Bay Bridge proposal may not be residents’ favorite :

No steel bridges. Steel is a constant maintenance headache. Go with least costly reinforced concrete bridge and no fancy walkways.

Written on Island views: Do you think it’s fair for condo sewer rates to be lower than single-family home rates?:

Let me understand the article's arguments-If you live here and use water and sewer everyday, you should be entitled to a lower base rate than a vacant condo or house?
The condo owner doesn't need to water their grass so they pay a lower total bill than an absentee homeowner who uses ALL of their water for irrigation and use NONE of the sewer utility. Since everyone with a home or condo doesn't won't have a well (and thanks to the condo owners-eventually no septic tank) or a septic tank they will need to use the island's sewer and water hookups.
Everyone should pay the same base rates and quit whining!
Vacant Lots should be only ones not needing to pay a monthly meter rate.

Written on PHOTOS: Marco teen walks away with "scratches" from one-car rollover accident:

His brakes Locked UP???
Who is kidding who. All cars since mid 90's have antilock brakes. Kids need to be more AWAKE when they drive to school and not texting, playing iPod music, talking to others on phone or in car and sleeping while driving!

Written on Island Views: What do you think of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize?:

MarcoDan, I believe the peace prize was won for actually doing something in the case of Carter. Carter won it for arranging Sadat and Begin to meet at Camp David and knock out a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt. We pay Egypt 2 Billion a year to stay at peace. Sadat was later killed by Muslim extremists.

Written on Island Views: What do you think of President Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize?:

The Nobel candidates were nominated Feb 1 2009. Obama had been in office for almost two weeks!
Last US president to get the award was............Jimmy Carter.
We all know how great of a president he was....

Written on Editorial: The economy ... unemployment ravages our stricken work force :

Two factors-China took all the manufacturing jobs starting in 1998. Second is all fluff jobs-ie realestate, construction and financial related jobs created since 1998 were due to easy access to borrowed money. Nobody is lending anymore as they know we might not pay it back!
For the time being, Japan and China are lending the US govt money to finance our deficit spending but what are we going to do when they stop lending??
When that happens, the present mess will look like the "good old days".

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