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Controlling when, how often and what type of fertilizer may be used by professionals is one thing but, controlling this for homeowners who do their own lawn work is too intrusive. We are not all rich enough to have all this work done by professionals.

A complete ban on applying fertilizer for 4 months is excessive when products exist that can safely be used anytime. I suggest that you focus on what can be done with what products rather than what cannot be done.

Trees and plants already on public property should be allowed to remain so long as they are properly cared for.

Solar power is the next best thing to the invention of sliced bread and canned beer. I wish I and many others here could afford to install it on our homes. It should also be considered for installation on all public buildings, not public land, as an investment by the city. Repairing the islands infrastructure and reducing our green house gas footprint are second only to public safety in my opinion.

My opinion is that subsidization goes on all the time. The big areas that come to mind are schools, roads, insurance, tolls, sales tax, property tax and income tax.

The LCEC portion of it, if any, is minimal and not worth another dime of taxpayer money to study. In the long term view; when our end of the electric grid wears out the newer end of the grid will subsidize us. It's time to stop being penny wise and pound foolish.

Doug Enman

I think the millage rate should be raised to cove the loss, if necessary. At least it can be lowered in the future. The alternative sources may not be so easy to lower or eliminate. Please don't saddle us with alternative funding sources and be seen as the guys who did it.

If this idea is not seen as a cash cow for the city; then nothing that generates a dollar of revenue will ever be out of bounds again. Kinda reminds me of what junta's do in South America.

Sayre:

You lucky dog, you had one of your letters published and here I thought this paper was finished print letters from the opposition. Or could it be they just couldn't print ALL the letters they get from the oposition because they would loose ad revenue?

Doug Enman

Liam:

I am very disappointed that a mere rumor would turn into a published story. If it was just meant to flush out feelings, you have succeeded. I and others have made comments about disincorporation at council meetings and emails in the past. However, at this point it no longer makes sense. All eight council candidates have stated at public forums that they do not support it. I think that Mr. Forcht would not get any support from council on that motion no matter who is elected. This whole thing sounds to me like a put up job by those opposed to the four anti-STRP candidates much the same way that your paper does not print anti-STRP letters or guest commentaries. You and your paper should be ashamed.

Doug Enman

Mr. Moss was a knowledgeable, strong and powerful manager. Some would say too strong and too powerful at times, including me. I will him well.

Doug Enman

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind Mr. Minozzi being the whipping boy for the STRP but, it was the brain child of Mr Arceri.

Doug Enman

When one realizes that this many possible violations occurred in a 90 day time frame one can only wonder what the looking at the last three years of emails will turn up!

Doug Enman

The fact of the matter is this: the city would have literally destroyed our septic tank if the construction of the lift station was allowed in our easement. It boiled down to the city saying our septic tank was at location X when, in fact, it was at location Y. They showed us an out-dated plot plan to prove it was in location X. Mr. Moss was trying portrayed us liars and trouble makers. So, at that point we had no choice but to take legal action. None of you, reading this, would have done anything differently to protect your property and your rights. Finally, at a face to face meeting we showed Mr. Moss a newer plot plan, which we obtained from the county health department, and actually had someone dig a hole in our front yard to prove the true location of the tank. For us, it was just another example of arrogant; I’m never wrong, rule from the city manager which we had observed so many times before.

If the city's story about placing asbestos pipe on site C was to prevent mulch from blowing around during Wilma then why will it take three tries to get the asbestos 'fragments' cleaned up? Did Wilma crush the pipes? There is also not a chance that individuals or a large group of individuals could have 'planted' so much asbestos over such a wide area and so deep without the help of heavy equipment and then not get caught! The planting of asbestos buy anyone, including CARES, is silly and insulting to me.