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

We need to oppose this request for all the right reasons. There is not even parking available for this to be a storage area. This is C-4 not C-5. Granting a variance will cause inverse condemnation to many properties that are C-5. When someone else with C-4 makes a similar request and it is turned down, the City will be very liable.Planning Board Friday morning !!!!
Ed Issler

Written on Letters to the editor: Merry Election Day, 2010:

You know, I don't understand most of what Sayre said or what points he was trying to make. I can only say that the more people that vote, the more meaningful the results are. I hope that Marco Island can get more voters to the polls than even in the last election.
Just an FYI, the more people we get to vote, the less chance there is for a (or any)smaller minority, that includes Mr/Dr Uhler and MITA, to elect candidates of their choosing.
So if anything comes out of this LTE, let it be that we all have to make certain we express and cast our vote in the next election !!!! I do not think that even JW can argue that fact.
Ed Issler

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

There is no "Dirty Little Secret", Butch, that is just one reason why you lost the election, along with your slate. Actually, the "leakage" of concern with our sewer system, where they may find leaks, is infiltration, not outgoing leakage. Stormwater getting into the system, not sewage leaking out. Maybe a little more research on your part would help you arrive at some truths instead of quoting figures that come from California sewer systems.
The majority of voters on the Island are smarter than you think and will not be swayed by McCarthy like tactics. I would have thought you saw that from the results of the last election. Mr. Hall, Mr. Honicker and others should learn their lesson.
Oh, and please, please continue to associate yourself with Mr. McMullan.
Ed Issler

Written on Charter school officials find themselves on the defensive :

This Community is sooooooo fed up with the "Holier Than Thou" attitude of Mr. McMullan and his continual requests to prove some theoretical dceception to boost his cause, his website and his "ticket" that a few of us have decided to do our own official document retrieval. We are traveling to Miami in two weeks to spend the day retrieving the Miami Grand Jury documents, from the archives, that relate to the Indictment of Mr. McMullan for the biggest Real Estate Fraud scandal in the history of SW Florida that took place here on Marco. Then we are going to get sworn statements from the Manager and 2 employees of Marco Office Supply that apply to Mr. McMullans' illegal actions in their store. Then after Christmas, we are going up to Kissimmee to get documents, speak to Commissioners and District Attorneys to get all the information we can on the activities that Mr. McMullan was involved in up there. We will have the results published long before the next election.
Mr. Putnam, I invite you to come along for the trip. We want to make certain that our research is objective and the documents relevant. Please blog below if you wish to join me and one other on the trips. They will be day trips.
Upon our return, we will skip the Eagle and go right to the Naples Daily News. The Eagle can print the excerpts from the documents then.
Mr. McMullan has brought this upon himself. He has no business trying to create disception or discredit decent citizens when he, himself, has been involved in and accused of the worst sort of conduct. For him to be making these document requests will soon be exposed as hipocritical.
John, let me know, we really want you to come with us on this fact finding mission. We will put this Mr. McMullan right in the light that he deserves to be cast. We may also approach Chief Carr and Ace Hardware to see if we can get sworn statements from them regarding him and his family and past activities.
The Community deserves to know what sort of person Mr. McMullan really is, especially given his supposed "Citizen Action Enforcer" mentality.
We look forward to you joining us on the trip.
Ed Issler

Written on Letter to the Editor: Same old story, new topic:

Mr. Honig: With all due respect, your use of the word "residents" needs some clarification. As you use it, there would be some that would mistakenly interpret your LTE such that you were speaking on behalf of some sort of majority or large group of "residents". For those that read these blogs, please accept the fact that "residents" as Mr. Honig uses the term represents a very small group of Marco Island citizens/voters, no more than a few hundred. Actually, this bridge is part of the Town Center Master Plan that was developed over a long period of time and was open to comment by all citizens during the process. I don't especially like the design they picked, but the bridge needs to be replaced and the concept makes for our future Town Center area.
Ed Issler

Written on Letter to the Editor: The gauntlet has been thrown:

Mr. Columbo, Mr. Hall, MITA, etc: It may come as a big surprise to all of you but I am certain that the Coucil members have much more to do with their time than to address your "questions". After all, it has become increasingly obvious (the voting booths) that your questions, or the answers, are not of interest to the majority of us.
The Council is responsible for governing, not 20 questions. We are fortunate to have Council members that devote the time that they do to Council without even considering your questions. After all, the answers would not satisfy you anyway, and you know that in advance. So why even pursue them.
Mr. Columbo, this "Gauntlet" exists in your mind and that of a few. I encourage you to run for Council so that the point can be driven home.
Ed Issler

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

Let me get this straight. We are using monies collected for undergrounding utilities to underground utilities (for our Town Center Park). At least 1/2 of the money is going for that and lighting.
Then we have citizens who want to file a class action lawsuit that has no merit that will cost the City more than the amount collected under this program.
The other day I saw people flying kites in the park, what a great sight. The power lines are a real eye sore and interference with the football games and kites. Why not use the money for that purpose ?? As we all agree, the Hotels and businesses on the Island paid for most of it anyway.
Im think this is a just another case of the complainers complaining. If it wasn't this, it would be the bridge.
This is a great place to live and most of us enjoy each and every minute of every day living here.
Ed Issler

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

PlayballonK: You only show your cowardice and ignorance when you try to correspond and respond to people in the above fashion. I will not stoop to your level.
Anybody with any engineering sense or common sense knows that Cape Coral has over 5 times the users that Marco does. In addition, since they have had their political delays in hooking up, their connection fees have over doubled and keep going up every day.
Now to Marco which is what I care about. I agree with Mr. Putnam that condo users should pay the same rates at homeowners. I see no reason why meters at homes and condo buildings cannot separate out landscaping from internal use. Why don't we continue to pursue this subject. Just because Jim Lang did not think it was a good idea, does not mean it has to "die".
Let's escalate and work within the system to get some answers and find out what the costs are. I, myself, will write to Mr. Joel to find out what is preventing this from taking place.Maybe the Utility Committee is a good place to bring this up also.
Ed Issler

Written on Letter to the Editor: Political failures nothing new on Marco:

I would also like to put into question that statement about what Mario Sanchez is doing for "us". Just like what Mr. Foster did for "us". I am not talking in terms of their definition of asbestos and the like, but the measured definition of friable, the effect and what the EPA did and the tax money it cost Marco and now the Federal Tax money it is costing for political BS and ego satisfying efforts. We (6,000) of us just never cared and do not care and we want nothing to do with this. So we encourage Mr. Sanchez to continue his efforts as an example of who supports Mr. Hall, Mr. Kiester and anyone else who runs on that "ticket". We totally would expect those candidates to support Mr. Sanchezs' efforts and would encourage them to do so. Someday, you just might "get it".
Ed Issler

Written on Letter to the Editor: Political failures nothing new on Marco:

Correction: I said MAJORITY (above) and I should have been more specific and said VOTING MAJORITY, as the majority from the last election was 62% of those that voted.
I do not want to do the same as those I am accusing of abusing the term "We The People".
But we can all agree that the voting citizens are those that determine the vision for the Island and elects those that will lead us there. In other words, as defined in a Democracy, the MAJORITY.
Ed Issler

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