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Posted on October 23 at 3:47 p.m.
Ditto, MarcoRobert and MarcoAvenger. We're losing a good man who has helped make some dramatic and lasting improvements to our Island. Inheriting a backlog of projects probably caused him to attempt too much in too short a period of time. When the dust settles, his legacy will remain and we'll all benefit from a better quality of life from a much improved infrastructure. With most major projects out of the way, his successor will likely garner the accolades from all these improvements without suffering the headaches from the complainers.
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Posted on August 1 at 11:59 a.m.
Congratulations Leslie on your new assignment! To be effective in your new job, all we, the readers, ask is that you do a few simple things:
1) write your own stories
2) be fair and balanced
3) research both sides of any issue
and just for 'kicks' research the backgrounds of some of the newly 'prominent' spokespeople for the Islanders. It'd be interesting to know who has had convictions, fines, etc. Credibility, as you know, is important.
Best of luck to you!
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Posted on August 1 at 10:18 a.m.
What a sad day for all the anti-city, anti-strp, anti-commerce, anti-council, anti-improvement, anti-fact, anti-truth citizens of our beautiful island. They've lost their embedded reporter who acted as their personal press release. A sad, sad, day.
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Posted on May 1 at 8:35 p.m.
Right on, Michelle, ejburger, and jchamberland!
These folks are so accustomed to spinning that they've completely lost their sense of reality. I agree...it must have been their troubled childhoods and their inability to socialize with others that's driving their desire to rip apart the 'establishment'. It's sad.
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Posted on February 3 at 2:03 p.m.
Support from MITA woulld be a true test as to where their loyalties (and objectives)really lie. Me thinks they were behind the anti-STRP plan from the start and will not lift a finger to help the city recoup its expenses on OUR behalf, the TAXPAYERS!
Do they truly represent us taxpayers or are they merely a front for an anti-city organization??
Pressuring them to support city legal expense reimbursement will tell it all.
On Chairman’s resignation leaves future of CARES in question
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Posted on February 2 at 8:17 p.m.
1Paradiselost, you've presented a reasonable argument and I respect your position. Perhaps if the leadership of CARES had advocated your position from the start, they would have won more public support. Instead they chose a course purporting to protect the environment which failed, and ARROGANTLY flipped their noses at anyone, especially public servants and city staff, that had a different opinion or didn't fall in line with their anti-city propaganda. Meanwhile they microscopically dissected every detail of every city document, discussion or decison in search of snything to undermine the integrity of our city officials, not to mention their total lack of respect and ill-conceived recall effort. Not a way to win support. Alot of public servants and public officials and many of their supporters have given alot of personal time and energy to our great City to improve our way of life. City Council may not be perfect in all their decisions, and we all know they'll never please everybody, but we elected them and they certainly don't deserve that kind of treatment. We all know it's been a financial matter all along, but CARES leadership chose a different argument loaded with confrontation and intimidation.
Had civility prevailed and lawsuits and threats been avoided, maybe some minds could have been changed.
On The Farmer File: It’s too late to change Marco’s direction
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Posted on February 1 at 8:23 p.m.
The City is quite justified to seek legal fees from CARES and by all means should do so. Why should taxpayers shoulder the expense when we've followed the democratic process, allowing our elected councilmen to make decisions on our behalf. The majority of us (remember, majority rules) were not filing lawsuits to overturn their decisions.
Here's an opportunity for MITA to step forward and throw its support behind the City. After all, they're here to protect us taxpayers, aren't they?? I'd hate to think that they're hypocritical....
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Posted on January 31 at 9:48 a.m.
Mr. Enman, I respectfully suggest that you contain your comments to what you seem to have the most passion for, the STRP, and not about the nature of our wonderful island paradise, since your points are baseless.
Are we merely another city like maybe, Lehigh Acres, intended as a bedroom community for the middle class? I, for one, see a distinct differentiation, beginning with our Resort hotels, and then our Time Shares, and last but not least, our part year residents. Would these entities exist if we were not a 'resort community'?
Most everyone that lives here had visited this resort destination prior to settling here. If it were not for the allure of being a resort town, why didn't they choose Lehigh?
The horse is out of the barn. You'll have to advise the County's Convention & Visitors Bureau that Marco Island is not a resort destination, then stand back and wait for the laughing to subside.
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Posted on January 13 at 12:10 p.m.
Mr. Issler, thank you for your thoughtful, objective and rational postings. The information you provide is invaluable. Though, you'll never convince the few that have their minds made up and refuse to accept opposing viewpoints. I admire your perseverance. You'll never convince people who simply don't want to pay for sewers for that's what it all boils down to; it's not the environment, it's not health and safety, and it's not fear of over development. If sewers were free, there'd be no issue.
It'd be interesting to ask the 2000+ recall petition signers: If sewers were free, would you recall these three councilmen? The 'furor' over asbestos is simply a ruse to get the masses fired up against the City, the Council, and that's right....the STRP.
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Posted on January 30 at 9:23 a.m.
Congratulations Marco Islanders! And GREAT synopsis, 27 year resident! Our Councilors have been listening to the residents all along, despite what the mean-spirited vocal minority represented. It's a glorious morning, waking up and knowing that the Island has NOT been hijacked by a group of carpetbaggers, and will be lead by positive individuals who have already shown proven their positive contributions to our community.
On Pro-sewer candidates win Marco City Council election