Mar 2, 2017
Local Option Sales Tax calls to mind pier decision
Dear editor,
I’m sure everyone remembers December 2013, when the commissioners made a strange scoring system to rebid for new pier management.
The scoring system was made to deny Ms. (Dorothy) Sl…
Mar 2, 2017
Obamacare brings stability to health-care providers
Dear editor,
Recent front-page news has a local elected official making the sad false claim about Obamacare increasing the national debt to the shocking number of $28 trillion.
Taxpayer dollars …
Feb 28, 2017
No taxpayer bailout for reckless banks, again
Dear editor,
Mr. Trump, claiming himself the savior of Main Street, feasted on Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street speeches.
Behind closed doors, he always saw himself as the great “Wall” Street buil…
Feb 16, 2017
No taxpayer bailout for corporate river killers
Dear editor,
President Trump’s first executive order was to allow West Virginia coal companies to dump waste into the state’s rivers.
Those of us who have lived in Northwest Florida for decades…
Feb 13, 2017
Milton needs more than alcohol to thrive
Dear editor,
Could someone please explain to me how increasing the hours to purchase alcohol until early mornings will benefit the city of Milton? How exactly will it profit the city?
Hiring more…
Feb 13, 2017
No taxpayer bailouts for health care errors
Dear editor,
A recent article in the Opinion section of this paper by the Georgia-based Patient for Fair (Fear of) Compensation was misleading and self-serving.
The executive director of this Ge…
Feb 6, 2017
Education is school’s sole purpose
Dear editor,
The people who preach tolerance tend to be the least tolerant. So let’s see: I am pretty sure my own experiences … regarding this gay aspect of life should also allow an opinion.
Fir…
Feb 2, 2017
Understanding Donald Trump
Dear editor,
Mr. Trump early in 2015 realized that voting Republicans were fed up feeling like they were trapped in a party of no.
They expressed the frustration that the ‘rank-and-file’ leadersh…
Jan 30, 2017
Give Trump a chance
Dear editor,
It’s 1 a.m. and I can’t sleep. The recent women’s marches worldwide reminded this octogenarian of my participation in three major marches/rallies years ago.
The first, organized by P…
Jan 26, 2017
Johnson family is 'fine,' 'civic minded'
Dear editor,
My great grandfather settled in Santa Rosa County before 1840, according to the 1840 census. My grandparents lived in the Town of Milton as early as 1918. I was born in Milton in 1945,…