Letters
Letter: Support The Office, Not The Person
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:00 am | 1 Comments
There seems to be no end to the turmoil created by the Palm Beach County Office of the Inspector General. Each side seems to put the blame everywhere but where it should rightly be. First it was the cities filing suit over the funding matrix. I clearly heard the County Administrator [Robert Weisman] say that the funding mechanism in the referendum was not enough to fund more...
Letter: A Chat With Bob Weisman
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
After reading about County Administrator Bob Weisman’s call that Inspector General Sheryl Steckler be fired, I sent him an e-mail on April 23, as follows: “Dear Mr. Weisman: With regard to the article in today’s Palm Beach Post, where you call for the ‘firing’ of the county inspector general, please note that I highly respect you, but please also note that more...
Letter: Support For Gun Regulations
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:00 am | 1 Comments
The Second Amendment states, “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” What part of it says that “a well-regulated militia” excludes a well-regulated gun ownership? No spin of this amendment can justify the right to bear war weapons against unarmed kids and more...
Letter: Letter Was From Sore Losers
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
The following is my response to last week’s letter by Gary Webster, husband of former Royal Palm Beach Councilwoman Martha Webster (Dave Swift’s Sign Fixation, May 10). Losing an election is tough. I should know because my husband David has lost two of them during his political career. I understand your frustration, but I never expected to be personally attacked with more...
Letter: Support The Inspector General
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 17, 2013 | 12:00 am | 1 Comments
I, like most, if not all, of the 72 percent of Palm Beach County voters who voted for the creation of the Office of the Inspector General, am absolutely appalled by the contempt being shown not only to the OIG, but also to the desire of we, the people. It is absurd to try to tie the hands of [Inspector General] Sheryl Steckler behind her, blindfold and gag her and then more...
Letter: Stop Fighting Inspector General
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 1 Comments
Editor’s note: The following letter is addressed to the Palm Beach County Commission. A copy was sent to the Town-Crier for publication. Dear Commissioners: My fellow residents of Palm Beach County and I are tired of living in what has come to be known as “Corruption County.” Three years ago, nearly three-quarters of us voted to have an independent inspector more...
Letter: Boy Scout Troop Choices
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
For those of you looking for a good Boy Scout troop, there are several good choices. If your child has not experienced Cub Scouts, then it is still a good time to check out a Boy Scout troop, because there is no prerequisite to join the Boy Scouts. If you and your child have experienced Cub Scouts, then you know they enjoy camping, craft projects and advancing from one more...
Letter: Knight Letter Lacked Proper Background
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Mr. [Curtis] Knight’s letter last week concerning the Wastewater Treatment Plant Task Force’s recommendations and the Royal Palm Beach Village Council’s response (Why Did RPB Ignore Its Task Force, May 3) was based upon limited information. Recalling the public uproar and extensive media coverage at the time, his expression of surprise when reading “now” about more...
Letter: Dave Swift’s Sign Fixation
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Royal Palm Beach Councilman David Swift just can’t seem to move past that fear of political campaign signs. It all started on that fateful Saturday back in March 2006. It was a sunny afternoon at the corner of Okeechobee and Royal Palm Beach boulevards, when an observant Royal Palm Beach police officer leaving the Village Hall sited a pickup truck and several more...
Letter: Where Is Justice?
By Town-Crier Letters Editor at May 10, 2013 | 12:00 am | 0 Comment
Is anyone surprised that money has destroyed justice once again? We now rate with O.J. Simpson and Ted Kennedy. One foolish elderly man did conduct juror misconduct. Exactly how did that alter the facts that Mr. John Goodman was drunk, speeding, plowed into Scott Wilson and left him to drown while calling his lawyer and girlfriend but not 911? Now his money and his more...
