Responding to U.S. Rep. Brown-Waite's recent article in the Dec. 20 edition, it appears she is continuing her onslaught to be re-elected again to a fourth term in the U.S. Congress. She is also mailing correspondence to numerous constituents throughout her assigned district calling attention to her bid for re-election. Upon reading her article, I had to read it several times which in my opinion amounted to political psycho-babble concerning her alleged accomplishments. ...more

December 24, 2009

Regarding your recent article, "Nobody's Problem," like Mr. Turberville's, our neighborhood -- just a few blocks away -- is at the start of the same kind of vacant home mess. Great neighbors were more or less forced out of their meticulously-tended home due to the financial debacle of a number of banks. Sadly, this small showplace now looks exactly like nobody cares because it has joined the ranks of "Nobody's Problem." This is a very false, though catchy name. This is everybody's problem. When the undesirables pass by these homes, it is an open invitation to vandalism at the least. ...more

October 28, 2009

A recent article on a Florida Senate Spirit of Service Award did not mention that Sister Joan Foley had departed in 2008 as executive director of Connections job development service. She is no longer with St. Vincent de Paul Resource Center. She is volunteering with the Coalition for the Homeless at this time. ...more

August 8, 2009

New law a life saver A recent article in this paper indicates the state of Florida has finally caught up with my 2007 Buick Lucerne. Since the day I drove it out of the Rick Mathews Buick parking lot, it lets me know if I have failed to fasten my seat belt. If I have a passenger in the other front seat, the car also beeps again to indicate that the other seat belt should also be fastened. ...more

July 5, 2009

World trade more or less quadrupled from 1982 to 2008. Most economists either did not foresee the universal array of economic calamity which dramatically manifested itself in the fourth quarter of 2008 or chose to remain mum. ...more

March 6, 2009

What A Deal In a recent article regarding an annual Hernando County gas purchase contract that took effect on Nov. 24, a newly elected county official, John Druzbick, the county purchasing director, James Gantt, and a county commissioner, Dave Russell, all trumpeted as success locking in one year pricing of $1.80 (gas), and $2.00 (diesel) a gallon pricing for 1 million plus gallons of fuel, as a win for Hernando county taxpayers. ...more

December 13, 2008

I wanted to expand on your recent article regarding the attempted abduction of the little girl in Spring Lake. ...more

September 24, 2008

McCain The Lesser Of Two Evils At the risk of causing letter writer Barbara Rice to have a stroke, John McCain will probably be our next president, "Bushie clone" and all. ...more

September 3, 2008

The Tribune's June 14th editorial is yet another unnecessarily harsh jab at the public schools. ...more

June 23, 2008

As a past president of the Highlands County Genealogical Society, I am writing to express my heartfelt thanks to you, your staff and your newspaper for your present and past interest in and publicizing of our society and our activities. The most recent article (and corrections) regarding the partnering of the greater Sebring Chamber of Commerce and HCGS certainly brought new awareness of our over 25-year local presence to your many readers. We would be delighted if we could be ready to receive people as quickly as the included opening date cited in the article. Regretfully, the time frame presented is physically impossible. There are no books or furnishings on-site and we do not have a genie or magical wand to re-shelve our over 5,000 books and periodicals. ...more

February 5, 2008