Readers get salty with criticism
You’re a **** ing ignorant dumb***. Eddie Eddie, I feel like I’m reading Shakespeare.
Great column today. [“Florida guts arts during year of recordhigh spending”] A month or two ago, I went with a group organized by United Arts of Central Florida on a bus to Tallahassee to plead our case for funding. I made the case that state funding is more than doubled by donors like myself. Surprisingly each legislator, and most of their staffers, strongly agreed with our premise for funding. But then … well, I guess it’s “better luck next year.” Scott T
That, my friend, is the Tallahassee Two-Face — telling you one thing and then voting the other way. It’s a chronic condition up there, curable only by removal from office.
When big companies consider relocations, the quality of arts offerings is an important factor — especially when the relocation involves higher-paid executive jobs. So it is dumb to ignore this important quality of life factor. Dick
Absolutely, Dick. There’s a reason Florida has way fewer Fortune 500 companies than most big states. Actually, there are many. But that’s one. You think your so **** ing smart. Anthony
No, Anthony ... though maybe smart enough not to write a letter about smarts while misspelling “you’re.” Just finished your Fashion Square column [“Orlando’s Fashion Square, one of America’s struggling malls”] and couldn’t help but be reminded of the original “Dawn of the Dead” and George Romero’s social commentary. Malls were never anything more than temples of consumerism and materialism, turning the population into zombies, shuffling from store to store, blindly purchasing and consuming things. Tom
That’s all well and good, Tom. But somebody has to provide the world with Orange Juliuses. (Or is it Orange Julii?)
Stop criticizing Visit Orlando! It’s sinful. My daughter-in-law works in tourism. Anonymous voicemail … left about eight times
My criticisms of Visit Orlando have been limited to precisely one thing: an objection to this publicly funded agency keeping secrets about how millions of tax dollars are spent. But now that I know your daughter-in-law works in the tourism industry, I see the error of my ways. So sure, hide those tax dollars!
I’m sitting here trying to describe your writing. One word that fits is “elegant.” Yet also “hard-hitting” … “informative,” “insightful” and “inciteful.” Tom Thanks, Tom. All those words mean a lot. Horsesh** column. Michael
That word means less.
Scott, Vera Carter had a sense of probity that almost all politicians lack. [“Politicians today could learn from Vera Carter”] Having probity is the highest compliment that can ever be said about an individual.
Marvin
Marvin, I also describe it as intellectual curiosity. Many contemporary pols lack it. It’s not just that they follow orders, they rarely even stop to question them.
What a legacy this woman left. I had no idea of the many things she pioneered. I wanna be like Vera. Thanks, Scott, for making us all aware of what people can do when they do what they know is right. Charlene
Impactful politicians question the status quo. Typical ones question how they can benefit from it.
How do we go about billing the NRA for the cost of defending their (yes THEIR) unconstitutional bill? [“Florida taxpayers owe $1.1 million for ‘Docs vs. Glocks’ fight”] Bill
Bill, I think the blame rests with the legislators who actually voted for this obviously flawed law and
then proceeded to spend your tax dollars defending it in court for six years. And the best way to show your feelings is at the ballot box. Regarding beach driving
[“Yet another child falls to the tradition of beach driving”], that’s a terribly arbitrary thing to criticize. There are countless leisure activities that result in injury and death of children. Should swimming pools be outlawed? Chris
No, but allowing motorboats in swimming pools should. See, it’s not really that confusing. Think of it this way: Beaches? OK. Cars? OK. Beaches and cars? Not OK. It’s not a radical position, either. It’s what most coastal communities decided long ago — those opposed to running over children and vacationers, anyway.
It’s time to relegate this “tradition” to the “remember when” pile. Roberta
Right now, the battle is convenience vs. safety. Convenience is winning and
has a body count to prove it. Just go to a different beach. Mark
I do. People still get run over.
Mr. Maxwell, After reading your biased piece on beach driving, let me educate you … Long ago, the beach was unique to being able to bring wagons and the family buggy down. Yes an occasional child would be run over by a covered wagon but hey, that’s progress. Gus
Gus, I imagine when you headed to your keyboard to type this, you thought a dead-kid joke would be funny. You were wrong.
I love your columns and always read them, even if I’m not particularly interested in the subject. It’s simply the way you state things and your sense of humor. My only concern is that some politician is going to “off ” you. Carol That’s why I don’t walk on the Volusia beaches.