- April 19, 2024
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Palm Coast is a wonderful place to live
Dear Editor:
After visiting the Palm Coast area for about 10 years, my wife and I retired and moved here in 2005. We have seen the city grow into a desirable place to live. City leaders have done a terrific job of adapting Palm Coast to the modern world. We may lament the loss of the “good old days,” but the truth of the matter is that Palm Coast has a population of approximately 75,000 and needs to be in the 21st century.
The Palm Coast Tennis Center is an award-winning facility that has enhanced the reputation and desirability of the city. Enjoyed by well over 300 dues-paying members, it is the envy of tennis players from surrounding areas. The old Players Club was too expensive for the city to buy and renovate.
My wife and I frequently walk and enjoy the many sidewalks and trails that weave their way through our beautiful city. We meet and greet a great many interesting and happy people along the way. Thank you to those responsible for acquiring the state and federal grants that have been used to fund these and other infrastructure projects. Our taxes remain low while our quality of life increases.
The red light cameras strategically placed around the city are sincerely appreciated. We have noticed a change for the better in motorist behavior. Why should careless drivers get away with running red lights and endangering the lives of responsible drivers? They should be caught and made to pay a fine. If the city profits from this, I say good. It’s not coming out of my pocket.
We encourage our friends and family to visit Palm Coast. If you enjoy an area that is kept clean and beautiful, then come to Palm Coast. If you enjoy convenience and variety in shopping, then Palm Coast is a good choice. If you enjoy outdoor activities in a natural setting, Palm Coast is your choice. If you enjoy ethnic and cultural diversity, then definitely come to Palm Coast.
Gary and Kay Drewniak
Palm Coast
Rally planned to protest elimination of Saturday mail delivery
Dear Editor:
If you are a letter carrier, clerk or other postal worker, retired or active, or just a concerned citizen, please join me in a rally 1-3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, to stop the postmaster general from his order to stop mail delivery on Saturdays. The rally will be held at the corner of Belle Terre and Palm Coast parkways near Kohl's.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahue said he will end Saturday delivery starting in August. His plan will end 150 years of Saturday delivery. It will just be a matter of time before we go from five-day to four-day or even three-day delivery.
Please ask Congress to vote no to stopping mail delivery on Saturdays.
If you rally please don't wear your uniforms. This type of rally will be held all over the nation. Remember, we are talking about 120,000 jobs at stake. Please bring your signs. I have been a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers for 53 years.
Julius Kwiatkowski
Palm Coast
Response to letter about Mobil murder
Dear Editor:
The murder of a woman, a mother, a father, a son, a grandparent or anyone is not related to the status of a town. It’s due to what I refer to as human waste. I find it truly amazing that some feel that people are no longer responsible for their actions.
Let me guess this one, the neon light made him do it, the affordable hotel was beckoning him, the gas station was calling out his name.
A woman lost her life because some human waste made the decision to do it — nothing else. She was working for a business that is part of the Palm Coast community. Keeping Palm Coast hidden under a canopy of trees is not going to shield the businesses or residents from crime; eliminating ignorance will.
Rosie Countryman
Palm Coast
Utility rates are out of control; focus on desalination
Dear Editor:
All but one of our city councilmen, including our Mr. Landon, approved the out-of-control utility rate increases. Not one of these people has had any experience with utility services and yet they approved something they knew nothing about.
We have city councilmen who do not have the guts to step on our city manager’s toes, and it is time to start replacing them with people who will listen to what the city residents want.
If I were one of the city councilmen sitting in on all the rate increase meetings, I would not cast an approving vote.
Our engineers have made our 30-year-old domestic water, sanitary waste and storm systems in need of a complete replacement.
Our Florida potable well-water table is lowering every year, and if our domestic water engineers take their heads out of the sand, they would consider using sea water in lieu of wells. Convert salt water into freshwater (drinking water), by means of a seawater desalination plant.
Walter Albano
Palm Coast
Bus driver: Drivers from the north are rude
Dear Editor:
Regarding Ms. Valerie Ottley's letter to the Palm Coast Observer last month: I've been living in Palm Coast, since before schools, neighborhoods, main roads and bridges were ever built. I drove a Flagler County Transportation bus before I retired. I can tell Ms. Ottley about the northerners’ driving habits. They don't know the meaning of right of way while making a turn on red light, they don't use signals, cut vehicles off in a New York minute. Instead of waving hello, the give you the middle finger, even when they are in the wrong.
Frank Lago
Palm Coast
Drivers are speeding in school zones
Dear Editor:
I wonder when our esteemed new sheriff is going to do something about the speeding when the yellow lights are flashing in front of the schools on Belle Terre Parkway. I live near the Buddy Taylor and Wadsworth schools. When the yellow lights are flashing, the speed limit is 20 mph. While many people obey that, I see many cars going well over that speed. I even had one car pull around me while I was doing the 20 mph, and speed away. There are kids crossing the streets after school gets out; God forbid that one should get hit.
Al Simmons
Palm Coast
