- May 2, 2024
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If you don't agree with all parts of the amendments, vote no
Dear Editor:
I appreciate the effort and time spent by you and Darrin McDonald in preparing and publishing the elections guide in the 24 October issue. The questionnaires and interviews with the candidates helped me make my voting decisions.
On the other hand, recommendations regarding the amendments left much to be desired.
In several cases, you cited that a particular amendment addresses two or more issues (6, 4, 8): if the lawmakers are trying to address more than one issue with an amendment and we, the voters, agree with less than all issues in that amendment, we should vote no and force the lawmakers to split that amendment into several, addressing each issue on its own.
Some of the amendments have no place in the constitution; it appears that the lawmakers are asking us to give them carte blanche to change current laws without our having a say in the particular changes.
Lastly, despite the needs of the special interest groups who would benefit by certain of the amendments (combat-wounded veterans, low-income seniors, surviving spouses, etc), amendments which give them tax breaks have no business being part of the constitution. We should require lawmakers to deal with those issues as statues to our code of laws, not amend the constitution. The constitution should be, in business terms, a strategic view, and resolution of issues having to do with taxes dealt with as tactical problems.
Melodye Pompa
Palm Coast
If you don't know how to vote by now, just stay home
Dear Editor:
I ask you, does it really make any sense that the national media appears obsessed with just 6% of voters known as “the undecided”?
Let's get real here: If this group is still unable to reach any informative decision after four years, it becomes very obvious that they have not been doing their homework, or paying much attention.
Because of this, we may all be better off if they the undecided, do us all a favor by just staying home on election day.
Now more than ever before, our great country is in desperate need of informed voters going to the polls on Nov. 6.
Arthur Woosley
Flagler Beach
Schools promote class-size amendment, then can't fulfill it?
Dear Editor:
The Flagler county school system has done it again. Do you people realize how inept you appear to anyone with even a modicum of intelligence?
The School Board, the teachers union and the teachers were all behind the constitutional amendment limiting classroom size, which would result in hiring more teachers. The School Board could give themselves another raise because they would have more teachers to supervise; the teachers union would get more union dues with which to buy more Democratic politicians; and the teachers would have fewer of those little brats, oops, I should have said darling little children to indoctrinate.
Well, being as we'll pass anything that's for the children (such as a self-imposed sales tax increase) the amendment passed. Be careful what you wish for; you just might it.
We are more than likely going to get fined because we had too many students in classes. We don't know if we met the new regulations!
I think the problem is a) you are a bunch of scoff-laws or b) nobody can count. I'm going with can't count. My solution is to hire someone from South Korea to count the people in the classrooms. The U.S. is ranked 27th in math proficiency; South Korea is ranked first. There should be one proviso; the person we hire can't join the union because this may cause them to forget how to count correctly.
Douglas R. Glover
Palm Coast
