- May 4, 2024
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Random act of kindness: a battery jump
Dear Editor:
Last week, I started outpatient physical therapy for hip replacement surgery. My mother drove me. When I returned to the car to go home, my mother attempted to start the car. It was dead.
I had not brought my cell phone, so I asked my mom to go into Suntrust Bank and ask to use their phone. Rene Majewski allowed my mother to use the phone to call my husband.
Then, a customer in the bank overheard my mom and Rene talking. His name is Edsel Trellis. Mr. Trellis works for Mastertecs Bay Inc. He came over and said he was a mechanic, and he would be willing to take a look at the car.
He came outside, and after a period of time, concluded that the battery was dead. At that time, he could have told us to call a tow truck or roadside assistance. But no, Mr. Edsel offered to jump our car with his truck. He took the time to do this, and it worked!
He could have asked for money but did not. He humbly gave me his card. I told him that it was a very rare and kind thing to do, to take time from his day to do a kind act which he was not getting compensation for was truly unexpected and appreciated. Rene also stayed with us until our problem was resolved.
In this society of ours, it seems that only the bad news and criminal acts are reported. I think we should also recognize wonderful people who do the random acts of kindness.
Kimberly Regulski
Palm Coast
Keep speed limit at 30 mph on Florida Park Drive
Dear Editor:
Should Florida Park Drive be 25 mph? I would answer that with a resounding “no.” I live in the F-section and travel most of its distance one to three times a day. When I retired and moved to Palm Coast last June, I told myself I would need to be very careful on Florida Park due to the unusually slow 30 mph speed limit.
When I first saw Mr. Tykarski’s sign a couple of weeks ago, I was offended. The sign is professionally done but inappropriate just the same. When people take their personal issues and start putting signs in their front yards, they make the whole neighborhood look bad.
Should people who disagree with him put signs in their yards? Others that have their own pet issues could do the same. From what I have seen in the letters to the editor, there would be thousands of anti-red light camera signs in front yards all over town. Palm Coast would be a joke, and I doubt anyone could sell a home to a rational person. I fully support the city’s efforts to have the sign removed.
Regarding the speed limit on Florida Park Drive, 30 mph is more than slow enough. Unfortunately, Mr. Tykarski purchased a home on a medium level thoroughfare and is now unhappy about it. Now he wants to change the traffic flow to fix his mistake at the expense of the 5,000 plus other citizens who use the road each day.
I say leave the speed limit alone and remove the sign.
Alan Hendry
Palm Coast
Enforce the 30 mph speed limit already in place
Dear Editor:
Reading Mr. Tykarski's letter, I can feel for his plight. I live on Farmsworth Drive, which is a through street just like Florida Park Drive. We are not as busy all day as Florida Park is, but we experience the same problems during our peak hours, 6-9 a.m. and then again 2-7 p.m.
I am not like Mr. Tykarski who is looking to lower the speed limit. I just want someone to enforce the 30 mph limit we have.
On Florida Park, they have the digital speed limit sign telling you your speed vs. the 30 mph limit and a number of other 30 mph signs. On Farmsworth, we have one hidden sign at the Old Kings Road end and one at the Palm Harbor Parkway end. Nothing in the middle.
In a letter to Sheriff Jim Manfre, I said people will not slow down till they see some offenders getting a ticket. You have to show some action to get a reaction.
People just need to slow down and not be in such a hurry. The results of an accident are never worth the few minutes you might save by speeding or running a red light.
Ken Gistedt
Palm Coast
Food Truck Tuesdays draw business away from local restaurants
Dear Editor:
I was so excited when I heard that Palm Coast was going to start holding Food Truck Tuesdays once a month right here in our own Town Center's Central Park. While I missed the first one, I had heard good things, so I decided to make the next one a family outing.
I packed up our family of five and headed down to Town Center, hungry and excited! When we arrived, I noticed about 12 trucks lined up and ready to serve. We got out of the car and the wonderful smells of all of the different foods overwhelmed me. My mouth was watering.
However, upon walking up to the food trucks, I noticed one very disturbing thing. Only one of the 12 trucks was local: Galactic Freeze was the only one present that didn't come here from another county. Most of them were from Orlando and other areas.
Why, city of Palm Coast, are you bringing in vendors from outside of the county when the money our citizens are spending are going right back out of the county when those trucks pull away? Why not encourage local food trucks to come? Oh, is that because the city of Palm Coast won’t allow food trucks, other than at special events?
Instead they are going to let other cities' food trucks come here and take our citizens' money and also take away from the local restaurants' business for that evening.
I think this is shameful, and I will not be returning again. You need to do more to promote local business in this area to stimulate our local economy. Or, are you making enough money on the excessive red light cameras to justify this event?
Jennifer Knapp
Palm Coast
