Who is your bad neighbor? How Southernpa feud traced it to World Star | May 5th
Too much noise
It’s a shame that the two neighbors in this article were unable to resolve the issue. But I can understand the stress of trying to enjoy your home without hearing about it. I think many of the neighbors’ complaints are about loud music and other healthy issues.
In my town and countryside, some neighbors have insisted on holding a backyard music festival over the weekend. The audio is so large that some neighbors can’t read, watch TV or sleep.
We hope that Florida Legislature and local governments will check out the code for noise reduction.
Stephen Ray Lassiter, Tampa
Who is your bad neighbor? How Southernpa feud traced it to World Star | May 5th
Be polite
In these types of disputes, the biggest excuse used by the homeowner and his attorney is, “I/my client has been living in my property for a long time.”
It doesn’t make sense to you first live there or “do what you wanted” for a long time. Whether it is a new neighbour of property from new to Tem or a whole new construction, both parties are entitled to the peaceful enjoyment of their property. Longevity has nothing to do with that. Give respect. period. The “live here” attitude sparked escalation.
Law enforcement must respond strongly to obstruction during quiet hours, as well as urban and local law enforcement departments and committees. Such codes are not enforced by the cities that enacted them, so such issues need not be litigated. It’s nice that they’re in the book. It would be better if they were forced.
Debra Ford, St. Petersburg
The Duck is a Duck | Letter, May 11th
Happy duck
The letter did not state that citizens and residents of the country, who place high values on healthcare, education and workers’ rights, are happier and healthier. Call it socialism, regulated capitalism, or nanny states: if the most vulnerable people in the countries are better, then the country is better.
Letterwriters recommend visiting Scandinavia or the Netherlands to stop paying very much attention to jargon and start caring for those in need, and see what the US will look like.
Elizabeth Corwin, Tampa
Trump defends the ‘gift’ of a $400 million plane May 13
How democracy dies
Again, President Donald Trump has proposed suspending or terminating all or part of the US Constitution, often ignoring the parts he dislikes. When asked earlier this month if he had to support the Constitution, he said, “I don’t know.” Again last week, his deputy chiefs of staff, Stephen Miller, said they were considering suspending habeas protection, a legal right set out in our constitution.
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In a 2012 interview with the BBC, former Supreme Court Judge David Starr said, “There will be a day when someone will come forward.
In the same interview, he said: “That’s the way democracy dies. Those who are ignorant can never remain free. Democracy cannot survive much of ignorance.”
At another event, the star says, “One person comes forward and says, ‘Give me full strength, and I’ll solve this problem.’ “I said.
It’s been warned.
Terry R. Arnold, Treasure Island
Failed Rays Stadium Positive Autopsy | May 14th
I still want it
Guest columnist Tom Mullins’ “autokotsu” of the St. Petersburg Stadium trading dilemma was well written and educational. For Rays fans like me, that was also very discouraged. Let’s hope for as much analytical mind as Mullins can lead every aspect of this problem to a logical solution. Perhaps competent defibrillation could revive stadium trades in time.
David Mall, Clearwater
Tampa City Council bags newly re-appointed chairman amid rants | May 16th
Keep focused
Tampa City Council chose spectacle over real on May 15th, knocking down its own chair in an instantaneous vote. Councillor Bill Carlson’s last minute switch expelled Guido Maniscalco and set up Alan Clendenin. Vendetta timing leak. Just a few days ago, Maniscalco rescinded the commission of Carlson, which he longed for after police and union backlash.
Cities can’t afford such a brink. Hurricane season doesn’t wait for your injured ego to heal. The $65 million South Howard Flood Relief Project (the most ambitious drainage upgrade of decades) depends on balance. Homeowners at Palma Ceia Pines Business and Parkland Estates regularly watch the summer downpour turn the streets into rivers. They don’t have palace plots, they need a shovel on the ground.
Carlson has floated to postpone the project for “more research.” Research is what politicians demand when they lack courage. All delays risk flooding in the living room and closed storefront. This goes without saying that non-crude street flooding blocks access to homes and customers.
Tampa voters did not select council members to choreograph the gun’s internal coup. They chose them to dry out the city, to keep it safe and moving. They must prove that their focus is lying to serve people rather than to resolve their scores.
Harry Coleman, Tampa
Journalism comes from behind to win the 150th run of the Preakness Stakes | May 18th
Horse’s ratio
The fierce battle to win the prequel of journalism is the obvious counterpoint of the fight for the integrity of newspaper journalism in the Trump era.
Marie Cunya, Hudson
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