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Little citizen support for city’s big flagpole project

To the editor: As of today, April 4, there are only 124 people that have donated to this very questionable use of money for a flag pole that the permanent residents will have to fund maintenance to a tune of $15,000 to $16,000 annually with our tax dollars. Only 124 people out of a city ...

Mayor’s Message & fiscal reality

To the editor: The Breeze editorial published on April 3, 2026, criticized the mayor for being “disingenuous at best,” claiming credit for using the millage rolled back rate to reduce property tax dollars by $2.2 million. The mayor appears to be intentionally misleading the public ...

The loss of USAID: Impacts at home

To the editor: Since the start of the second Trump administration, foreign aid has been under attack with the unquestionable support of our local representatives. Here in the 19th Congressional District our Representative, Byron Donalds’ is seeking to land himself in the Governor’s ...

Bring back our Republic

To the editor: When two people agree, one person is redundant and unnecessary.  Requiring loyalty oaths, punishing those who disagree, and limiting independent thought aim to create a uniform message, belief, and action. This approach stops healthy debate, curiosity for better solutions, ...

Save the America our founders envisioned

To the editor: In response to increasing criticism of the President’s foreign—and previous domestic—threats and military actions there has been an uptick in letters supporting Trump’s behavior, no matter how capricious or self-serving it has seemed. This is as it should be in a ...