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Re: Penny for Pasco outcries require poetic license, Oct. 19 C.T. Bowen column.
Editor: To tax or not to tax, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to bear the slings and arrows of outrageous millage
Or to take pennies against a sea of trouble, and by opposing, end them?
To tax, to spend, perchance to build. Ay, there's the rub!
For in that spending what schools may come when we have shuffled off our mortal coinage?
Must give us pause. There's the respect that makes calamity of so long life!
For who will bear the whips and scorn of tax opponents, the voter's wrong, the politician's contumely
The pangs of despised pennies, the election's delay
The insolence of office and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes
When he himself might his vote be made on an inconvenient March day?
Thus the native hue of resolution is sicklied over with the pale cast of votes. And enterprises of great Pasco and pennies with this regard the opposers turn away.
And lose the name of action.
Re: Penny for Pasco outcries require poetic license, Oct. 19
Editor: Would you give a penny to keep a child out of the rain?
Would you give a penny to make restrooms accessible to the handicapped?
Would you give a penny to make the roads you drive safer?
Would you give a penny to protect land from being developed?
We would!
We would also like to invite you to make a phone call to your local public school and ask what improvements it will be able to make if you give a penny. While you are at it, ask when the next SAC meeting is and actually attend. You will see firsthand how important that penny is to our children.
Re: 25 new schools top district's wish list, Oct. 11.
Editor: The school district needs to divide its list into two, one for the needs of current residents, a second for those of new residents. The needs of the new residents should be covered by impact fees. Why should I pay more taxes after builders and developers object because it affects their profit line or the price the buyers pay? The impact fees should cover the full expenses, no matter how much. New schools should be paid for by impact fees when the need is created by growth.
Editor: They walked for their mothers, their sisters, their aunts. They walked for themselves. More than 300 men and women turned out for the 5K Walk "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer."
The sun was shining, the weather was cool and the Little Everglades Ranch was beautiful. What was more impressive, though, was the spirit and drive of the survivors who walked. One woman had just finished radiation. She walked around the track and was sitting under a tree breathing heavily when I spoke with her.
"I had to do it," she said.
Long after most walkers had finished, I spotted a lone walker, another survivor. I asked, "How many times did you go around the track?" Her response was "only once, but I had to do it."
They came with one thought, "They had to do it." The 5K Walk was a great success. Next year we hope to have more than 500 participants.
The walkers, the sponsors, the committee all did an outstanding job.
A big thank you has to go to Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, Community Hospital and Oak Hill Hospital, the presenting sponsors. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard are to be commended for opening their ranch and hearts to this worthwhile endeavor.
Get those walking shoes ready. Hope to see you next year at the walk.
Remember, you just "have to do it."