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Don't use our taxes for their boating pleasure

I agree with the dredging of the main channel to allow more commercial boats to have access to the gulf. I do have a problem with the logic of using my tax dollars to dredge the feeder channels that will only be used by recreational boaters.

I live in the Embassy Hills subdivision. The County Commission correctly felt that it was necessary, because of deterioration, to repave our streets. The work has been completed. I will be billed for my fair share of the work.

Why do some people feel that our tax dollars should be used to provide pleasure boat operators access to the gulf for fishing and fun while their tax dollars did not offset any of our cost to repave our streets?

Our use of our streets is a necessary part of life. Their use of the feeder channels is purely recreational.

I'm sorry if I don't see the logic in this.

It takes nerve for landowners to follow rules, ruin your view

You buy a house in a subdivision. It has a lovely view from your back window. The view just happens to be zoned commercial or industrial on a busy highway. Imagine the nerve of the landowner wanting to use his or her land for car lots or a Wal-Mart.

If you want your view unchanged, live behind a park or buy the adjoining land yourself. Remember, your house used to be someone's view.

Nonentities of Democratic Party switched gears - so what?

Don't let the door hit you on the way out! Craig McCart, Steve Van Gordon, don't leave yet. We've got a few more you can take with you!

I can't believe that these two nonentities of the Democratic Party actually received press coverage for switching political parties. In the last two years, I've seen McCart exactly once at a party function, and Van Gordon, maybe twice.

As the demographics rapidly change in Pasco County, the Democratic Party is undergoing a progressive renaissance that you Dixiecrats won't be a part of. We'll be focusing our efforts on making life better for working families by preserving Social Security, achieving energy independence, building better schools for our children, and reuniting a bitterly divided country by being the voice of the average American, not corporate interests.

We can only hope that you guys do as little for the Republican Party as you did for the Democratic Party.

A police officer should always be in control of a prisoner

I read the article that described the use of a Taser on a prisoner who was attempting to flee from an officer. I felt that the officer was wrong, not in the use of the Taser but his compassionate treatment of the prisoner.

He allowed the prisoner to dictate how he wanted to be treated. The prisoner asked that he be handcuffed in front because of an injured wrist, and the officer complied. He then informed the officer that he had to urinate. The officer complied, and the suspect ran.

The officer chased the prisoner and when he felt the prisoner might get away, he, rightfully so, hit him with the Taser and took him into custody.

I learned quickly, in my 36 years in law enforcement, that being compassionate to a prisoner can be deadly to the officer and other officers.

A police officer does the dictating to the prisoner, and the prisoner must comply to ensure the safety of the officer and the prisoner.

[Last modified January 26, 2005, 00:13:15]