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Make haste with street lights to help save lives

I must say the new street lighting on U.S. 19 in Holiday looks great. However, my main concern and question is: When will the power be hooked up to them, so we can drive on a much safer highway? This project has been ongoing for the past three months.

Records show that in the past, many people have lost their lives due poor lighting conditions along this dangerous highway.

Please before there is another fatality, can something be done? The sooner the lights are working, the better it will be for everyone.

Cable company should compensate all equally

I'm wondering why Bright House Networks doesn't inform its customers about changes in programming and offer some sort of compensation to make up for this. I read the letter to the editor and called Bright House and told them about it. I was asked where I got this information from. I said I read in in the Pasco Times. With that, I was told my account would be reduced by $10 for the next six months.

Thank you for printing this letter. Will everyonewho lost this service be compensated or just the fortunate ones who read the letter and called?

With no competition in this field in Pasco County, we are at their mercy and have no recourse other then to cancel cable and go back to rabbit ears with aluminum foil on them.

Be careful not to light fireworks near debris

Re: Fireworks

Setting off fireworks into a bunch of dried branches is causing a lot of stress. I am always worried that a spark will set the hurricane debris on fire or a still smoking cigarette flipped into the debris can cause a fire.

People, please try to think ahead, and if you must light fireworks do it carefully.

Hudson Beach dredging won't help Signal Cove

Re: Who benefits, who pays, if dredging is expanded? Jan. 21 letter

The letter writer asked why tax dollars are being used to enhance commerce and revenue for a chosen few: the marina, Sea Ranch, Pleasure Isles and Signal Cove.

I don't know how the other communities benefit from the Hudson Channel dredging, but Signal Cove isn't one of them.

Signal Cove has no direct access to any channel or canals that are north of its private channel.

Any dredging that we may do that has an impact on our community will have to come out of the pockets of the property owners of Signal Cove and Leisure Beach, and we have no direct benefit from the Hudson Channel dredging.

We wish the best for the Hudson Beach Channel dredging and understand some of their questions or problems, but since we are paying our own way, we don't want to be included as an aside of the benefits of the dredging.

Privatization requires taxes or less benefits

I've always been a fan of U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown Waite, but I think she's wrong about Bush's privatization plan.

Social Security is directly funded by the FICA payroll tax. If you divert this money to pay for private accounts, you must do one of three things:

Raise some other tax; borrow the money (up to $2-trillion, which implies higher taxes in the future); or cut benefits.

Or, you could do a combination of the three.

For Republicans to say that they are going to vote for private accounts but not raise taxes or cut benefits shows either lack of arithmetic skills or dishonesty.

Vote for Wal-Mart is about making progress

Editor: To all the people who opposed the arrival of Wal-Mart in Tarpon Springs last week, all I have to say is there was not a legitimate, legal or rational way the commission could have voted otherwise.

Every day, 1,500 people move to Florida. Just look at Pasco County's change in the last 10 years. We can't have things like they were when you moved here in 1975.

It's called progress. And, it's not about to stop soon. Get over it, get a life and enjoy saving money at a conveniently located store.

[Last modified January 30, 2005, 00:10:19]