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Letter to the editor

Today's Letters: Deputies keeping Sickles kids safe

By Letters to the editor
Published February 15, 2008

Tickets, warnings at Sickles

Editors: I wrote a letter that was extremely critical of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for giving tickets and warnings to children for jaywalking after school in front of Sickles High School.

The letter was written in a state of shock, anger and haste. After speaking with Cpl. Barlow, the supervisor, I now realize that the only reason they were there was to ensure the safety of our children, for which I am eternally grateful and I wish to apologize for writing that letter.

Now if we can get the cars not to block the crosswalk and allow kids to use the marked crosswalk as they were taught, that would be helpful. Pedestrians have the right of way.

Carlos J. DeCisneros, Citrus Park

Low-income grants

Commissioners waste $2-million

Hillsborough commissioners have now wasted $2-million in low-income grants and don't even know it.

This angers me so greatly, as I expect them to work on these programs and issues to such a degree that they know when these types of desperately needed funds are about to slip away.

I expect that our commissioners would be so up into this that they would direct the staff to do the right thing, to see that the funds are secured and not lost to "Oops, that one slipped by - gosh."

My anger truly ranges from knowing, as every resident in this county that can read knows, that had they not been tied up fighting over what morals to place on residents and over $40-million, pie-in-the-sky stadiums,they could have done the job they are seated to do. Run the county, not run it into the ground.

I truly hope the citizens of this county wake up to who they have guarding the henhouse.

Rich Dugger, Odessa

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