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© St. Petersburg Times, published August 17, 2001
As a longtime resident of Florida, I am dismayed at the lack of enforcement of the law regarding dogs on north Clearwater Beach.
The signs posted along the beach access areas are very definite, stating "No Dogs." Every evening that I venture out to the beach, the dogs and their owners are roaming along the water's edge or in the water.
I have witnessed patrol cars riding along the beach acknowledging these people without any thought of issuing them a citation for this illegal act. Why isn't this law enforced?
I fear not only for myself, but for children who can be easily approached by one of these dogs and bitten. It is also unsanitary when the dogs' "duty" is either left on the sand or covered up and someone steps on it.
Can it be the Clearwater police are ignorant of this law? If a summons is issued, Clearwater will benefit from the revenue. Let's do something about this now.
-- Judy Zolfo, Largo
Re: Minimum charge unfairly bills for unused water, letter, Aug. 7.
Much of the minimum charge for water goes to pay for costs of infrastructure to procure, process and deliver potable water, and the personnel to keep this capability to deliver water on demand, whether we use any water or not.
I think conserving water should be considered a duty even when it doesn't result in a saving. My wife and I very seldom exceed the minimum. We try not to waste water as well as other things that still have some use.
It would be easier to put all our trash into the one garbage barrel than into a can for compostable items; the box for metal cans, plastic and glass bottles, and newspapers; and the big barrel, which is seldom half full once a week.
These are all things that have use to someone somewhere, and like gifts to various beneficial organizations, have no reward to us beyond the sense of satisfaction of maybe making the world a little better place for people to live now and for our descendants in the future.
-- Emory Hickert, Clearwater
We, the staff of the Greenwood Community Health Resource Center Inc., a free clinic in the North Greenwood area, would like to publicly thank Clearwater police Chief Sid Klein and the North Greenwood Neighborhood Police Patrol for their visit to our clinic. We thank them for their interest in the work we are doing at the center. The donation of $1,000 will be appreciated and used for a worthy cause.
Again, we say thank you for the good work you, too, are trying to do for the North Greenwood community.
-- Willa L. Carson, president Greenwood Community Health Resource Center, Clearwater