Only 12 cases were found among the more than 100 million mail-in votes in Oregon since 2000. The center concluded that instances of fraud were infinitesimal.
Since 2005, the Brennen Center for Justice has studied whether vote by mail should be expanded. The Commission did recommend increased study of vote by mail. The May 30 letter, "Bipartisan commission opposed vote by mail,” implies that mail-in voting is subject to fraud, which is simply not true.įormer President Jimmy Carter’s 2005 Commission on Election Reform found that increased voter participation is vital to maintain a democracy and it listed recommendations for doing so. Let’s apply this kind of headline to the good news.Ĭommission called for greater voter turnout I just don't understand why we need to sensationalize the bad news. The newspaper wrote its own obituary by sensationalizing the very worse scenarios - sealing its own fate. The real estate section at the time was almost as big as the main news section, until the real estate industry said enough is enough and pulled virtually all advertising. What the newspaper didn't realize is that the people it was pontificating to were the same people and companies that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars a month to advertise in the paper.
Every day this was pounded into people’s heads. Our local newspaper had headlines every day of doom and gloom, the sky was falling. It’s like news organizations have to trip over each other to pronounce the worse possible outcomes, and the more they do this, the more people will buy into the dire circumstances.īy example, I was a real estate agent in 1981 when interest rates were roughly 18%. In reference to “Worse than the Great Recession,” May 30: I have to say that I have seen a number of recessions in my 40 years in business and it continues to amaze me how prophetic the news industry can be. We should support our talented and vested educators, and hire from within! Lori White and Wilma Hamilton proved to us that great leaders can and should come from our local community. I have lived in Sarasota for 38 years and have seen superintendents come and go, but the best ones were homegrown right here in Sarasota. I don’t think it was intentional that a list of the applicants applying for the position of Sarasota County schools superintendent ran adjacent to the obituaries June 2. If such "distraction" were a real traffic hazard surely we would know this by now.
#Joseph panzarella obituary drivers
Losing a few trees is a small price to preserve this iconic symbol of Sarasota.Īlso, the notion that it would distract drivers on the roundabout seems absurd. Keep ‘Kissing Statue’ on Sarasota BayfrontĪfter the roundabout construction, the Unconditional Surrender statue should be returned to a suitable place at the Bayfront ( “Conditional relocation?” June 2). Please replace the statue after construction for all to honor and enjoy. The statue stands for the happiness in America celebrating the end of the war.
Over 24,000 Marines were killed in the Pacific in battles at Okinawa and Iwo Jima, etc. Do people not remember World War II in the Pacific? Do we not remember Pearl Harbor? Afterward, place the statue in the same area for all to enjoy.Īs a former captain in the Marines, I find talk of removing the statue very disrespectful to all veterans. Remove the statue temporarily and construct the roundabout. I find it very disturbing to think that Sarasota might permanently remove the Unconditional Surrender statue from the Bayfront ( “Conditional relocation?” June 2). Statue honors vets, celebrates end of war
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