Heart of the matter

The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all the holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon about 4,000 years ago. I would like to share some famous quotes surrounding this holiday:

I have attended several of Marco Rubio's rallies. I finally feel after several years that I am around "my kind" of folks. Rubio offers a glimmer of hope for all Floridians because he is a candidate that shares the values of conservative Americans.

With his pledge to stop the stimulus, balance the budget, and keep the current tax cuts, we may become "The Single Greatest Nation" in history again.

City Commissioner Judy Reiker threw the taxpayers under the bus with her vote to keep the Anglers Club lease in place. I also cringed when she said "A deal is a deal is a deal." I voted for Reiker and so did my husband. I will make sure she is never re-elected!

These "gentlemen" as Reiker referred to the Anglers, are certainly "in my opinion," not gentlemen. They are self-serving ego maniacs that feel they deserve a free ride.

How sad.

We have a City Attorney, a City Manager, an Assistant City Manager, a City Planner, and and an Assistant City Planner, all at a cost to the Taxpayers at well over a $1,500,000 a year. What did we get? A big time mess!

I bought a little Sea Doo a few weeks ago and am now back on the water again after 15 years.

Veterans Day is always a somber day for me because my father was a World War II veteran.

It seems that our City is a magnet for lawsuits.

We have the Judge (Nahum) Litt's lawsuit for "freedom of information act", the Alexander "building suit", the Volusia County "Homebuilders suit" and the suit of the contractor on the 3rd Ave. new fire station.

Are there any more out there? Let me know if I missed any, O.K.?

Now the big problem: We have a City Attorney in Frank Gummey who makes what a federal judge makes and has a $500,000 buyout.

Having just completed the 2010 Citizen's Academy Program, I wish to thank all City Departments for their presentations and information to the Citizens that took part in the program. I would recommend to any citizen interested in how our city operates to consider going through this program.

We have a new commission and we all hoped for "change." This has not happened. City Commissioner Judy Reiker and Mayor Adam Barringer were newly elected in November with the mantra of holding down costs and looking out for the taxpayer.