Letters to the Editor - Aug. 9, 2008

Jones offers answers

Several weeks ago a caller into the Press Gazette asked, "who is this person who writes letters discussing problems we have? Does he have any solutions?"

My answer(s) is that because this caller, and any other objective non-political party android, has the solutions also, but hasn’t put them in words yet. So here we go.

First, don’t elect anyone in the county commission, the school board, in state government, and any other office.

What have you got to lose?

Don’t elect any more retreads.

Install term limits.

Require that all of these people read any bill or ordinance they vote for and sign off they did.

Since these people claim to be public servants, cut their pay to $50 an hour, which is good pay for a servant. Install a time clock in the county commissioner meeting room and the county commissioner’s office to see how much they are due.

The same for the school board, the state politicians, and others.

Do away with political party labels so that the androids may have to think.

An old saying, by Thomas Jefferson, was that the only reason to belong to a political party was so that you would not have to think.

One definition of insanity is said to be “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

A little more on that guy is he never owned or turned off or on a computer, never owned, dialed out, or answered a cell phone, never mounted a video tape, a CD, a DVD, etc.

One way to solve the problem in Tallahassee is to change to a unicameral form of government, i.e. only one legislative body.

On representative per county and a second for the 13 most populous counties for a total of 80.

Saving us the salary, expense, staff of 80 of these empty suits, fifty percent of the babble, and they are not able to blame the other body.

More later?

W.O. Jones

Jay, Fla.

Thanks for support

The Milton Elks Lodge No. 2377 would like to thank everyone who helped make this year’s golf tournament at Tanglewood Golf and Country Club a success.

With the money raised they were able to buy phone cards for the military ($500), Favor House ($150), Santa Rosa Kids House ($150), ARC ($300), Family Promise of Santa Rosa ($250), Victory Junction Gang Camp ($100), Santa Rosa Animal Control ($100), and the Milton Elkettes ($200).

Thanks again for all your help so we could support these worthy causes.

J.R. Cochran

Milton, Fla.