Letter: Listen to tea party rhetoric and wonder from what century it comes

As someone who continues to look for guidance in the November election, I looked forward to reading the Aug. 30 letter from Jim McGovern. However, I came away thoroughly confused. [read more]

Letter: Robert Steinberg: Why I'm running for Stuart City Commission

I am pleased to announce my candidacy for Stuart City Commission, Group 3. [read more]

Letter: Divorce brokers from 'no doc loans'

When are we going to stop the banks from legalized extortion? [read more]

Letter: Samples' column unfair to local merchant

I think one of our locals hasn’t had time to cruise the Internet lately. [read more]

Letter: Changes to local traffic patterns only lead to frustration for drivers

Martin County needs another ballot initiative. Ban any additional traffic lights, no more speed limit reductions and no more speed bumps. They back up traffic, frustrate drivers, create bottlenecks and appear to do little or nothing for safety. Shouldn’t the goal of good traffic planning be to keep traffic moving smoothly? [read more]

Letter: Republicans stuck with candidate for governor

As a Democrat who has run for office in this heavily (I may say “viciously”) Republican county, I can’t help being bemused by the results of the recent primary elections. With the help of a large “tea-bag” turn-out, the GOP is stuck with a candidate for governor whose former company practiced Medicare fraud and had to pay $1.3 billion fine to the U.S. government. [read more]

Letter: Finally, one Comcast tech knew answer to signal problem

The TV signal coming out of a Comcast coaxial cable is not a pure digital signal, but rather a very sophisticated encrypted coded signal. [read more]

Letter: Differences abound over immigration in world

If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor. If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the Afghan border illegally, you get shot. If you cross the Saudi Arabian border illegally, you will be jailed. [read more]

Letter: Unreliable electric source frustrating to local business

In response to the two letters printed regarding utility workers, I manage a small manufacturing company that relies on city of Vero Beach power to run our plant. I remember the day the power went out. It had stormed earlier in the afternoon and the storm was about over when, all of a sudden without warning, the power went out. [read more]

Letter: Subsidizing Vero Beach? Well, consider the ways Vero pays you back

You have to love all this sudden separation between Vero Beach city residents and the county residents who are paying for city utilities and complaining because they are underwriting the city. [read more]