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Guest commentary: Bonita Springs charter amendments

As chair of the city of Bonita Springs Charter Review Committee, I am concerned that the editorial board of the Daily News made recommendations on the proposed city charter amendments without contacting me or a member of the Charter Review Committee to determine the rationale behind our recommendations. [...]

Guest commentary: McGwire’s tearful confession won’t end cheating in sports

I cannot help thinking this Mark McGwire confession is a song I have heard before, and better done at that. Here we have another baseball cheater who finally tells us the truth after years of silence. Of course, we all have known he had been juiced when he hit those record numbers of home runs and now he has confirmed the use of both steroids and human growth [...]

Guest commentary: Picayune Strand restoration is a keystone for the Everglades

Restoring Picayune Strand is one of those rare opportunities to put back what humans destroyed and, in doing so, to revive 55,000 acres of wetlands, sloughs and upland habitats so important to sustain wood storks, Florida panthers, black bears, bald eagles and many other western Everglades wildlife [...]

Guest commentary: Former Israeli prime minister discusses peace in the Middle East

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speakers Series on Wednesday evening, Jan. 13, 2010, at the Naples [...]

Guest commentary: Proposed ‘bus hub’ location isn’t ‘best’ for neighbors

The Dec. 28 editorial regarding the bus transfer station proposed by Collier County to be housed at the old Morande car dealership on Radio Road stated the “neighbors of the bus hub have an uphill pull to prove their case.” Truer words were never spoken. The residents who are immediately affected by the “bus hub” know it better than anyone because it is in their “backyard” — and their side yard and their front [...]

Guest commentary: Government must respect our intellect and our judgment

Counting the days until … Where to start? News is seemingly unending in its negative coverage; media continue to separate into essentially two camps: liberal and conservative. [...]

Guest commentary: Quail West’s journey is tale of determination, success

For the past 12 months, the Daily News chronicled Southwest Florida developer and golf course community (Palmira, Tuscany Reserve, Twin Eagles, Mediterra, Bonita Bay, Shadow Wood, The Brooks, WCI Communities, Treviso Bay) [...]

Guest commentary: Age and adjustments

I am writing this on Dec. 7, the anniversary of the attack in 1941 on Pearl Harbor, the day Franklin Delano Roosevelt called “a date which will live in infamy,” and so it has. But for me, my personal day of infamy is a few days later, on Dec. 10, because on that date I had an accident that changed my [...]

Guest commentary: Truckin’ and Christmas

This is my Christmas story and it is true. We are parents of a wonderful 9-year-old autistic son. Having an autistic child has rewarding moments, trying moments and touching moments. My story is both a rewarding and a touching [...]

Guest commentary: Jollys made that Christmas a ‘Perfect 10’ for Cooper and me

In 1935, after finishing Colonial Heights Elementary School, 12 of us were directed to attend Bolling Junior High School in Petersburg, Va., 1.6 miles from my home. We walked or caught rides; no big deal. On the first day walking back from Bolling we connected with 12 black students returning from all-black Williams Junior High [...]

Guest commentary: Families here legally also ‘torn apart’ by deporting program

The Daily News’ lead story on Monday, headlined “Families Torn Apart,” carried a picture of Alma Rivas, an obviously pregnant mother of four who lives in fear of being deported to her home country, Mexico, because she and her husband are living here [...]

Guest commentary: Health-care ‘reform’ won’t cut cost, improve delivery

Most Americans believe proposed health-care-reform legislation is focused on improving the cost and delivery of health care.
Not true! Improvement of the health-care delivery system is only an [...]

Guest commentary: Lessons from Panama apply to Afghanistan

As Americans contemplate President Barack Obama’s West Point speech on the nature of our commitment in post-9/11 Afghanistan, the scope of our interests, and the strategy to bring that war to a successful conclusion, we should also look back on the 20th anniversary of the United States’ first post-Cold War intervention, Operation Just [...]