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Philistines Just Don’t Get Steve Tunick Group
Nude Art Pieces
Next time
send a real reporter to cover art stories. The article by Kris
Conesa is pure drivel [The 411, “Letting
It All Hang Out,” published Oct. 11]. Talk about
completely missing the point!
Charles
Fisher
Miami
Beach
Surfside’s
Former Mayor Is Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverend — Unlike Some
Other Officials
The current mayor of Surfside
has been busy lately, sending letters to every newspaper in the
city, as though it were his personal newsletter to keep the rest
of us updated [Letters, “The Political Bedfellows of Joe,”
published Sept. 27]. The problem is that he spends more time
talking about past administrations than what is currently being
done for the town. I cannot believe the amount of ink and space
dedicated to the back and forth response of town politics.
My family and I have been
members of the Miami Beach and Surfside communities for more
than four decades. We have lived in the area, worked in the area
and owned businesses in the area. My father lived in Surfside
and we have always been aware of the community’s charm. We have
seen good and bad politics. After reading the mayor's letter to
the editor last week, I could not remain silent any longer.
There is a jealous, callous
effort to harm former Mayor Paul Novack’s reputation that simply
must stop. Letters to the editor cannot re-write history: The
facts are clear for all to see.
Novack was, as public servants
go, the best of the best. For six consecutive terms (12 years),
the people of Surfside wisely chose him as their mayor. During
that time, he distinguished himself as one of Florida's most
honorable, caring, and productive leaders. His tenure in
Surfside was of the highest level of public integrity, and his
concern for others was felt by people in need and people hurt by
disasters all over the world. Novack was rightly honored by
places as distant as Israel, Canada, Haiti, Honduras and the
Dominican Republic. He was also saluted by the Florida House of
Representatives, by the Florida League of Cities and by former
Governor Jeb Bush.
I cannot even think of what
Collins Avenue would look like today if Novack was not at the
helm during the height of over-development. The current
administration, and residents, should be thanking him: He
deserves better and we deserve better.
Dan Salzverg
Miami
The Itsy,
Bitsy Library Climbed Up the Taxpayer Stout
The old [regional] library was
24,000 square feet and the new one is going to be 26,000 square
feet. Both make up a complex of 37,000 square feet. That must
mean that the performing arts center has been scaled down to
only 11,000 square feet. [News, “If You Build It, The County
Will Pay,” published Oct. 11]
The Aventura Branch has been a
well-used library, and with the increase of new development I
don’t think the square footage is adequate for the new library.
The library alone should be 37,000 square feet. The performing
arts center seems way too small, especially since the city may
be annexing the area west of the tracks. This would be making it
too small before it is even built. What’s the rush?
With Aventura running out of
land, I wouldn’t agree to sell any part of the city’s property.
Actually, I don’t believe government should be in the
entertainment business. Aventura is a city of condos with their
own club houses and programs. Does our city need a performing
arts center? This is the seed to higher taxes in the future.
Mildred Husak
Aventura
General
Hospital: A Soap Opera of Life and Death if Understaffed
Aventura hospital
should not be able to practice triage, trauma or any other
life-threatening scenarios. Arriving at the emergency room at
11:00 p.m., we found that there were just two or three regular
nurses and only one doctor in the entire area. The ER was pretty
full and patients waited restlessly for hours to receive
treatment. It is not only dangerous, but totally unacceptable
for a hospital in this community to be so understaffed.
The nurses were
tired and overworked and just couldn't keep up with the load of
work they were given. I know that given the choice, no one I
spoke to last night would ever willingly return for treatment at
this facility.
Iris J. Schwartz
Aventura
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