A crafty plot to diminish BVL’s voters political strength

To the Editor:

The Supervisor of Elections of Osceola County has committed an injustice by leaving one single solitary precinct for the voters of Buenaventura Lakes.

I honestly believe her excuses to save money for her office operations will diminish the political strength of all the voters of that community.

County commissioners divided BVL during the fall of 2001

It is not the first time county commissioners have engaged in their attempts to dilute the political voting strength against the voters of the Buenaventura Lakes community.

Let’s go back to the latter part of 2001 and refresh the recollection of people residing in Osceola County at that time. The Osceola County commissioners perpetrated a discriminatory legislative initiative against the Buenaventura Lakes community during 2001-shortly after the U.S. Census was done.  The county commissioners actually divided  that proud community-- during the redistricting initiatives while utilizing a “rubber stamp” redistricting committee in their attempts to diminish  the political voting strength of the Buenaventura Lakes community. One half of BVL went to district 4,   the other half was placed in another district – on what is known today as District 1, which includes the Celebration community.

The current nefarious political system in Osceola County

There is still in existence an egregious political system in Osceola County that transcends the two major political parties. It is a system defined by the grass-roots community groups  as “The Powers That Be”, a political system that wants to continue its  political dynasties and obtain the major lucrative political positions in our local governments and distribute the spoils to their family members and favored friends and contacts. That is wrong and in essence it is against fair play and decency.

The bottom line is that the political apparatus will continue its crafty plots against the hard working American families in Osceola County. Please, bear in mind that justice should prevail--regardless of race, color, creed, gender, national origin and political persuasion. Please, don’t forget to vote for the candidates of your choice.

Votes for candidates projecting excellent qualifications to communicate with the people; candidates having integrity and the dedication to serve the people--not the wealthy special interest groups.  The voters have their destiny in their own hands.

Please bear in mind that bad public officials are elected by good persons who fail to go to the poll and exercise their prerogatives of voting for the candidates of their choice, and aspirants who will follow the people’s ambitions and dream for a better tomorrow.

Armando Ramirez

Kissimmee

Well done Mr. Wesley

To the Editor:

I have never been a big fan of this circuit`s elected Public Defender, Mr. Bob Welsey.

I always considered him a threat to my title as Central Florida`s most arrogant lawyer. For the first time in my life I must admit  I was wrong in not being a big fan of his. His defense of the most odius sub human creature in the county`s long history of sub humans ranks up there with John Adams`s defense of the British Soldiers in the Boston Massacre and Andrew Hamilton`s defense of John Peter Zenger.

He could have shunted this case off to a young associate who would have messed it up and cost us a million bucks. I counted at least five occasions where Wesley had to sit next to Bronson. Not throwing up at having to do that is an achievement in itself. Bob`s bull dog tenacity in representing the worst of us is a credit to those who love ordered liberty. A well deserved and ghastly execution is awaiting the creature. It makes scant difference where it is carried out. Wesley did his duty and we are all the freer for it.

Charles B. Tiffany

Kissimmee

Drive safely

To the editor:

A letter writer in a recent issue concluded that the only way to seriously reduce the number of motor vehicle accidents is to institute a rigorous driver-training program before issuing licenses.

He believes this training should be comparable to that required of commercial drivers and airplane pilots. But he indicates that he knows this is politically impossible. I would, however, point out that drunken drivers are often at fault, and other nations with much more severe penalties for driving drunk don’t have the fatality rate we experience. This change should be politically feasible.

One motorist worried about stopping safely as the light ahead turned yellow. She said that if she braked hard enough to stop before it went to red, she might be hit from behind, perhaps even knocked into the intersection. But there are two things to do to help prevent such trouble.

First, check your rearview mirror as you approach the intersection to see if you are being tailgated. If so, the second thing is to get that driver to back off by a series of short raps on your brake pedal. This same precaution should also prevent trouble as you slow down, with turn signal on, when planning a turn into a side street.

Some more good tips on preventing rear-end collisions are offered on page 34 of the “Florida Driver’s Handbook,” which is free of charge at your motor vehicle driver’s license office.

While waiting for the red light, there is another unpleasant possibility. You’re checking your rearview mirror, just in case, and here comes somebody sailing along from behind who is not watching the road. You might get this person’s attention by punching your brake lights and blasting your horn.

But if nothing works, prepare for the crash by depressing your break pedal hard to avoid being banged into the car ahead or pushed into the intersection. Hopefully you had left a good six feet between you and the car ahead (since you are now legally responsible for whatever happens in front of you).

Also, protect yourself against whiplash by putting your head against your seat’s head restraint behind you; presumably you had the good sense to fasten your seat belt before you started to drive, which should help keep you from being banged around.

A.F. Gagne

Osceola Coordinator

AARP Driver Safety Program

Kissimmee, Florida 34741

407 846 2868