New county logo an “overreach”
Dear Editor:
The erasing of history and culture is as simple a thing as even a municipality logo, is in my opinion a disgusting display of liberal government overreach and ignorance. It’s pandering to forces of arrogance and a movement dedicated to the destruction of our entire country.
Mr. Arrington, the people of Osceola County are not a box of Crayola, we are hard-working people who either were born here or moved here. All of our lives paint a masterpiece that your box of Crayola pales in comparison, to the logo that you decided would represent us. Nobody voted for this logo, we don’t know to whom and how much we paid for it.
Sergio Ortiz
Kissimmee
Commissioners' Interaction
Dear Editor:
Anyone that would have seen the interaction between Commissioner Brandon Arrington and the public on Monday, Oct. 11, and that has any knowledge of the public comments history in Osceola County, would know and understand why the public is so angry. This is not inherently about the sad destruction of history Arrington calls a county logo, but about the slow chiseling away at public comment during our board meetings.
Anyone who has lived here long enough would remember when each resident was allowed five minutes to speak, speak up on any issue regardless of the agenda, and had the opportunity to publicly bring up the problems many don’t see.
This all went out the window when the Commission no longer wanted to deal with angry residents questioning their decisions during the coal ash and Split Oak debacles. They no longer wanted to be held responsible, nor be chastened when they make their questionable decisions. Their answer to this was to limit the speech of the public. They limited each individual’s time to a measly three minutes and no longer allowed any comment on topics not on the agenda.
This gave Arrington and his other commissioners full control. They are still able to surprise us with last-minute agenda items without notice, as they did with Split Oak. Now they just don’t have to listen to the community’s complaints about anything. If they see a storm coming they simply don’t put anything about that storm on the agenda and avert all issues, this abuse of power was on full display last week.
Marcos Marrero
Kissimmee
St. Cloud must be more accessible
Dear Editor:
As a newer resident to St. Cloud, I appreciate the work going into St. Cloud’s Lakefront plan. We do need to plan at least 20 years in the future, not continue to look back.
However, I will challenge both Kissimmee and St. Cloud management and elected city officials to spend a few hours trying to navigate both cities in a wheelchair. My late husband was in one for 15 years and, let’s face it, senior developments are growing by leaps and bounds in our area. So if we don’t plan now …
I have to say that Kissimmee has done a better job with their downtown than St. Cloud, where there are no sidewalks to get around walking, let alone with a wheelchair. however, there are still areas lacking adequate crosswalks for walkers, let alone those in a wheelchair.
We have a long history of encouraging veterans to reside in our communities, many who have suffered physical trauma. Please, let’s start planning now to come into the
Please, let’s start planning now to come into the 22nd century!
Camille Levee
St. Cloud
Opposes new logo, seaplane base
Dear Editor:
First I’d like to commend Kevin Bailey for his excellent article on his opposition to the St. Cloud Lakefront Plan.
I’d like to start my article off with the rousing cheer, “Let’s Go Brandon”! I’ve lived in St. Cloud since 1985, that’s 36 years. St. Cloud was a wonderful place to live and had a small town atmosphere. That’s all changed. The logo represented the area.
Who in their right mind would consider that hideous logo that resembles a multi-colored flag with an eyeball on it? Just reading the description of what the new logo represents is comical. A more fitting logo would be a bulldozer dragging bags of cash while pushing cows off a cliff. Look what they consider progress — a seaplane base.
Look what they consider progress — a seaplane base. Wow! That’s really what we need. That’s about as brilliant as letting the noisy airboats run along the edge of the lake. Kissimmee actually banned them from their lake and St. Cloud welcomed them with open arms in the name of progress.
The way downtown St. Cloud and the lakefront were planned really leaves no room for expansion without cramming too much into a small area. Why not leave well enough alone in these areas and concentrate on destroying the rest of St. Cloud a little at a time?
Donald Rent
St. Cloud
