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  • The readers’ forum

    Find other options for Pets Trust

    Last year, a non-binding straw ballot question was put to Miami-Dade voters that asked whether the county should raise property taxes to help fund enhanced animal services in our community. Voters strongly supported the question posed and the idea of saving pets’ lives. Unfortunately, the voters were given only one choice to make: raise taxes to provide for animal welfare or let the pets die.

  • Rain, it’s free water

    Re the July 5 Other Views column Desalinization could solve our water problems: Desalinization is one of the most expensive ways to obtain fresh water. Has the proponent looked out the window lately? There seems to be an abundant water supply coming from heaven. How about using some of it? It’s free.

  • Egypt’s revolution

    Instead of celebrating the triumph of a liberal and progressive movement in Egypt, the Obama administration and the media are not actively embracing this second revolution.

  • Sever racetrack mandate

    Re the July 7 article Schemes abound at pari-mutuels: There is a solution for the dilemma at the dog tracks: Floridians, ask your state lawmakers to pass the greyhound decoupling bill that would allow the tracks to have the option of not running the dogs. It will sever or “decouple” the live-racing mandate.

  • Privileged to roam unscathed

    LeVar Burton recently explained how he comports himself when approached or stopped by police, and it is quite involved because as a black man he thinks it’s necessary, even for survival. His remarks bring back memories of a trip I took as a 17-year-old. I had an old car, could wander far from home and had a thing for Illinois.

  • Obey the laws

    Letter writer Julian Valencia states that bicyclists have a legal right to take up a lane on the roadways. If that is so, are they not also legally obligated to obey traffic regulations including stopping at stop signs and traffic lights?

  • Abortion debate shows our crudeness

    I don’t believe Kathleen Parker has ever let me down with her columns. Her work on the meteoric ascent of Texas Sen. Wendy Davis to America’s liberal pantheon of heroes is further evidence of her talent (The sudden sainthood of Sen. Wendy Davis, July 5) .

  • MDX out of control

    Kudos to state Rep. Jeannette Nuñez for her June 30 letter, MDX is overstepping its boundaries. MDX has spun out of control. It operates without regard for the customers its decisions affect and answers to no one.

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  • The readers’ forum

    Two approaches

    How democracy works: In Egypt, hold an election. After 13 months of a bad president, revolt and throw him o...

  • Desalinization concerns

    You can’t beat a Chamber of Commerce for creating rosy scenarios. Julio Fuentes explained how desali...

  • Forgive Deen and move on

    Bea Hines writes concisely, beautifully and with grace and human dignity in her July 4 column, It feels goo...

  • No pariahs

    The July 9 Daily Q asks, “Do you think it’s appropriate for a shooting range to open in Miami...

  • The readers’ forum

    Save our city

    I hope the July 7 editorial, Atlantis, interrupted raises awareness among local elected officials and agenc...

  • Help Jackson, expand Medicaid

    Carlos Migoya, Jackson Hospital’s chief executive, has been operating between the proverbial rock an...

  • Don’t touch Scotty’s

    Leave the Bolivian restaurants in Bolivian neighborhoods. Leave laid-back Scotty’s in laid-back Coco...

  • Egyptians need liberty

    What the United States should support in Egypt is not “democracy,” but an open, liberal, tole...

  • Jackson’s taxing problem

    Miami-Dade County politicians, especially the commissioners, seem to have short memories and forgotten the ...

  • Don’t diss players

    I agree 100 percent with Rodolfo Pages’ July 4 letter, Lousy sportsmanship, and his take on Jeffrey ...

  • Gulfstream cancels fireworks

    We had the misfortune on July 4, as did thousands of other people, of being the victims of a cheap stunt by...

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