Bradenton Herald

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Laying off outstanding teachers over budget blunders is wrong

Pidge Taylor is my daughter's fourth-grade teacher. Let me tell you about Mrs. Taylor.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Lung cancer diagnosis error found after organ removed

My husband was told he might have lung cancer. How can the radiologist and surgeon both make the mistake which resulted in removal of a healthy lung?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Faster convict executions not a timely justice measure

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Let retirees earn more than Social Security limit

Social Security dictates that anyone who takes early retirement can work but they are allowed to earn a maximum gross income of only $15,120. There is a cry of a nursing shortage and it is expected to become worse in the future.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Teachers, students paying for Manatee school district leadership failures

I begin to wonder, as I read article after article about the woes of the Manatee school district and the necessity to reduce teachers and increase the classroom sizes while holding teachers accountable: How is that going to happen?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Sales tax hike approval has other consequences

Regarding the half-cent sales tax: I agree that there is a possibility that property taxes will be lowered if this rate increase passes.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Property tax relief not on ballot with sales tax hike

Why I oppose the sales tax increase: Supporters have talked of property tax relief but the ballot says nothing about it.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Yes vote on sales tax hike will improve healthcare

Recently, I received a call from the Manatee County Republican Party opposing the half penny sales tax for property tax relief and better health care. I am bewildered by my party's opposition to a smart solution.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

97 percent of scientists agree about climate change

A review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15 issue of Environmental Research Letters, found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Background checks a failure but gun ownership valuable

There will be no peace between gun haters on the left and supporters of the Second Amendment ever.