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Today's Opinions

  • No side is right in this fight

    As the continuing bad blood spills over in the fight about tiered water rates and unscrupulous surcharges, we wonder who is really right and who is really wrong.
    First, the city has mishandled this whole takeover in poor fashion; poor communication is the key.
    Springing this on residents during the holidays was ill-conceived; more so, not properly planning for upset residents to be able to attend the meeting to be heard was erroneous.

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  • 05/03/2012 The Other Guy, Jeff Bryan

    “Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.” — Abraham Lincoln
     

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  • Log on, log in and vote to show support

    The Annie W. Johnson Family & Senior Center has been providing services to those in need in Marion and Citrus counties for a long time.
    No one can deny the value of this longtime nonprofit agency; its mission has never changed since Ms. Johnson herself first started providing meals back in the 1970s.
    Sure, times have changed as has America throughout the past several decades. However, no one can deny the importance of those people in need of food or a warm meal.

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  • 04/05/2012 Guest Column, Steve Sweet

    As a resident of Rainbow Springs, I would like to address some items brought up in the past several weeks in guest columns in the Riverland News. There are many issues to address, but here are some critical issues for a start.
    The Dunnellon city government has been poorly managed for years. The taxpayer base is too small for all the city services rendered even if the city was run efficiently.

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  • 04/05/2012 The Jersey Girl, Audrey Beem

    There are a few things in life that we have to do, like follow the law and pay taxes. If you’re a kid, you have to attend school and if you’re an adult, well, you have to earn an income. Because let’s face it, you cannot live without money.
    So it’s time for me to go back to work. This mini-retirement of mine has been nice while it lasted. Sleeping until 8 o’clock, taking the grandkids to school, making myself a nice lunch and then settling down by the pool to read a good book sure has been easy to get used to.

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  • 03/15/2012 The Other Guy, Jeff Bryan

    “We are also told that our newspapers are irreverent, coarse, vulgar, and ribald. I hope that this irreverence will last for ever; that we shall always show irreverence for royalties and titled creatures born into privilege, and all that class which take their title from anything but merit.” – Mark Twain
     

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  • 03/15/2012 The Jersey Girl, Audrey Beem

    I wasn’t going to write this, then I started it 10 times, but never finished.
    How do you write about someone you loved who died so young? How do you put those emotions on paper? How do you do it justice?
    With so many divorces and re-marriages, I’m sure many people are adjusting to a step-family, step-mothers, -fathers, -sons or –daughters. Each family finds a way to incorporate the changes into their lives, and it’s not always an easy transition.  

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  • Solution to problem is speaking up, not silence

    As the rift between Dunnellon city officials and Rainbow Springs residents continues to widen, we wonder if an amicable solution between the two about a water surcharge will ever be reached.
    Frankly, we are concerned by the City Council’s silence.
    Here’s how we see it.
    The Council believes the problem will quietly subside, which we simply don’t see happening until city officials realize the lingering affects of the problem that it could have on Greenlight Dunnellon Communications as well as numerous businesses.

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