We have been asked to conserve water, to reduce the need for additional supplies. The way we have been asked to conserve is by edict, not by example. Tampa Bay Water and the county commissioners of all three counties are asking us to reduce our water consumption and promising punishment if we do not comply with their edict, but they are not leading by example. There have been no restrictions on the building of new homes or commercial buildings, but we are asked to do with less. Please, start leading by example.
Most people are woefully ignorant as to the cause of the Civil War.
The South was invaded by the North and our brave Southern men answered the call to arms. These men were of the same stock as those who fought the war for independence from Great Britain. Many Revolutionary War soldiers were given land in Georgia for their service in the war. Your April 13 editorial on nursing homes provides some interesting information but, I feel, completely misses the point on the need for the Senate's nursing home bill. It's convenient to say that the bill favors the nursing home industry to the detriment of the vulnerable citizen.