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Letters to the Editor: May 19, 2021 Governor’s ban on ‘vaccine passports’ doesn’t make sense While I can understand the position taken by Gov. Ron DeSantis on the privacy of health matters required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) regarding HIPPA rules on privacy of health matters, since we have encountered, endured and experienced this pandemic called COVID-19 for more than a year, and vaccinations have proven successful in stopping/slo...

Greenberg admitted to making more than 150 transactions totaling more than $70,000 to arrange liaisons with young women he met through a "sugar daddy" website. Through that site, he met a 17-year-old girl with whom he met at hotels and engaged in criminal sex acts at least seven times in 2017. He and the girl often used the drug Ecstacy. "Greenberg also introduced the minor to other adult men, who engaged in criminal sex acts with the minor," his plea agreement states. Investigators are attempt...

During the hearing, Hoffman asked Greenberg dozens of yes or no questions pertaining to his understanding of the agreement, the facts of the case and his competency. She went through each of the six counts, and each time, Greenberg responded, "Guilty." After the hearing, he was taken back into custody by U.S. marshals to await his sentencing, which is expected to be sometime in early August. Professing guilt is first step About two hours after the hearing, Scheller took about two dozen question...

View Comments Santa Rosa County Administrator Dan Schebler did not resign and was not fired at Tuesday nights County Commission meeting, following a long night of debate in which several residents called for his termination after one of his employees missed a funding deadline back in March. Schebler will instead receive a formal letter of reprimand in his personnel file, but the majority of the board didnt have an appetite for more severe disciplinary action. James Calkins was the lone co...

Letters and feedback: April 29, 2021 Florida Today © MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY Workers install supports for a temporary trestle that the crane will travel on to build the new bridge over Crane Creek for the Brightline trains. The work is being done just west of the BACK Center north of Prospect Ave. Lead issues must be monitored I read with interest the recent column on demolishing the antiquated and badly corroded rail trestle over the St. Sebastian River and the assoc...

Letters to the editor for April 28, 2021 The Gainesville Sun Lets stomp it   The easiest way to send COVID-19 packing is for all adults to get vaccinated. According to the New York Times, the vaccines have nearly eliminated death, hospitalization and other serious COVID illness among people who have received shots. The paper also says vaccines have radically reduced the chances that people contract even a mild version of COVID or can pass it on to others.   More than 130 mill...

Letters and feedback: March 14, 2021 Florida Today © Provided by USA TODAY President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that includes $1,400 stimulus checks. Home rule, quality of life in jeopardy The proliferation of short-term rentals and/or Airbnbs is slowly eroding the quality of life in residential neighborhoods in Brevard County. Our neighborhood in South Cocoa Beach has already experienced disturbances at all hours of...

Over in the Economist, Kal Kallaugher wonders if Europe will ever trust us again, given that she’s got reasons not to. I’m leading with it because yesterday I promised to look into the missile strike against a launch base in Syria, admitting that, given my feelings about our having abandoned our Kurdish allies, I had some expectations in the matter. An analyst interviewed on the BBC that morning noted that the target was an Iraqi group and suggested it was a departure from the Trump policy...

Star poet Amanda Gorman signs modeling contract Amanda Gorman has been the talk of the town since she wowed the world with her poem at the Biden-Harris inauguration. Next up: modeling and bestselling books. Star poet and now model Amanda Gorman Just a week after the 22-year-old enthralled the world with her inaugural poem The Hill We Climb at the Bide-Harris swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. on January 20, Amanda Gormans career appears to be taking off in many different directions. The...

Florida governor’s political future linked to COVID response | Bill Cotterell Bill Cotterell, Guest columnist It’s time for Gov. Ron DeSantis to turn his attention to re-election and, at the moment, things look better than he deserves. In the slightly more than 50 years that Florida governors have been able to seek second terms, only two — Claude Kirk and Bob Martinez — have been denied. But they were controversial guys, elected in something of a fluke, and had faced sha...