For those who read the Oct. 15 “Observer,” who is Kathy Richards? Someone who lives not on the perimeter, but one who maybe has a unit somewhere in the center of Century Village East (CVE). Instead of writing how bad a cut job Seacrest did with the authority of Master Management (MM), she, with her pen, condones it. I live on the perimeter of SW 10 Street. We never had to worry about the law of 6 ft. The hedges were 15 ft. high and, twice a year, CMM cut them down to 13 to 14 ft. The hedges blocked the view of seeing in or out to SW 10 Street. Yes, they will grow back with care and fertilization, but how and when will they fill in the areas where there are NO plants left. There seems to be no outcry of unit owners and/or area chairs who live on the perimeter where the hedges were cut. Maybe they were not thinned out, but CMM never received the dollars that Seacrest was getting to do this job.

Norm Kaplan

President Farnham K, CVE

Deerfield Beach

Two steps to help save our freedom

Dear Editor:

Our federal government is out of control. Most federal representatives completely ignore our Constitution, that they took a solemn oath to uphold. The feds are responsible, but the real blame is that we, the people, have allowed it to happen. And it will continue to get worse unless we stop it.

We can start by contacting our Senators and Congressman and demand that they make no changes to our healthcare. The current administration wants, over time, to take total control of our heathcare.

Our dollar is no longer backed by gold or silver. It is fiat money made legal tender by the federal government. Furthermore, the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Bank, a private entity not responsible to anyone, determines how much money should be in circulation. We need to make a first true audit of this organization by urging Congress to pass H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009.

If we can get enough people to contact Congress about these two items, we will be well on the way to reining in our runaway federal government.

Edward Milton Ventresca

Canyon Country, CA

Resident’s rebuttal; support of straw ballot

Dear Editor:

At the City Commission Meeting, Jun. 16, Caryl Berner, who ran for political office, chose to vilify the Deerfield Raging Grannies. Like she did with the ministers, she wanted the commissions to get rid of me speaking (for my response, view city commission minutes, Aug. 18). At the Sept. 15 city commission meeting, she claimed we are both witches. She is Jewish, a Lay Minister, Sister Zelda and now a witch. Witches are practitioners of Wicca, a religion. I am not a member of any religious group. I did not initiate this and was entitled to respond! (View city commission minutes, Oct. 20).

Mayor Peggy Noland wants City Attorney Andy Maurodis to draft some sort of a law to stop people from speaking on personal matters, and I agree. I have been trying for quite awhile to have this commission vote on a straw ballot, a.k.a. referendum, as has been done in many other cities. Foreign and domestic policy when it pertains to the straw ballot is “City Business.” Rep. Robert Wexler is resigning and there will be a special election. It’s about time this commission vote to include the straw ballot, as these two wars have hit home. Give the people a vote for: “The immediate end to the operation of Afghanistan and Iraq, and bring all of the Troops Home Now.”

Barbara Miranda

Deerfield Beach