Letters: Donald Trump’s promised ‘one day’ as dictator could last another four years

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Trump’s ‘day’ as dictator could last four years

A person who is running for president in 2024 claims he is only going to be a dictator for one day. Nonsense! Once he gets in command it will be one lie after another as always.

I am one of the lucky Americas because I am 96 years old and will most likely will not survive four years of his dictatorship. I hope that we do not go through another era like the one in the '40s with Hitler. The atrocities that this world (mostly the Jews) went through committed by Hitler were horrible.

Please don't let this happen again, especially because this time it will not be in Europe, it will be right here. Please!

Ellwood Trussell, Navarre

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Alzheimer's/dementia legislation is critical

The Florida legislature is considering many bills that will impact our neighbors, family and friends. One bill − the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Training for Law Enforcement Officers − is critical to the more than 580,000 Floridians living with Alzheimer’s and their 827,000 family caregivers.

My husband is 100 percent disabled, retired Navy veteran suffering with Alzheimer’s. He grew up on Barr Beach, Long Island and believes he still lives there. He has left our home in Gulf Breeze on a couple of occasions trying to get home and I fear that this will get worse has his disease progresses.

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, six in 10 Floridians with Alzheimer’s will wander at least once. This along with the inability to identify places and names elevate the chances individuals may interact with law enforcement.

That is why I am advocating for House Bill 801/Senate Bill 208, which will establish an Alzheimer’s and related dementia continuing education course for law enforcement. We must support our law enforcement officers with resources to address situations involving those with Alzheimer’s.

I ask that Sen. Doug Broxson and Rep. Alex Andrade please consider co-sponsoring this critical legislation.

Karen Barth, Gulf Breeze

Downtown parking ‘ransoms’ ruining experience

Regarding Mayor Reeves’ plans to "improve" downtown parking, our 2023 included an app that wouldn't load, sweating in line as someone runs back to their car to get their plate number, only to be told after five minutes that "it’s not working today."

The last straw was going to the Mannheim Steamroller concert. We drove to a lot, but no one was there collecting this time. We found the parking machine but couldn't get it to work. I still have the video putting my card in to prove to the judge that it didn't work.

We then went to see an amazing show. But when we returned, it was raining and there was a boot on the truck and instructions taped on the window. It turned out that we had to call mercenaries in New Orleans to pay a ransom of $75. So much for my video.

I think this was my second ticket in 30-plus years. After three calls, I was given instructions on taking it off. Kneeling in my best clothes in a dimly lit lot with standing water, rain splattering my glasses, I tried to read the teeny tiny numbers holding an umbrella and flashlight. After numerous tries, my wife elected to get soaked.

It wasn't just me. We found another number, called it and waited until someone came to take it off. We arrived home an hour later than planned and completely soaked. Our senior citizen ventures downtown now are limited to Palafox Market on Saturdays, where there are still free spots that don't pose a technological barrier.

Editor's note: Premium parking lots are not owned or managed by the city of Pensacola.

John Robertson, Pensacola

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Gas vs. electric not apples to apples

Most people don't realize that battery powered vehicle semi-trucks and cars are extremely heavy. That means the asphalt roads underneath these vehicles were not made to carry such heavy vehicles. This in turn leads to using more oil to make more asphalt roads at a huge cost to state and federal governments. So, it is designed for people with simple minds.

Randy Myers, Pensacola

Walton out of touch with reality

Regarding Walmart’s Nancy Walton, cruising alone on a $300 million dollar yacht couldn’t be half the fun as being with my first girlfriend Leslie Swartz on a six-foot homemade dingy with a 1950’s 1.5 horsepower Evinrude. We drifted over lily pads under a bright moon shining over dark waters on Minnesota’s Lake Rose Minnetonka in 1976. A cup of gas was all I needed. You’d think such a waste of human resources could at least please more than one rich idiot.

Next, we’ll be reading about her planet buster bunker in Texas. A round iron ball one mile in diameter, built underground to withstand an earth-destroying asteroid. With the earth crumbling into fragments and all life obliterated, she’ll drift off into space alone with her 20-year food supply, all Great Value.

As she drifts by a moon that’s trying to find earth’s gravitational pull, its orbit goes haywire, and the sun is now its primary attraction. She doesn’t see this directly, no windows, but cameras made in China are her link to space. If Sam only knew what his trip back in the 70s to China over tennis ball manufacturing would bring.

Sterling Arthur Leonard, Pensacola

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