MY LETTER IN TODAY'S PAPER

The Miami Herald printed my letter to the editor today,

   

                          ANOTHER SARNOFF?

Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff’s Oct. 29 letter, "Leaving city of Miami dais proudly", rambles on about the great things he’s done for the city and complains about his critics.

 

In truth, Sarnoff has done some positive things but many disagreeable ones as well.

 

The gap between his thoughts and the public has grown wide.

 

While I first supported him I soon found him to be remote, self-righteous, and unwilling to share his intentions with the citizenry.

 

We need someone to replace Sarnoff who will be open and straight with us.

 

The Grove needs additional parking, yet the Mary Street parking garage was recently sold to a developer.

 

He didn’t like our much-loved symbol of the old Grove, Scotty’s Landing Restaurant, so he handed it over to a developer friend.

 

City garages, parks and property are being given out to big-money interests like there’s a garage sale going on.

 

Sarnoff is term-limited and his current project is to get his wife, Teresa, elected to replace him.

 

In campaigning for her he tells us she is the most qualified candidate, but does he really believe this?

 

I would love to hear him say, I love this job and hate to leave it.

 

Your vote for my wife will allow me to extend my term another four years.

 

Glenn Terry, Coconut Grove
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The letter above was the edited version of my original letter (below)

Dear Editor,
     Miami City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff writes like a robot with a few wires missing. In his October 29 Miami

Herald letter he rambles on about the great things he's done for the city, complains about his critics and ends with Francis Bacon's cryptic line, "Truth will be the daughter of time".

      In truth, Mr. Sarnoff has done some good things for Miami but many disagreeable ones as well.  The gap between his thoughts and the public has grown wide.  While I first supported him years ago I soon found him to be remote, self-righteous, and unwilling to share his intentions with the citizenry.

    We need someone to replace Sarnoff that will be open and straight with the people he represents. We are tired of being deceived.

    The Grove needs additional parking yet the Mary Street parking garage was recently sold to a developer. The voters had no idea he was having a "garage sale". We still can't figure it out.

     Sarnoff didn't like our much-loved symbol of the old Grove, Scotty's Landing restaurant, so he handed it over to developer friends. City parks and property are being given out to big-money interests like there's a garage sale going on at City Hall.

      Commissioner Sarnoff showed up at a public meeting last month to discuss commuters speeding dangerously through the South Grove. He chose to lecture us on how we -the people attending the meeting- were causing the problem because "we talk on cell phones while driving".  He added incongruously, "I'm guilty too. I texted while driving here tonight".  Sarnoff can be so out-of-touch with his constituents.

      Mr. Sarnoff is term-limited, forced to give up his office. His current project is to get his wife, Teresa Sarnoff, elected to replace him. In campaigning for her he tells us she is most qualified candidate to lead District Two but does he really believe this?  I would love to hear him say, "I love this job and hate to leave it. Your vote for  my wife will allow me to extend my term another four years." 

     Sadly, he is unable to say anything like that.  If truth is the daughter of time, its son is deception.
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