Please find below news letters regarding past and recent issues that our County has faced. We will continue to update this page, so please check back later to see new letters.

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Naples Daily News Letters to the Editor:

• I’m tired of reading the negative ads and statements filled with misleading information and half-truths about their opponents. (8-20-2010)
  
  
• The endorsements for Collier County Commission seats are in, and we now know what the major issue is: (8-20-2010)
  
  
• The letters for Gina Downs seem to omit that she collected thousands of dollars from Hideaway Beach and that her mentor Frank Halas, along with Fred Coyle, then voted to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for sand for its “private’’ beach. Not a bad investment for Hideaway Beach. (8-19-2010)
  
  
• Edward Morton’s letter tries to put a positive spin on an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine. (8-19-2010)
  
  
• Perhaps more important, I’ve asked the type of questions a small business owner wants answered. Georgia Hiller looks you in the eye and gives you a straight reply.(8-18-2010)
  
  
• I have been watching the political mudslinging with the usual disgust, but for once I actually know the truth and am not one of the masses wondering what exactly are the facts.(8-12-2010)
  
  
• Sometimes when politicians have been re-elected so many times, they become complacent; their heads begin to swell. (8-11-2010)
  
  
• Early voting in the Collier County Commission District 2 Republican primary is upon us. Let’s view the candidates.(8-10-2010)
  
  
• Raise taxes (by any name), increase spending, make backroom deals with special interests, ask the state and federal governments for money.(8-10-2010)
  
  
• As just about everyone knows, there will be a primary election on Aug. 24, with early voting beginning Monday and running through Aug. 21.(8-07-2010)
  
  
• As a conservative, I have supported Georgia Hiller in her campaign for Collier County Commission, District 2 (8-04-2010)
  
  
• Thank you for allowing me to use the editorial page of your fine newspaper to urge the voters in District 2 of Collier County to vote for Georgia Hiller for county commissioner. (8-04-2010)
  
  
• We are on the right track of removing corruption and government waste from the Collier County Commission. (8-02-2010)
  
  
• Given my increased interest in politics, based on the lack of experience in Washington these days, I was motivated to look closely at our local candidates for Collier County Commission, District 2.(8-02-2010)
  
  
• We totally support Georgia Hiller for the Collier County Commission. (8-02-2010)
  
  
• On Aug. 24 the voters of Collier County District 2 will have the opportunity to select Georgia Hiller as the Republican candidate. (7-31-2010)


• I recommend we elect to the Collier County Commission a person who is able to critically analyze an issue. (7-31-2010)
  
  
• I had the pleasure of attending one of the early debates between the three candidates for Collier County Commission, District 2. (7-30-2010)
  
  
• It is with great pleasure and admiration that I endorse Georgia Hiller for the office of Collier County commissioner, District 2. (7-28-2010)
  
  
• For Republicans in District 2, there are three choices for the Collier County Commission on Aug. 24. (7-28-2010)
  
  
• On June 29 I attended the Collier County Commission candidate debate. (July 5, 2010)
  
  
• Re: “One On One with Jeff Lytle” TV show and online video shows Lytle interviewing Collier County Commissioner Fred Coyle on Jackson Laboratory coming here. (July 3, 2010)
  
  
• I have had the occasion to meet with Georgia Hiller and question her on some matters that, unfortunately, are high on my list of problems and priorities. (6-26-2010)
  
  
• A letter published July 9 noted that the Orange Blossom / Pine Ridge Community Alliance had endorsed Georgia Hiller (7-21-2010)


• It’s bumper sticker time again! This year has been a little tough. Too many candidates to support — not enough bumper space.(7-17-2010)


• Why has Commissioner Fred Coyle set his sights on Arthrexand attack the largest private employer in Collier County with 1,000 permanently employed. (7-16-2010)


• Re: Duane Billington’s June 28 letter — “Jackson Laboratory has spawned strange behavior by Collier County commissioners.” All his observations were right on target. (7-12-2010)


• Ready, set, vote Communication should go both ways. (5-27-2010)
  
  
• Bright Idea Your Money: While citizens are entitled to their constitutional right to privacy, local government should have no such right. (3-19-2010)
  
  
• Last Tuesday the Collier County commissioners approved a request to fund modeling of Clam Bay and Clam Pass. No clear explanation was given to justify the cost or explain the purpose this modeling will serve. (12/22/09)
  

• Now the party is over — really over. Property values have fallen dramatically and revenues have fallen with them. The county commissioners could adopt a budget in line with their income, just like we all have to do in our private lives. But no, they want to let the good times roll and raise our taxes. (11/10/09)
  

• Drained of Confidence: Any drainage system that is on public ground becomes Collier County’s maintenance responsibility. (08/14/09)
  

• Slashing the clerk of court’s budget by almost 50 percent, while increasing the millage to keep Collier County’s operations budget almost the same as last year, screams of oppression. (08/04/09)