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Name: Capt,Joe Webb
Date: 2013-03-22 10:22:31
Subject: Beach birds considered for threatened status.
Comments: They will make any excuse for cutting down our Australian Pines.Remember what they did at Kingfish Ramp.That mother Blue Heron stood around there for days wondering what happened to her young !Please preserve what little bit is left.


Name: Skip Hannon
Date: 2013-03-16 12:22:36
Subject: Sue Maddox,
Comments: It was my pleasure to know Sue for about 10 years. I wish it had been longer.We would all be better off if there were more people like her.


Name: The Crone
Date: 2013-03-16 06:27:59
Subject: Journalists Should Investigate Fraud
Comments: Go see the Tour of Homes. Note 533 69th St, and learn how colluding brokers, contractors, & homeowners cheat honest residents by filing fraudulent documents with county & municipal officials who are willing to ignore obvious inconsistencies. Our fine Island newspapers should be investigating these frauds. Start now by visiting 533 69th St this weekend and comparing to the county appraiser's and recorder of deeds records. Thank you.


Name: arrymak
Date: 2013-03-11 04:38:41
Subject: police concern---
Comments: ello---with respect-what are the latest finding in regards to missing anna maria hotel owner mrs irene obrian--former social worker from surrey uk-i knew all about her PLAN but that is for the police files--6MILLION?


Name: Gary McMullen
Date: 2013-03-06 06:41:46
Subject: Anna Maria Commissioners
Comments: What Chiles wants Chiles gets. Shame on the commissioners that approved his easement move despite the majority of your constituents objections.


Name: Gary McMullen
Date: 2013-03-06 06:24:34
Subject: Mainsail
Comments: Commissioners-walk your talk and void the special exception on Mainsail. You were elected to stop the proliferation of big box party houses and now you are considering a motel? Do what is right for your community and it's residents. Make it a park that all can enjoy and stop the congestion.


Name: dale.schmitdz
Date: 2013-02-23 07:43:19
Subject: Too much growth and too many cars
Comments: Limiting three cars to a three bedroom home and controlling the expansion of these hotels are great starts. Limiting the amount of pools is a good start. We already tried the noise issue and we didn't get anywhere with it. Apparently that attorney from St. Augustine doesn't mind all the noise. Lets try controlling growth another way. Lets make everyone buy a decal to park in our city. Visitors can buy one right along with the locals. A decal to park on any city right-of- way like they do it up north and in Reddington Beach and Bellair Beach. No decal the police tow you away.

Also let people put big eight foot stone fences with holes in the bottom as aucoustic barriers for all these pools arouund all the hotels sprouting up. Also Gagg is right its all about money. If one of these hotels brings in a half million a year it is going to be pretty hard to control them.


Name: dale.schmitdz
Date: 2013-02-23 07:27:32
Subject: Limits on cars
Comments: We tried the noise thing. It apparently didn't work. That Rumrunner attorney is saying we are attacking rentals. Now we can work on this was a great idea. Limit cars and trucks. You have a three bedroom home. The cars or trucks only. All the others get towed away unless its a party or somehting like that or the cars are behind a fence or something. Bravo commissioners


Name: gagg
Date: 2013-02-22 10:45:42
Subject: re roelof threat
Comments: nuts simply nuts


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-21 15:53:40
Subject: No More Opinions
Comments: gagg-Just shut your mouth and let
this all (STOP).Don't try to instigate
anymore trouble.My opinions will stop
if you will just let things go.If you
choose not to you haven't seen anything
yet.


Name: gagg
Date: 2013-02-21 14:00:05
Subject: sandy DeCubellis
Comments: Locals Unite!!!!!!! Stop laying down to our local government and the Money Mongers who invade from the North and ABROAD. True island conservationists and historians are always welcome to put down roots


Name: gagg
Date: 2013-02-21 13:56:29
Subject: Re roeloff
Comments: So I understand they are building Detriot back up, so why not intertwine yourself with your own community......

In other words Roelof please ROLL OFF!!!!! to siesta key


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-21 05:48:40
Subject: Be Honest
Comments: Thank you for being honest.


Name: Sandy DeCubellis
Date: 2013-02-20 16:43:24
Subject: John Roelof
Comments: Ok...your not wanted here! Too much noise, traffice, garbage, etc!!!!! Does that make you feel any better??? Maybe YOU will stop rambling on and on making no sense. I called your bluff so maybe you can stop commenting on everything!! I know, you will say it is a freedom of speech, blah, blah, blah! But don't you think people can see through you??? If you represent half the people on the island visiting I bet they would be ashamed to be associated with you- you seriously are not right upstairs!


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-20 15:13:15
Subject: BJ-gagg-Decubellis-Bard comments
Comments: First of all I enjoy reading the Sun
Paper.The simple reason I respond to
your comments is you p**S me off with
your negativity towards tourist.Do
you think outsiders can't see through
your agenda.You try to be suttle and
walk a quit walk,but you trip all over
your shoe strings.If just one of you
had the gutts to really say what your
trying to dance around I would quit
making comments.Here I will help you
we=WE do not=DO NOT= like you= LIKE YOU
we=WE do not=Do NOT= want=WANT your=YOUR
tourist=TOURIST business=BUSINESS stay=
away STAY=AWAY from=FROM our=OUR island=
ISLAND.Now doesn't that get the message
across simple enough.Thats much easier
than (those darn tourists)they drive to
slow,or to fast,or they don't yeild,
or they make noise,or they make lots of
garbage,or they park funny,or they brought one to many uncles,(GET THE PICTURE).Get your bashfull mouths open
and tell all tourist like it is,(YOUR
NOT WANTED HERE STAY AWAY)






Name: Sandy DeCubellis
Date: 2013-02-20 12:00:14
Subject: John Roelof
Comments: This crazy guy has written in this paper for years- he just loves to comment back on these posts, he lives in Michigan by the way...he has a facebook page I finally found of him. I guess he just doesn't have anything else to do!!! And for the islanders that are pushing to keep the island from becoming a hotel, I say stand strong!!!! The people that don't live here full time just don't understand what it is like, they are only on a vacation or rent to others and don't see the other story just the money to keep their investment happy!!!


Name: gagg
Date: 2013-02-20 08:13:10
Subject: Re roeloff
Comments: He lives in Ohio and visits here occasionally so he says. I had a few "comment" run ins with him, not worth the stroke of the keys. and then thought, He must be working for PAR and Van Trashers.
He is not worth the stroke of your keyboard. Ignore ignore ignore his ignorance


Name: BJ
Date: 2013-02-20 07:51:50
Subject: john roelof posts
Comments: why does this guy John Roelof have to insult every one who makes a comment here.


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-20 06:32:11
Subject: ZANY ZEALOT
Comments: H Bard you are a legend in your own mind
and are very delusional.It seems to me
that most people that read your goofy
comments get a big laugh out of them.
You (SIR) have fallen off the cliff
you have lost all sence of reality.
Do you think I really care about what
you say?(WELL I DO)because it hummors me
and makes my day to read your responses.
Your comments are better than anything
I can watch on TV.You just make yourself
out to be a silly baboon for the papers
enterainment section.You don't know how much money I have saved over the years,
and I not going to tell you either.I
just use posts like yours as amusement.
(KEEP THEM COMING)To tourist don't pay
any attention to the town fools.Anna
Maria Island is a friendly and beautiful
place to visit.



Name: H Bard
Date: 2013-02-20 05:17:02
Subject: Residents Unite
Comments: If any of you vacationers wonder why residents are having such a low opinion of you have a look at the childish posts below from John Roelof calling us "bone heads & bullies" and he has the gall to call us "shameful" (who appointed him Ambassador of Anna Maria anyway?), or Frank Watts from the UK calling us "angry idiots", that should clear up that issue. They do not live here and are upset and jealous of us because we had the foresight to make a plan and work hard to earn the money it took us to buy our properties. They try to put their poor planning on us, all they have to do is to get their own plan and put their noses to the grindstone, work hard earn the money and they can do the same thing. They tell us how "Lucky" we are. Luck had nothing to do with it, I reiterate it was hard work and careful planning not luck. They also think that we bought in the wrong place. To them I say you have a lot of nerve. I guess you think that we mistakenly bought in what used to be a quaint laid back beach community while secretly wanting to live in Orlando or Daytona.

Posting to them is useless, they are not our Mayor or Commissioners and in that regard they can do nothing for us, so it is best to ignore them. It is in our best interest that as many of us full time residents to make it to all of the commission meetings and have a strong showing every time. We need to be there to show them that we are paying attention to what they are doing to us. They have the power to make the changes that we need to make. I know that we all cannot make it all the time as life happens, but as long as we get a strong showing at the meetings it will keep the Commission on it's toes. So here we go Anna Maria lets put up the good fight to keep what little of what we bought into years ago of our community is still here. I personally plan on fighting tooth and nail to keep our quality of life while we still have it. The time is now to get off our lazy boys and couches and get involved in what they are doing to our city. I hope to see many of you residents there at the meetings so we can pool our thoughts and our power and bring it to Commission.



Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-19 08:52:33
Subject: Money Well Worth Spent
Comments: Hire an extra Officer with a quad
to patrol the beach during daylight hours,to enforce your laws.Law breakers
should get stiff fines or hauled off
to jail,depending how severe the violation is.It would be to the Islanders advantage to pony up and protect your wonderful beaches.



Name: dale.schmitdz
Date: 2013-02-19 05:37:12
Subject: free loaders
Comments: Tourism is up because free loading resort owners are registering their motels and paying resort taxes. They are only doing that because they were caught. Next year when they stop their registrations and tax payments tourism will go down. I don't mind "tourists" who come here respect our rules and pay their way. Most of the money collected for taxes comes from property taxes not from tourists. Many of the day trippers come to Bay Front Park bring their own grills, their dogs, loud music boxes, hot dogs and hamburgers. They bought their "stuff" in Lake, Hillsborugh, or Polk County and paid the sales tax in those counties. They don't spend a dime in our city. They use our bushes as toilets and our outside showers for bathrooms. They trespass on our docks and sea walls, speed, and use our beaches as a dog park. RESPECT OUR RULES. Maybe that commissioner that wanted a fence and gate put up was right.


Name: Marsha Bard
Date: 2013-02-19 04:24:11
Subject: AMI Resident/Bicycles
Comments: We have invested in bicycle lanes in order to 'share the road' with the cyclists, however we should expect them to participate in the rules of the road we share. I've not yet seen a cyclist stop at a stop sign - I've not seen them stop for a pedestrian in cross walk and worse yet, I've seen them cut out into traffic to get around that pedestrian. These observations were even more extreme for those wearing cycling uniforms and helmets (more of your professional biker who should be more aware). What are the 'rules of the road' for cyclists?
Also, people in the rented golf carts and cars seem to have a problem following our rules also - such as a simple stop sign. I followed a car down Spring a few months ago that blew off every single stop sign. When he pulled into a parking place I felt it necessary to confront him. His response was that he was from Germany and he did "slow down" to see if any other cars were coming. I guess this is acceptable in Germany.
I do have to say that we encountered a golf cart on Holmes Blvd the other day who noticed our car behind him and pulled over to let us pass as he wasn't going the speed limit.. THANK YOU!! whoever you are - you are a very special and welcomed traveler!


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-18 09:16:07
Subject: Answer to James Turner
Comments: Mr Turner I would highly recommend
you visit Anna Maria Island.The beaches
are beautiful,the fishing is good,the
restaurants are great,and 95% of the
Islanders are wounderful.If you visit
the Island you will want to go there every year on vacation.There is just 5%
of the people that are bone heads.
ENJOY YOUR VACATION !!


Name: John Roelof
Date: 2013-02-16 19:09:22
Subject: ( I OWN A MANSION AND A YACHT)
Comments: Dislike tourist,drive to slow,drive to
fast, tourist do not yield to people
crossing the road,dislike commissioners,
dislike police until needed,dislike
neighbors,dislike leaf blowers,dislike
people cutting there own tree in there
own yeard,dislike every builder,dislike
lease managers,dislike garbage,dislike
traffic,dislike noise from children at there pool in the middle of the day,
dislike the way the dog park is being
used.What a bunch of "happy people",
Its my island,its my street, its my home,my neighbors home is my home,the
city is my city and I am the boss.What
I say goes no matter who I hurt.What
a black eye a certin few can cast upon
an island of very wonderful people.
You Islanders that print these views in the Sun Paper are just shameful.Remember
you take vacations also,and you expect
the welcome wagon out when you arrive.
The island bullies are real short
sighted when the shoe is on the other
foot.






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