LETTERS

Amphitheater upgrade praised

To the editor:

I would like to thank the Saint Johns County Commission for something difficult to describe: a sense of place. As I have watched the new amphitheater go up, I have been impressed by its architecture and aware of its great potential as a theater. But over the past several weeks, prompted by events like EPIC’s Taste of Saint Augustine, those responses deepened. I started to really love the newly renovated amphitheater. I think the difference is because the County Commission so wisely decided to re-establish the amphitheater as a local resource, not merely as a piece of real estate. Over recent years, so many decisions at the county level have had the feel of strategic manipulations of a chess board. But the decision to keep the amphitheater under county management feels like a different kind of move. It is like they have pulled up chairs for me and my family at a table, and I am home. As a long time resident, former EPIC board member, and devotee of the arts in Saint Johns County, I am grateful.

Jason Mauro
Saint Augustine

Robo call or real town hall?

Hi. I am wondering if you have any information on a call I got last weekend from the Romney campaign. It was supposed to be a live Town Hall meeting over the phone. It lasted quite a while, and I listened to the entire presentation. I waited because, of course, I wanted to ask a question. When you get the call, it is presented as an opportunity to ask your own question live. I am wondering if this was a robo call, and the whole live part was faked. If it was, this fellow has a snow balls chance of a vote from me. At the end they recorded my question, which is where my skeptic’s hat comes in. I bet all the questions were recorded, and it was canned. If you hear one way or the other about this one, I’d love to know.

Donna Braasch
Fruit Cove

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