Subject: Parking for the main library
Elaine Cory
Please do not decrease the number of parking spaces at the main library downtown.
I use this library regularly and it is an important part of my life in Boca.
Thanks
Letters From BocaFirst Readers
August 30 2019 – Ian MacDougall
written by BocaFirst Reader
Subject: Golf in Boca
Ian MacDougall
‘Municipal’ golf is a pejorative term for a course that is cheap, not particularly well-maintained and most likely poorly run. A “goat-track” with a rudimentary design – functional but often dull. This description appears to reflect the mayor’s vision for golf in Boca. According to Golf Digest the list below are the twenty best PUBLIC golf courses in America.
1. Pebble Beach
2. Pacific Dunes
3. Whistling Straits
4. The Ocean Course
5. Shadow Creek
6. Pinehurst Resort (Number 2)
7. Bandon Dunes
8. Bethpage State Park (Black)
9. Erin Hills
10. Spyglass Hill
11. TPC Sawgrass
12. Old MacDonald
13. Arcadia Bluffs
14. Bandon Trails
15. Blackwolf Run
16. Pasatiempo
17. The Pete Dye French Lick
18. Sand Valley
19. Streamsong
20. Karsten Creek
August 15 2019 – Michael Meyers
written by BocaFirst Reader
August 22 2019 – Mike Hodde
written by BocaFirst Reader
Subject: Providing Public Golf in Boca Raton
Mike Hodde
What is the intrinsic financial benefit of providing public golf? Golf tends to attract people from higher income brackets that buy more expensive homes, helping the tax base. Keeping these kind of people in Boca Raton happy is something to consider.
Subject: UHC vs BRRH
APHRODITE PETINAKIS
Since my last letter to Boca First, I did finally receive a telephone call from UHC from the Texas office. I was told that the problem lies with BRRH in that they do not want to accept the pay scale that UCH offered, which they emphatically told me was in line with what is paid to ALL THE OTHER HOSPITALS IN OUR AREA. The representative I spoke with checked was is paid to Delray Medical Center, Boca West, Imperial Point, etc. The rep suggested we continue to contact the Administration Office at BRRH. She further stated that they will continue to negotiate as long as BRRH is willing to talk. I don’t know who really is at fault, but I believe they are all playing the blame game!
Subject: Save Community Garden
Nora Prado Greenberg
“I’ve been a community garden member since it first opened years ago. I’ve seen this arid piece of land turn into a fruitful garden, and have found the feeling of growing your own food to be both exhilarating and rewarding.
We donate 100s of pounds of food to the Boca Helping Hands kitchen. Mizner Park’s Kapow grows fresh herbs and vegetables for their restaurant. We have plots for people with mobility issues, as well as a wildflower/native plants walk, a gazebo and pagoda, swings and benches, and a composting center. We host several events through the year, including composting classes, monthly pot lucks and programs for schoolkids. This is our way to connect and unify as a community.
The mayor and city council members have this crazy idea that they are doing something positive by giving city land to a private enterprise.
I’d like to remind city officials that this land is first and foremost owned by the us, the taxpayers, and we should come first. If Brightline/Virgins want a train station in Boca, let them find another location. I’m sure they will.
In closing, I say leave our garden alone. It belongs to the people and should not be for sale, let alone given away.
I hear Joni Mitchell singing: “You pave paradise and put up a parking lot…”
Thank you”
Subject: UHC/BRRH
Aphrodite Peter Petinakis
“Regarding UHC and BRRH, I had written an email to Lincoln Mendez at Baptist Health to express the unacceptable lack of a successful agreement between the two parties. I just wanted to let you know that I did not receive the courtesy of any reply!”
(Boca Resident for 30 years)
July 18 2019 – Ian MacDougall
written by BocaFirst Reader
July 18 2019 – Gene Gordon
written by BocaFirst Reader
July 5 2019 – Steve Haar
written by BocaFirst Reader
“For your information: United Health Care told me that Delray Medical Center was not in network either. Their online info is not updated. I think the real culprit in this story is UHC. A physician I know told me they terminated the contracts of 30,000 doctors around the country.”
Steve Haar