Letters to the Editor
Boating safety helps prevent search and rescue

Thanks for the recent great article on boating safety. We are so glad that you took the time to discuss this important topic with the public. We consider boating safety messages as a form of preventative search and rescue that make the area residents safer and save the tax payers money. The more searches we can prevent, the better. We sincerely thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Amanda Armstrong

FSO-PA USCGAUX

Flotilla 17; Pensacola

Sidewalk is appreciated

Please notice that a sidewalk has been constructed from the street to the entrance gate to the High School Softball Field. This previously was a sand bed making walking difficult and rolling a wheel chair impossible. Once City Manager, Mr. Buzz Eddy, discovered the problem, he proceeded to have the sidewalk installed. This is an example why Gulf Breeze continues to be a great place to live and a standard to surrounding cities. Mr. Eddy, along with the backing of Mayor Gilchrist and the City Council continue to serve our City in the best manner possible. Ensure that you thank them for their efforts.

Wade Curington

Gulf Breeze

Foreign alliances destroy our independence

Amid guarantees that the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would stimulate commerce, spur job creation, curtail illegal immigration, and have no impact on U.S. independence, Congress approved it in November 1993.

NAFTA has been a disaster for many Americans. But most important, rulings from NAFTA's judicial panels have superseded state and federal court decisions, thereby overriding U.S. and state constitutions, and our independence. The Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) was launched in March 2005 by President Bush, Mexico's President Fox, and Canada's Prime Minster Martin. Despite its pleasant sounding name, its purpose is to erase our Canadian and Mexican borders. Go to www.thenewamerican.com for details.

In September 2006, highprofile representatives from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico met in Banff, Canada for a closeddoor meeting of the North American Forum. Mel Hurtig, a Canadian who attended said, "were talking about the integration of Canada [and Mexico] into the United States." For them to hold this meeting in secret and to make every effort to avoid [others] learning about it, right away, you've got to be hugely concerned.

Another step toward creation of a North American Union (NAU) is the construction of a NAFTA Superhighway. A 10-lane road for cars and trucks, with more lanes for oil, gas, and railroad lines are planned. Designed to link the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, it will require confiscating millions of acres of privately owned property by eminent domain.

If the Superhighway proceeds, and NAFTA, SPP, and NAU are in place, American law will be null and void, replaced by an incomprehensible mess of so-called trade law. NAFTA is the foundation for this mess.

Tell congress to repeal NAFTA now!

Alex Randis

Northridge, CA

Lost pet returned

Many thinks to your "release" (Lucky is lost, Gulf Breeze News, March 15, 2007). "Lucky" is now back home. He was returned by a kind couple of your loyal Gulf Breeze News readers. With gratitude,

Bill and Dorothy Semaine

and family Gulf Breeze