Sound Off: May 31, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Coin conundrum

It costs 3.69 cents to make a penny. So it seems to be a no-brainer to stop making them, which the U.S. Mint will do next year. I figure that at some point, stores will rounding prices off to 5 cents. When that happens, more nickels dimes and quarters will likely be needed. I will let those versed in probability to calculate how many of each will be needed. If too many nickels are needed it may not be worth getting rid of the penny unless we get rid of the nickel, as well. Why do I say that? Because it costs 13.78 cents to mint a nickel. That makes a penny to look like a bargain. there no problem with the dimes and quarters because they cost 5.76 cents and 14.68 cents respectively to mint.

Gulfport Connect

What happened to the Gulfport Connect app where requests for city services are done? My app disappeared and attempts to Download have been unsuccessful.

Judicial overreach

The liberal judicial branch of the U.S. government is setting policy for the executive branch of government. We the people voted for change in foreign trade. Same with immigration.

DOGE the post office?

The USPS is not funded by the U.S. taxpayer. Only Congress could change/do away with the post office. It is a “stand alone” quasi-government entity. It is provided for in the Constitution. Read Article Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: “the US Constitution ... grants Congress the power to “establish Post Offices and Post Roads.” As far as your “so-called” junk mail complaint: Business pay for the post offices to deliver their “advertisements,” the same as the spurious ads you see while doing a “google search.” You can go to the post office and fill out a form to stop the delivery of Bulk Business Mail if you desire to do so.

Nuclear threat?

Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned that President Trump’s “deal” Iran might cause a nuclear war. We already had a treaty with Iran, but Trump ended it. Now he’s making his own deal. It probably involves a golf course.

TACOs

After reading about TACO trades, all of President Trump’s flip-flopping on tariffs is making me hungry. And making the folks on Wall Street rich, apparently.

C’mon, Congress

The people have spoken. Elon Musk and his DOGE team have done their work. And now Congress is sitting on its hands. How many more folks to we need to vote out to get something done?

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