Sound Off: December 12, 2025
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
Car safety
I watched on local news that we have a high incidence of car crashes. It’s not surprising since we have cancelled vehicle inspections. There are cars with broken lights, turn signals and bald tires.
Statue of Liberty
With Trump’s new policy of auctioning off U.S. citizenship to foreign nationals, the Statue of Liberty might as well update her famous welcome sign to something a bit more honest: “For $1 million each, Give me your tired, your poor — But only the tired and poor with platinum credit limits. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free (air surcharge applies). Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me — I lift my lamp beside the golden door (of the new White House East Wing). Now accepting wire transfers and certified checks. But act now, because supplies are limited. Offer not valid in blue states.”
Cleanup needed
Attention, Mayor Keating: Take a drive down Tegarden Road and the streets adjacent, especially Church Street, Riley Avenue, and Watkins Avenue. It looks like a combat zone. We regularly have cleanup drives, but it doesn’t last long.
Trash everywhere
I was sorry to learn that “One Clean” was dismantled. Seems like there was little support from local leaders. The beach, and major roads are maintained, but the neighborhoods are trashed. H2O started off good, but now I see the trucks passing by piles of debris.
Tariff rollbacks
Dropping tariffs on coffee, bananas, various spices, and other crops not grown in our country amounts to an admission that tariffs cause inflation. To add to the economic craziness, we’re giving farmers $12 billion to compensate them for the reduction of Chinese soybean purchases, which is also a result of the poorly thought-out tariff policies of the Trump administration.
About time
Perhaps if President Biden had done something ... anything ... about the amount of illegal drugs entering our country, we wouldn’t need to blow up boats.
Great job, fans
I’ve read a lot of congratulations for Gulfport’s football team, and they are all warranted. But the fans also did a great job. That was a long drive and Admiral Nation still showed up in force and made itself heard.
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