is chairman of<\/a> the Fort Lauderdale Historic Preservation Board.<\/p>\nEditor\u2019s Note: Manhattan Tower at 701 Bayshore Drive would be replaced with a 13-story, 54-unit condominium building with 114 parking spaces. The building would be 144 feet tall, 20 feet higher than permitted by right, and is subject to city commission approval.<\/p>\n
\u2018I thought it was a joke\u2019<\/p>\n
When I first read the news about the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey for his seashell message \u201cthreat\u201d against the president, I thought it was a joke. Of all of the absurd litigation prompted by the paranoid man in charge, this has to be the most ridiculous.<\/p>\n
Kash Patel said the DOJ spent a year building this case. That\u2019s hundreds if not thousands of hours that could have been used to do the real job of DOJ \u2014 to prosecute fraud, drug trafficking, white collar and organized crime, rapists, pedophiles, environmental polluters, etc.<\/p>\n
As a retired high-level government official, I was very familiar with cases brought to the DOJ for prosecution. I could say without a shadow of a doubt, they would normally never touch a case as frivolous as this. If and when there\u2019s another election in this country, and DOJ reverts to its real function, they will not be able to breed enough lawyers to prosecute all of the crimes of this administration.<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0Alan L. Greenberg, Delray Beach<\/p>\n
By the numbers<\/p>\n
James Comey arranged seashells to spell \u201c8647\u201d and posted a picture of it on social media.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s Department of Justice perceived this as a threat on Trump\u2019s life, and indicted him. All I have to say about the DOJ\u2019s perceptions is this: \u201c6-7!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0Jack Pelzer, Plantation<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Note: \u201cSix-seven\u201d is youth Internet slang that dictionary.com says is mostly nonsensical.<\/p>\n
David Allan Coe, 1939-2026<\/p>\n
Rest in peace, David Allan Coe.<\/p>\n
Saying he was controversial is a big understatement, but he was still one of the best songwriters in the history of country music (\u201cThe Ride,\u201d \u201cYou Never Even Called Me By My Name,\u201d etc.)<\/p>\n
Condolences to his family.<\/p>\n
\u2014\u00a0Paul Bacon, Hallandale Beach<\/p>\n
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