LETTERS TO EDITOR
The most effective way to change or inspire thinking is to speak directly to your friends, neighbors, business associates, and others who you meet in daily life. One of the ways to reach these individuals is through your local publications. We encourage you to express your feelings by using the age-old practice of writing Letters to Editors, and this page will hopefully make this task easier. If one of your letters is published, please drop us a link or a note in the message panel at the bottom of this page, so we can add it to this important collection.
Sun Sentinel January 28, 2026 – Michael Varga
Renee Good didn’t expect to die. Alex Pretti didn’t either. None of us knows when it may be our moment to dace an early death at the hands of poorly trained and immorally led ICE agents.
Marion Citizen October 24, 2025 – Dan Lack
Government Overreaching October 24, 2025 – Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack. The Republican party used to stand for limited government, allowing local communities to function with few directives. Ronald Reagan used to say that the scariest words in the English...
Marion Citizen August 1, 2025 – Dan Lack
Camp Denial August 1, 2025 – Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack. After the allies defeated the Nazis in World War II, German civilians denied any knowledge of the holocaust that was perpetrated in the concentration camps located in their towns. General Eisenhower...
Marion Citizen June 27, 2025 – Dan Lack
Misuse of the Military June 27, 2025 – Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack. The U.S. Army, originating as the Continental army to fight a tyrant king, celebrated its 250th anniversary, which ironically coincided with the 79th birthday of a draft-dodging president who...
Marion Citizen June 13, 2025 – Dan Lack
Unhealthy June 13, 2025 - Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack. Drug companies required about one year to bring a vaccine to market after COVID first appeared. Most of the 350,000 Americans who died during that time would have survived if the vaccine had been available...
Marion Citizen May 30, 2025 – Dan Lack
Serving the Highest Bidder May 30, 2025 - Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack After all of the corruption in Trump’s first term, it’s not surprising that he’s getting better at it. He started off term number two by getting rid of the officials who look for corruption,...
Marion Citizen May 24, 2025 – Phillip Torme
Not just one man May 24, 2025 - Opinion by Hernando resident Phillip Torme Between 1933 and 1945, over 6 million Jews were exterminated by the Nazis right under the noses of many German citizens. Of course many others died because of WWII including our own – clearly...
Marion Citizen May 16, 2025 – Dan Lack
Due Process May 16, 2025 - Opinion by DEC Vice Chair Dan Lack Three American citizens, who were 2, 4 and 7 years old, were abruptly deported in April shortly after their mothers appeared for routine check-ins at ICE offices. The 4-year-old was in the middle of therapy...
Marion Citizen May 9, 2025 – Johnny Betters
Trump Insulted Catholics May 9, 2025 - Opinion by Citrus Springs resident Johnny Betters Trump’s AI image as the Pope who just passed is insulting to Catholics and Christianity itself. He says Christmas will be tight on Americans and their kids will get only two dolls...
Marion Citizen May 7, 2025 – Carl Benter
Pain is needed May 7, 2025 - Opinion by Citrus Springs resident Carl Benter Pain is needed. Real pain in the wallet, way of life and unaffordable health expenses, and a shot of conscious morality is the only thing that pries these Republican voters away from the...