The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 19, 1953, Page 5

‘sheriff my uncle was in 2 crowd of fellows who Sarelne talking about Corsher 19, 1983 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - Page 5! Citizen: ‘A ecupie of months after John Spottswood became) .o4 » he'll own the courthouse by the time his term ‘There are eight adults in my family, living in three ¢ houses, atx of us taxpayers, and we object to the county io aro city commissioners giving handouts in taxpayers’ , ona Gimme-Gimme or anybody else. Cee Gimme; we are against handouts of tax-| for whet it was paid—maintenance and operational of our county and city. ‘Tread a story in The Citizen a week or so ago about Gimme’s asking for $4,100 for a radio substation, i hing like that. I don’t know if he got that money it 1 do know the county commissioners gave him $1,800 May night to be paid to him annually in taxpayers’ : ‘The money was given him for his radio station to fe us weather reports “‘as 2 public service.” Every other y station in the land gives weather reports itself as a blic service. The ray one paid with taxpayers’ money is Gimme-Gimme’s station. is a private enterprise just the same as business place in Key West is a private enter- 6. The station keeps its profits just the same as every enterprise keeps its profits. you feel, Mr. and Mrs. Taxpayer, when you be station's weather report at 6:30 in the evening, ‘by you, and you had already read the report in the local paper? That would be a lefthanded you fot paying for it. el Mean every member of our family— d like to seé Gimme-Gimme’s station earn 100 es much as it does, and we would be pleased to see péteonally pile up a million dollars, but not one cent in taxpayers’ money for something all other radio are glad to do freely. We are not against him; him succeed, as we want to see everybody but we oppose chipping-in taxpayers’ mon- or anybody else to succeed. six taxpayers want to keep this straight. If a Man wants to sponsor a weather report, that’s his business and nobody else's business. If the ty ¢ommissibners want to use their own money to t spree reports, that’s okay tod. But it’s wrong to use taxpayers’ money to pay for publishing ting weather reports. apotoent is in line for an $8,500.00 salary as You'd think he'd be satisfied to get that much money. But besides the $8,500.00, he $1,800 of their money for weather reports, and : k tre 1.00 from the city in taxpayers money for some oth- ; service ” that we are not sure about. These total $11,500.00 in taxpayers’ money. ‘We suggest that the county commissioners, instead is him the courthouse, give him a diamond-studded @o that he can sit in it and look pretty, and all of who don't have to work for our money— M{piek It off trees, ean bow down to him and ask, 5% Fs 4 Majesty, is there anything else we can do for you? is, just say the word, and we'll see to it that our eéunty commissioners hand it out to you.” SIX TAXPAYERS vi Fish Yields Wallet ‘a black leather wallet in the stom- ach ‘of a codfish caught off Cape Cod. It contained a California Se a ny ee tification card. COMPLETE SERVICE ON DUPLICATION OF LENSES 33 Yeers Experience and Service In This Community We Use BAUSCH AND LOMB PRODUCTS EXCLUSIVELY Sawer Peesten Om ag As Ke Phoortison or Broken Lenses OPFICR HOURS: 9 To 12 M., 2 TOS P.M. Address: 619 Duval Street PROM SEACHCOMBER, ONE FLIGHT UP Telephone 2-7821 him and one of them said jokingly, “If the|issue of Trieste. commissioners give Gimme-Gimme Johnnie all he|,,DuFN€ these intensive meetings Dulles and Bideult on bow the BIG THREE ISSUES INVITATION TO RUSSi ie hee ot invited Russia tion of i : i | By ® it Efe imesting onthe Balkan powder keg report that Britain's Prime Minis Churchill the top Western diplomats also dis-| American and French governments cussed Korea, the possibility of ajwould feel if he should seek a later meeting of the Western chiefs! meeting alone with Soviet Premier ‘of state with Soviet Premier Mal- Malenkov. egg ips Middle East, At the end of the meetings, Dul- mphasis on Ate ae eee oe latest isracli-Jordan border flare-| United and Bidault flew ‘f t as Seqgear by the American, itish and French envoys in Mos- foreign ae Peace conference ‘portion aimed) at ending = proposing a Big Four the present deadlock jover its makeup, i iy Ee g H 2 E T=] ‘The i [ i i if 3 § HY g E g H gE a8! & i Ray ii Te iW i Pile FE i : ; i KNOW 4 a4. 3 I TERMITES NO SEASON antes Bootleggers | PORTALES, N. 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