I’ll watch Rays on TV

Rays confident of closing stadium deal | Sept. 20

Do you know the meaning of the word insanity? That is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. I guess those making the decision for the new Tampa Bay Rays stadium should think about that. I believe that leaving the Rays in St. Petersburg means that the attendance will remain around 10,000 (except for those games with the Yankees and Red Sox, and then the Rays fans will be outnumbered 2-to-1). My wife and I are retired and we only go to day games and those on the weekend. Why? We live east of Interstate 75 and we would normally get home between 11 p.m. and midnight. How many people working can do this (or want to do so)? Sites at the fairgrounds or Ybor City would work better for people from all areas of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. In the meantime, I, like most Rays fans, will just watch them on TV. If they are dropped from TV, I will see if I can find a station that shows the Braves.

Tom Craig, Riverview

Use solar power

Rays confident of closing stadium deal | Sept. 20

It’s great that there seems to be a deal for the new stadium and more housing for low-income residents, but it would be an even better plan if the stadium and other buildings were solar-powered. Think what a great idea that would be.

Kathy Edwards, Tampa

Need a plan

Public school roster lags | Sept. 16

Gee, who could have seen this coming in Hillsborough County? Not long ago, we had students having to learn in crowded trailers until there was a demand to build more schools. The gradual and now rapid push to give public money to charter companies and private schools, plus vouchers to the home-schooled, has reduced enrollment in traditional public schools. There seems to be a problem in maintaining these buildings like air conditioning systems while the state is cutting some funding. There has been announced a five-year facility plan to build more schools. Maybe a lower tax rate this year, but what is next? Really now, can there be an actual plan?

Rebecca McGoye, Tampa

Who’s ‘they’?

Lifesaving advice | Letter, Sept. 16

“Don’t just base your decision on what they recommend,” says a letter writer. Good advice. Keep in mind that “they” also applies to the so-called experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not just the “so-called surgeon general” of Florida.

John S.V. Weiss, Spring Hill