Better read

It's been my experience that the best way to get to know a community is to read the letters to the editor.

Given that, there are a lot of concerned folks in Southwest Florida. And that concerns me. Because there's not a lot really to be concerned about in Southwest Florida.

Fr'instance,

If your biggest concern is you don't like the look of men (and women?) who shave their head, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is the peeling paint on a few stoplight poles, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is loud bar music in downtown after 10:30 p.m. (and before midnight) on a weekend, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is a few cigarette butts in the sand on the beach, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is that the new white paint on the street outside your $12 million home is too garish and is hurting the serene nature of your neighborhood, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is landscaping in the medians around Southwest Florida, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If your biggest concern is how low teenagers are wearing their jeans and how much underwear they're showing, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If you're concerned about an increase in traffic around your $2 million condo during season, you have nothing to be concerned about.

If any thing like the above concerns you, I really think you should be concerned --- concerned that you no longer have a life.

That concerns me.

And so it goes.