Patrick E. McCarthy

This is a letter to the editor that my friend Bruce wrote.

I agree with him. we need some sanity. Illegal is illegal.

My wife is Chinese. It has taken me 13 months to bring her to the United States legally. We are now in the process of “adjustment of status” and are applying for a green card. This has cost me approximately $1,000 and the filing of many forms, with more pages of supporting documents than anyone could imagine.

We are now two years down the road and my wife still does not have a driver's license, a Social Security number or any other benefits.

If illegals want to become American citizens, they need to follow the existing rules. If they cannot comply with the written law, the reaction should be, “See ya.” Free lunches are long gone.

There are many people in my position. Should our nation decide to allow the illegals to enjoy all the rights and privileges of an American citizen, it would also be time for Uncle Sam to refund my and other people's spent dollars and immediately grant our foreign wives/husbands full status as U.S. citizens.

Bruce Mitizak

Nokomis

YOU MIGHT BE EMPLOYED BY A SCHOOL IF…

1. You believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick

2. You want to slap the next person that says “Must be nice to work 8 to 3:20

and have summers off”

3. You can tell it's a full moon without ever looking outside.

4. You believe “shallow gene pool” should have its own box on the report card.

5. You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if anyone says “Boy, the

kids sure are mellow today”

6. When out in public you feel the urge to snap …

County hopes to protect rookeries

The number of nests on three spoil islands has declined over the past five years

By WILL ROTHSCHILD

will.rothschild@heraldtribune.com

SARASOTA COUNTY — Erosion is taking a toll on the Bird Colony Islands, and bird watchers fear one of the most successful rookeries in Southwest Florida is disappearing.

Though small in size, the islands have been home to 13 wading bird species over the years and once supported an estimated 1,000 nests. Brown pelicans, snowy egrets, great egrets, great blue herons and double-crested cormorants still nest on the islands.

But in the past five years the …