MILT THOMAS
…You will want to be at the next Vero Beach City Council meeting this coming Tuesday, March 19 at 6:00 p.m. That is when the Twin Pairs traffic calming project approved last week by the Planning and Zoning Committee in a 4-1 vote, comes before City Council. It’s do or die for the project in this meeting – if approved, it moves ahead to the next step; if rejected, it is back to square one.
Those opposed to the project have based their opposition on “It ain’t broke, so don’t fix it.” The reality is that it is not only broken, but it was a project that was totally unnecessary from the day it began. It’s like going to the hospital and waking up to find you have had a kidney transplant you didn’t need. So what if you have three kidneys, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. That may seem like a stretch of logic, but so was the Twin Pairs.
All the reasons to move this project forward were eloquently stated at last week’s Planning and Zoning meeting. Please read the guest editorial by Vicky Gould that follows, which sums up the sentiment and facts behind this 20-year effort, first expressed by City officials and confirmed by countless studies, vision plans and town hall meetings.
If correcting this “road to no good” is important to you – and it should be – than be at the City Council meeting next Tuesday at six o’clock to show your support for the traffic calming project.
Indian River Guardian 
A decade or so ago there was a brief movement to revitalize the theater on 14th Avenue. This seemed like an ideal initiative since the building is historic and it could be a venue for many civic events. There is obviously a hunger in our community for more educational and cultural forums because the Riverside Celebrated Lecture Series, The Distinguished Lecture series at the Emerson Center and the Waxlax facility on the campus of St. Edwards have no problem in drawing in large audiences. It is wonderful that the Majectic Theater and the Vero Beach Museum of Art feature things of interest to the community such as opera performances and art lectures. There is no reason why this need could not be augmented by a revitalization of the old movie theatre in downtown Vero Beach.
The idea of revitalizing the theater may present a unique opportunity for an innovative enterprise by those who have the means to make such an investment. Build it and they will come!