{"id":1274,"date":"2026-05-21T05:34:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1274"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:34:55","slug":"letters-adapt-to-e-bikes-punishing-surrogacy-laws-arent-always-popular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orlandorelocationreport.com\/?p=1274","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Adapt to e-bikes | Punishing surrogacy | Laws aren\u2019t always popular"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adapt roads to accommodate e-bikes<\/h4>\n

I am saddened by the death of the young man killed while riding his e-scooter to buy flowers for his mom for Mother\u2019s Day (\u201cOrlando teen\u2019s death underscores concerns about e-bikes, e-scooters,\u201d May 18). I see many people of all ages using e-scooters and e-bikes out of necessity, as cars and gas are beyond their means.<\/p>\n

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Rather than place more restrictions on the people saving money and causing less pollution than those driving cars, why don\u2019t we make our streets more compatible with these alternative means of transportation?<\/p>\n

More bike lanes and a lot more signs warning motorists to watch for bikes and scooters would help, but traffic engineers should study the way other countries have handled this issue. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Judy K.\u00a0 Lee, Maitland<\/em><\/p>\n

Why vilify surrogacy?<\/h4>\n

Incredible as it may seem, the cuest column author on Sunday May 17 likens surrogacy to slavery and human trafficking (parroting the terms used by our attorney general).\u00a0 She obviously has never experienced the devastation of being unable to have a child despite, oftentimes, years of trying. Being an obstetrician who has delivered babies for 43 years, I have seen both the joy of a woman delivering her baby and the crushing disappointment of couples when, despite the use of all our technology, are still unable to carry a pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Surrogacy is the ultimate gift for these couples. As any woman who has been pregnant can tell you, pregnancy is not a walk in the park. The obvious physical changes and discomfort, the emotional swings, the disruption of household routine, the career interruptions and a myriad of other effects of pregnancy are dramatic and for a surrogate to go through all this in order to help someone else have a family is as selfless an act as one could imagine even when compensated for medical and other expenses.<\/p>\n

Where has compassion gone? Why do we want to vilify an alternative method for women to satisfy their desire to have children and a family and compare this to human traffickers who kidnap women to sell into prostitution?<\/p>\n

\u2014N. Donald Diebel, Winter Park<\/em><\/p>\n

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Enforce laws equally, popular or not<\/h4>\n

In any roughly democratic nation, there will be a range, often a broad range, of political preferences and views. Want to close the border? Some will hate the idea. Want to deport those here illegally? Ditto, even though the actual laws are established.<\/p>\n

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Want to make everything \u201canti-racist\u201d? When did that law pass? Want to stop obsessing over a program to spend trillions of dollars to \u201cremediate\u201d something like 0.0038 degrees Celsius of \u201cclimate change\u201d by 2050?<\/p>\n

The Framers knew that our nation would be cantankerous from time to time, that disagreement would be broad and deep. So today, we hold the president to account on a sliding scale. If our president revives oil and gas and it\u2019s a big economic success, some (the climate mob) may still be unhappy. If our president closes the border, some will see that as fascist or racist.<\/p>\n

The obvious way to settle these discussions is to refer to the law. Our government cannot \u201cgive the people what they want\u201d because that would be \u201cdemocratic,\u201d a system prone to declining into mob rule. Our government, because we\u2019re a republic, must enforce the laws as they are on the books, meaning that if something is to change (eradicating slavery, for example), new laws must be passed and then not ignored.<\/p>\n

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But \u201csanctuary\u201d jurisdictions and protesting ICE arrests are stupid in my opinion because, whether or not that reflects \u201cconsent of the governed\u201d in the moment, it bypasses written law. No government can survive and thrive with such ad hoc enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Ron Berti, Orlando<\/em><\/p>\n

Why indict foreign officials?<\/h4>\n

The Justice Department is seeking an indictment against Cuban President Raul Castro and may use terrorism laws to punish other world leaders legally. In what universe is it OK for our government to indict elected officials of other countries, claiming corruption? We certainly have enough corruption right here at home to keep the Department of Justice and Congress busy for a long, long time.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Anne Mooney, Winter Park<\/em><\/p>\n

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