My Thoughts Exactly by Annette Kniola

Well, I can start by saying, I am a bit set back by the recent events over the newly merged fire districts and what I thought was a clear and concise vote, right down to the very end.  Now I’m all fired up! All of last year, both Big Corkscrew Island Fire District and North Naples Fire District went ahead on working at bringing the residents of both of these districts together for consolidation.  A vote which was was passed by over 70% of voters years prior.  Yes, both districts had their work cut out for them and they showed their true colors throughout all of last year.  I truly commend them for putting up with all those stressful meetings and personalities that went with it. Pure exhaustion! All of last year, it seemed as though we had meeting after meeting after meeting to merge both these districts into the one.  And as of November 4th, 2014, it was successfully voted on and passed.  A great accomplishment by far.  And of course, bringing back some great memo

February 27, 2015 What a whirlwind of my life in this past year.  I find myself in an interesting place in which I find the love that ran so red, seems to be turning into something running in a whole different direction, and I cannot put my finger on as to why?  It seems to be fading and fading rather quickly.  Unfortunate by all means. I see myself as a very strong, happy -go -lucky sort of individual in which sees life as grand and wants to try to live life to it’s fullest.  I’ve enjoyed the blissful times of marriage, the priceless gift of children, to the holidays, family, and friends.  Life is a wonderful blessing and I make sure I appreciate all that is handed to me.   But there are times when things turn into something unexpected and unfortunate and that seems to be the reason I am writing to you today. Honestly, I don’t know how to go about writing this.  I am beginning to feel looked upon quite differently in my world and I don’t know how to handle it. 

So I just got home from the movie Fifty Shades of Grey, and I’m feeling blissful, naughty, excited, sexy, curious, motivated, and yet compelled all in one. Nice! Oh, and please do not read this until you have watched the movie.  I would hate to ruin it for you.  And by the way, this blog is rated R(Adult Content). Seems crazy but I guarantee any woman that goes to this movie feels the same.  Most will not admit to the fact of how we “really” feel about the concept of the movie, but the sale of the book pretty much tells you how an exhilarating adventure it could be. The movie itself brings the little bit of naughtiness to the screen. Very well done in my eyes.  And boy, it certainly got my eyes wide open!  Lol!  Now mind you, I am going to get a little loose here in my blog.  And if you can’t handle it, then move on.  I can have my cake and eat it too, ya know! So where is my Fifty Shades of Grey?   The thought of being a submissive to a man is very erotic.

February 4, 2015 There are so many different things going on, I just figured I might as well throw them down on one blog. To start, the boy Marcos Aleman, who was shot and killed here in Golden Gate Estates a couple weeks ago.  I began a blog called, “Where’s your Kid?”, but have yet to finish because there were so many ways I could have approached it.  I found myself all over the place with it, so I didn’t finish. On that blog, I couldn’t decide whether to say, hey, what’s going on with parents these days and why can’t you keep tabs on your kids?  Or, hey, when will we learn that these kids seriously need recreation other than carrying and selling pounds of pot just to have fun?  Or, shut up Annette, the likelihood of you with four boys and the statistics, it could easily happen to you.  So from all of those three approaches rambling in my head, I just decided to let that one go. Yes, poor decisions made that night by these boys, but I am just thankful the one

The theory or reality of Collier County’s decision making may result in implications of injustice brought on by the community of District 5.  All because of one man and a vision. And the simple question is, why? I think we all have an idea of what this blog is all about.  Yeah, that’s right, it’s the idea of the county taking the decision into their own hands to make damn sure a soccer complex comes forward as the citizens in District 5, after numerous meetings, have come to the conclusion that we have no desire for such a concept, and will stand by the fact that we deserve our Big Corkscrew  Island Regional Park. Not only do we deserve a park, but District 5 earned it years ago as park impact fees came in at the amount of $23 million dollars over a 13 year time span. Then we all know the history of that.  That $23 million ended up in every other district but here! Then over the past several years with the enlightenment that this park is next in line to be built,