Protectors of Florida’s environment feel duped by Gov. Ron DeSantis after he approved three major toll road projects. They hoped he was a different kind of Republican after his moves to protect Florida’s land and water. But while I almost always side with that sentiment, I don’t agree this time.
“Seize the day!”
In extolling Gov. Ron DeSantis, the unabashedly liberal Mother Jones magazine noted, “DeSantis appears to have broken away from the Republican pack.”
An analog person in a digital world.
The pistol-packers in the Florida Legislature sent a bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis on May 1 that will allow sheriff-trained “teacher-guardian” volunteers to carry loaded guns in schools.
You stride purposefully into the living room and then … your mind goes blank. You can’t remember what you planned to do.
I wasn’t sure the political will existed in Tallahassee to make texting while driving a primary offense in Florida. I am never so glad to be wrong, though.
The Sarasota County Commission is currently assessing the need to redistrict the county in 2019 — which could change the boundaries of our five voting districts before the scheduled 2020 U.S. Census. If you think citizens should play an active role in this process, contact our county commiss…
CAMDEN, S.C. — With the arrival of spring and the advance of summer, American life shifts toward the porch — at least for those lucky enough to have a sheltered outdoor space, preferably attached to the front or back of one’s home.
As a fractured nation argues over the redactions in the Mueller report, another high-profile First Amendment battle is being waged way south of Washington, D.C.
Why should anyone care about a fire in Paris when we all have more immediate problems closer to home?
I come down on the side of science, which frequently puts me at odds with deniers of all stripes. That’s especially true with the anti-vaccination crowd.
Recently, within the last 6 months, two major commercial airplanes have crashed resulting in the death of 346 human lives. These crashes, while absolutely devastating, have resulted in grounding the entire fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes worldwide. These actions have been taken, and the …
Once again, a cross-country slime trail leads to Florida:
I recently read the Venice Gondolier Sun article regarding the neighborhood workshop for the proposed apartment complex off of East Venice Avenue and I am deeply disturbed by the one-sided reporting that was done.
Florida has a lot of distracted drivers, and you have seen them.
Is it wake-up time for charter counties?
President Donald Trump scored a significant political and legal victory on Sunday. Attorney General William Barr, in a brief summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election, said that Mueller has determined that Trump and his aides didn’t conspir…
A former Republican officeholder — who was highly effective at his job — recently asked me if returning to politics in the current atmosphere was worth the effort.
