A few weeks before the scheduled launch of Apollo 11, which was intended to land the first humans on the moon, presidential speechwriter William Safire got a call from Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman. He suggested that the White House might want to have a speech ready in case the mission went awry.
OUR POSITION: Can Sarasota County overcome the appearance of gerrymandering? Will North Port have one of its own on commission?
Raising a child isn’t the only thing a village can do. It can also put a family in a new home.
OUR POSITION: Libraries are an important service to our communities.
The Shark’s Tooth Capital of the World is about to ban shark fishing from its municipal pier, located next to a restaurant named “Sharky’s.”
OUR POSITION: Florida’s new drug importation law won’t be a panacea for high prices but might eventually offer relief.
We published an editorial a few weeks ago about the Venice City Council’s decision to install surveillance cameras to record activity downtown and at the airport.
OUR POSITION: Florida must pay attention and do a better job of assuring its retirees can look forward to their golden years being just that.
OUR POSITION: After 10 years, Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight announces he won’t stand for re-election in 2020.
OUR POSITION: While we can ^pappreciate Rep. Greg Steube’s loyalty to his principles, we believe his priorities should be to his home state.^p
Unless this is your first June in the Venice area, you know that we’re already into summer despite what the calendar says. And if it is your first June here, you probably knew it too.
There’s a reason the TV show “Friday Night Lights” was set in a fictional small town in Texas, and not in Dallas or Houston.
Following the mass shooting at Virginia Tech 12 years ago, professor and poet Nikki Giovanni delivered a stirring address that included a simple truth.
At a time when so much of the news is negative, let’s spend a little time on things that are positive.
OUR POSITION: Dance, sing, floss, beware fake news.
Twice a year, the independent, nonprofit Leapfrog Group posts safety scores for most hospitals in the U.S. The scores are calculated after surveys of their patients and data obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The goal is to give us all some indication just how safe…
OUR POSITION: After “green slime” and red tide, people have lost faith in the state’s protection of environmental resources.^p
Finally, some positive news on the shelter front
For much of the past year, as Southwest Florida was blanketed by the stench of red tide, public officials heard one loud demand from coastal communities: “Do something!”
Stop the assault on local governments’ authority
