I do not write many columns, as I leave that up to the capable writers.
The city’s Charter Review Committee held about a half dozen public meetings over the past few months to discuss potential amendments to Venice…
The city’s Charter Review Committee held about a half dozen public meetings over the past few months to discuss potential amendments to Venice…
Contested elections are always better than someone taking office unopposed, and this year we have an incumbent and a challenger for Seat 3 and…
The governor let his bravado overload his brain when comparing COVID-19 responses.
This Supreme Court term, which began Monday, is the culmination of five decades of efforts by conservatives to seize control of the court.
As the Florida Legislature begins to reconvene in Tallahassee for its January session, we need our legislators to maintain their focus on resi…
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Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to admit the shocking truth about 2020: The U.S. election system performed well.
If you want to know why nearly 40 million leaked documents on the salting away of assets in offshore financial centers have failed to result i…
For almost 10 years, I have had the good fortune to sit on the board of one of the most successful airports in the U.S.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced last week that 13,000 Haitian asylum seekers have been conditionally permitted to …
Charlotte County communicates with its residents and stakeholders in a variety of ways, from newspaper articles like this one to social media …
The 1619 Project, critical race theory and other approaches to confronting the history and legacy of slavery in schools are in danger of being…
In late August I wrote about two outstanding Afghan women who were struggling to escape Taliban pursuit. One had made it out of the country an…
The changes to the national flood insurance program community rating system are starting to be reflected in flood insurance rates.
On Sept. 17, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, gave an extraordinary news conference in which he admitted that the Unit…
If anyone should have been prepared for this — this surreal, tragic phase of the pandemic and the derangement of our collective response — it …
Denouncing corporations is easy. Using actual policy tools to hold them accountable and check their power is more difficult. Yet this is preci…
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Charlotte County, Saturday morning at 10 a.m. we will all have an opportunity to p…
With President Joe Biden’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate set to take hold across the public and private sectors, numerous groups are braci…
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Against Local Journalism Sustainability Act
OUR POSITION: Florida’s failure to distribute federal money to help pandemic victims pay back rent has just exacerbated the problem.
