By Teresa Jenkins, Charlotte County Dems Executive Chair It is now March, which means it is officially Women’s History Month! There are so many incredible women without whom we could not be where we are today. However, this year in particular, Kamala Harris became our first female Vice President! Prior to taking the oath at…
The second committee in the Florida House — the Justice Appropriations Subcommittee — will be hearing the anti-Democratic/anti-free speech HB 1 Combating Public Disorder bill today March 3 at 4:15 pm ET. We sent an Action Alert prior to the first House hearing in January, but we need you to mobilize again and let the Representatives on this next committee know…
Opinion by Lizette Alvarez, Washington Post contributing columnist, March 2, 2021 Something remarkable happened in Florida this past Election Day: A state long lampooned for its ballot bumbling simply added up its votes and secured a winner, Donald Trump, not long after the polls closed. The election efficiency felt like a miracle. “Florida is a model for the rest…
Editor’s note: Charlotte Dems helped blow the whistle on this latest version of DeSantis political favoritism after he scheduled a pop up clinic at Kings Gate, a gated community and Republican stronghold in Port Charlotte. By Zac Anderson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune The Palmer Ranch community in Sarasota County encompasses 9,000 acres in the developed portion west…
By Laurie Ulrop, DWC Legislative Liaison HB 241 is on the Tuesday, March 2nd agenda for the FL House Health & Human Services Committee. This bill needs a NO vote! This bill forces school teachers and counselors to “out” students, putting LGBTQ students is harm’s way. It makes accessing healthcare or counseling more difficult for LGBTQ youth. This…
By Elitsa Bizios | Vanessa Borge HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) – Local immigration advocates sounded off on a reported decision by the Biden administration to consider reopening a detention center in Homestead as a temporary shelter for undocumented children. Speakers at a press conference held outside Homestead City Hall on Thursday expressed disbelief and disappointment after reports surfaced…
By Laurie Ulrop, DWC Legislative Liaison and Charlotte Dems contributor This bill could make a huge difference for about 3000 women inmates at Lowell Correctional Institution. The crimes against women taking place in the facility has been taking place for decades. The facility has been aware of these crimes since 2006. It’s time for a change and accountability! …
By Anna Bryson, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Feb 23, 2021 Charlotte County Commissioners want to get COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities particularly following outrage after Gov. Ron DeSantis gave 3,000 coveted COVID-19 vaccine doses to select groups including the high-end Kings Gate community. “As we see these pop up sites at Kings Gate and these…
By Carl Hiaasen, Miami Herald columnist. Readers may write to him at: The Miami Herald, 3511 NW 91st Ave., Miami, FL 33172. One of many historic footnotes to the tense November election was that Florida didn’t screw everything up for the rest of the country. For once, the ballot-counting here was mostly uneventful, uncontroversial and…
By Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Feb 23, 2021 State Rep. Michael Grant Tuesday announced changes to his proposed election law that would provide protections for airport commissioners who opposed him in airport privatization. The Charlotte County Republican also said in a Zoom call Tuesday with his fellow legislators, that he will no longer…
Nikki Fried, Florida’s 12th Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and our top-ranking Florida Democrat will address the Charlotte County Democratic Executive Committee (CCDEC) at its monthly meeting held via Zoom on Monday, March 1st promptly at 6 PM. Register for this event here. She is holding conversations with all stakeholders in our Party, to…
Longtime conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh succumbed to terminal, stage four lung cancer on Feb. 17. He was 70 years old.
Editor’s note: Read about what happened at the Feb 23rd meeting here. By Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Feb 17, 2021 A plan to turn airport authority commissioners into at large representatives did not come up at a legislative delegation public meeting held in January in Punta Gorda. From left, Sen. Ben Albritton, Rep. Michael…
The Republican Party of Florida chair wants Florida’s best practices shared nationwide.
Editor’s note: This blatant voter suppression bill bill made it out of committee. Tell our Sen. Albritton and/or Gruters to vote against it! State Senator Joe Gruters (District 23) 1-850-487-5023 State Senator Ben Albritton (District 26) 1- 850-487-5026 By Valerie Crowder, WFSU, published February 15, 2021 Elections supervisors have been speaking out against a proposal to require voters…
Editor’s comment: Trump is guilty. He incited the Capitol riot. A majority of the Senate agreed. A majority of the country agrees. Senate Republicans, aided and abetted by Mitch McConnell, acquitted him anyway. By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post, Feb 13, 2021 The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump has ended with his acquittal — the second…
At our 6:30 pm, Feb 1st DEC meeting, Kara Gross, ACLU’s Legislative Director & Senior Policy Counsel, will explain this bill and why must all take action to prevent its passage. Register for this important Zoom event by 3 PM Monday to receive the link.
Opinion by George F. Will, Washington Post, Feb 13, 2021 The first of this century’s national traumas is denoted by two numbers: 9/11. One purpose of, and a sufficient justification for, the second impeachment of the 45th president was to inscribe this century’s second trauma in the nation’s memory as: 1/6. Although not nearly as…
Welcome to 2021 and our new Covid-19 vaccination routine. We stare at our computer screens as we wait in line at the Publix vaccination website, attempting to book a treasured appointment for the vaccine. We call multiple county health departments hoping to register. Our efforts are mostly in vain. We all know friends and relatives,…
FL Senate Bill 78 will be heard in Committee next week, Thursday, Feb 18 at 9 am. Please call the Committee members and say you OPPOSE this bill. This Anti-Union bill SB 78 (Rodrigues) Dues and Uniform Assessments continues to move in the Florida Senate. It is strongly opposed by public union employees because it is unnecessary and inserts employers into…