Jon “Bowzer” Bauman. Image provided by Jon Bauman. Jon “Bowzer” Bauman will be the featured speaker at the CC DEC Business Meeting on July 6 at 6:30 P.M. The meeting will be held virtually on Zoom; please sign up here. Bauman is a former member of the band Sha Na Na and is the co-founder…
Carson McNamara, a student at Port Charlotte High School, led a peaceful protest in Punta Gorda on June 5, not unlike hundreds of others taking place across the country over the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. This spring has revealed, time and again, a racist violence still intertwined in the recesses…
A march to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer is planned to take place in Punta Gorda. The highlight of the march will be marchers kneeling silently for 9 minutes in front of the Punta Gorda City Hall. Nine minutes is the same length of time that…
ABC-7.com WZVN News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida ARAY founder Hal Trejo interviewed on ABC-7 about the Florida Inclusive Workforce Act and its opponents. Here is more background at WUSF
The Human Rights Campaign is pouring $520,000 into a digital advertising campaign in Florida in the final days of the 2018 election cycle. HRC, which brands itself as America’s largest LGBTQ rights group, said in a press release that it hopes to target “equality voters — voters who are willing to make issues of LGBTQ…
LGBTQ community members and friends of Londonn Moore; coming together in the face of violence. “The last thing we want to see is her memory of the person she lived as being unknown or disregarded,” said supporter Lisa Trejo. “We needed to in the midst of this story, that’s sort of happening, just honor her…
CharlotteDems.com recorded the speeches given by all candidates at Politics in the Park. They are presented below. First, though, here is Charlotte Democratic Executive Committee Chair Patrick Hurley with his opening remarks.
Both Democratic candidates for Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services attended the Charlotte County DEC’s “Politics in the Park” event on Saturday, July 21st. Nikki Fried and R. David Walker spoke to hundreds of people at Harbour Heights Park. Both talked with CharlotteDems.com.
Among the many statewide and local candidates attending the Charlotte County Democrats’ Politics in the Park event on Saturday were two of the Democratic candidates for Governor. Chris King and Philip Levine talked with CharlotteDems.com.
We’ll be adding photos of yesterday’s Politics in the Park (PITP) in this space. Stay tuned! Here is the LIVE feed recorded from PITP. Thanks, David Finster: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (Read Coverage in Charlotte Sun)
While Charlotte County can safely be called Republican country, Democratic gubernatorial candidates Philip Levine and Chris King weathered pouring rain to speak to voters there on Saturday. The two candidates spoke at the Politics in the Park event at Harbor Heights Park near Punta Gorda. There, Levine touted his record as a climate-conscious mayor in Miami Beach while King…
Charlotte County Democrats are eagerly awaiting the “Politics in the Park” event on July 21st, at Harbor Heights Park. And several Party members are telling why in a series of videos posted on Facebook. The videos were recorded at the park just after daybreak on the banks of the Peace River. The messages were written…
Come to Harbor Heights Park for Politics in the Park! Hear our local and statewide candidates speak to our community. Featuring local food vendors, family-friendly fun, and live music. Meet state and local candidates to learn about their plans for a better Florida! Politics in the Park Saturday, July 21st – 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.…