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Health Care

Ladapo’s claims, beliefs are a concern

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on March 23, 2023. OUR POSITION: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is not protecting Florida residents by spouting his theories and opinions on COVID that run counter to all medical knowledge we have about the disease. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is doing no favors for people

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Housing

Property values or neighborhood values?

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on March 23, 2023.  My neighbors recently defeated a proposal to increase the number of residents in a house that functions as an assisted living facility. They cited changes in density and property values. In a county where workers and families and the

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Opinion

Non-DeSantis lovers should be welcome here

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on March 23, 2023.  On March 15th, The Daily Sun published another letter to the editor stating that people who don’t agree with the politics of Gov. DeSantis are not welcome in Florida and should spend the winter months in another state with

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Opinion

DeSantis and other prominent Republicans blame ‘woke’ politics for Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse instead of bankers miscalibrating risk

By Brent D. Griffiths, Nicole Gaudiano, and Juliana Kaplan, Business Insider, March 13, 2023 Some Republicans blamed “woke” investment strategies for Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall. Economists say the bank was squeezed by high interests rate and a balance sheet laden with Treasury bills. The GOP has increasingly portrayed itself as against “wokeism” in all aspects

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Florida Legislation

School vouchers deal will increase our taxes

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on March 11, 2023. The Florida Legislature is passing an expanded school voucher program. (HB1 & SB202). The program will divert $7,000 for each student whose parents decide to use a private or home school education for their student, regardless of income. The

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Economy

Commissioners’ questions are coming too late

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on March 7, 2023. I was in disbelief at this morning’s newspaper concerning the new Sunseeker Resort. Now the commissioners are “concerned” about traffic, parking, and finding 13,000 workers? Now you have questions? You are now concerned that our roads are not built

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Opinion

We didn’t come to Flordia for DeSantis

The following Letters to the Editor were published in The Daily Sun on March 7, 2023. Letter to Ron DeSantis: Recently you appeared in Venice to sell your book. Among your false and misleading comments, is one I find particularly dubious and offensive. “Florida is among the fastest growing states.” That is true. You then

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Florida Legislation

Florida Legislature seems lost on priorities

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Mar 4, 2023. OUR POSITION: From the looks of bills being proposed by Republican lawmakers in Tallahassee, we are left wondering how the party could have diverted from what should be its priorities this year. Florida is flush with cash and riding a population explosion

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Florida Legislation

Priorities for the 2023 Legislature

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on March 3, 2023. OUR POSITION: The Florida Legislature opens its 2023 session this week and among the dozens, maybe hundreds, of issues its members will address there are a few we urge our lawmakers to make a priority. The Republican-led Florida Legislature will no doubt

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Opinion

DeSantis seeks complete control over us

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Mar 3, 2023. A caution. Well, Florida, You chose DeSantis for governor, . . . again! Here he is, along with his Republican enablers, doing their best to change you into their idea of the perfect conservative. My mother cautioned me, “Be

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Opinion

What is Ron DeSantis doing to Florida’s public liberal-arts college?

By Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, February 22, 2023 DeSantis is not simply inveighing against progressive control of institutions. He is using his powers as governor to remake them. In the context of other universities—the sort of assessment the Princeton Review’s guidebooks might do—New College of Florida, situated on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico,

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Issues

Florida welcomes you — with certain exceptions

Satire by DIANE ROBERTS, Florida Phoenix, Feb 27, 2023. Welcome to Florida! We’re glad to have you. If you’re white. Black people are such a lot of trouble, aren’t they, always demanding “equal justice” and voting rights and AP classes blaming white people for stuff like slavery and lynching and whatever. They get a whole month to

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Health Care

Hospital critics have their own agenda

The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 27, 2023. OUR POSITION: Critics of a Sarasota Memorial Hospital report on its COVID response seemed focused on political theories instead of what the report said. A common theme among the people who criticized Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s COVID-19 response report Tuesday was that questions, especially

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Florida Legislation

Florida takes dangerous turn with permitless carry

The following Bloomberg Opinion was published in The  Daily Sun on Feb 20, 2023. After winning reelection in November with nearly 60% of the vote, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had political capital to spend on any number of priorities. Sadly, he’s settled on one of the most the ill-considered choices available: allowing the public to

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Florida Legislation

DeSantis is creating a totalitarian state

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 18, 2023. Gov. DeSantis wants you to believe that his agenda is focused on “freedom.” In reality, he is creating a patchwork of highly discriminatory laws, rules, and practices. Taken as a whole, these practices target virtually every minority group in Florida.

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Opinion

Do Democrats want “abortion on demand” even late in pregnancy?

By Bea Dixon, PhD, Democratic Political Activist, Feb 16, 2023. Republicans and pro-life activists repeatedly claim that Democrats support “abortions on demand” even late in pregnancy. For example: Senator Rubio from Florida tweeted on Sep 6, 2022: “Val Demings supports abortion up until the moment of birth.”1 Senate nominee Blake Masters from Arizona wrote on

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Opinion

Unhappy with direction of our country now

The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Feb 4, 2023. Recent opinion polls report that as many as 70% of Americans are not happy with the direction of the United States. Count me in that 70%. I am unhappy that politicians are dismantling democracy. I am unhappy that legislators

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Opinion

What liberals can learn from Ron DeSantis

By Pamela Paul, Opinion Columnist, The New York Times, February 9, 2023 Is there anything liberals can do about Ron DeSantis other than quietly seethe, loudly condemn him every time he makes headlines and hope that his political flaws — his distaste for glad-handing, his less-than-inspiring public-speaking style, his conspicuous unlikability — will take him

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Florida Legislation

You can count on constitutional carry to become law

The following editorial appeared in The Daily Sun on Feb 4, 2023. OUR POSITION: The right to bear arms is the cry from Republican leaders in Tallahassee pushing a bill to remove the requirement for permits or training to carry a concealed weapon. Florida House Speaker Paul Renner — egged on by Gov. Ron DeSantis —

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