On the heels of President Joe Biden’s announcement of sanctions on Cuban officials to hold the regime accountable for human rights violations, the Democratic National Committee launched a digital ad campaign in Spanish and English highlighting President Biden’s continued commitment to the Cuban people and condemnation of communism as a failed system. The ads are…
DetailsEditor’s note: The following letter to the editor was published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune on July 27, 2021. Please use this forum to express your opinion on key issues! It’s truly remarkable that a U.S. congressman representing Sarasota (editor:..and Charlotte) County appears to sympathize with insurrectionists who attacked the U.S. Capitol attempting to thwart…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is a letter to the editor published in the Charlotte Daily Sun on July 25, 2021 I’ve witnessed U.S. Rep. Steube’s biased disrespect and contempt. A town hall in Punta Gorda historic courthouse, mostly seniors packed in an 80-degree hallway while he stands in front of an empty, air-conditioned room. In North…
DetailsBy John Kennedy, Capital Bureau, USA TODAY NETWORK–FLORIDA, July 24, 2021 TALLAHASSEE – The last time Florida’s ruling Republicans were tasked with redrawing the state’s political districts, a judge concluded they turned it into a “mockery” by secretly and illegally working to enhance their command of the state. Fast-forward to this summer, and an even more powerful GOP-led Legislature…
DetailsEditor’s note: this letter by a Charlotte Dems member appeared in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune on July 22nd. Please express your opinion too and then send it to us at this “submit your story” link. The budding presidential campaign of Florida Governor DeSantis is selling t-shirts with the slogan “Don’t Fauci My Florida.” Our Governor apparently…
DetailsMiami, FL – Florida’s rate of new COVID-19 infections has climbed sharply over the past two weeks. Its seven day average of cases is now the highest in the nation. Hospitals across the state are adjusting their visitation protocols and rescheduling elective surgeries due to the dangerous and accelerating influx of cases. In reaction to…
DetailsEditor’s note: this letter by a Charlotte Dems member appeared in the Daily Sun on July 22nd. Please support our local newspaper by subscribing to it! GOP lawmakers are attempting to drag us into a moral panic over a problem that doesn’t exist: critical race theory (CRT). Their rants alleging there is no racism have…
DetailsEditorial by the Charlotte Daily Sun, July 20, 2021 OUR POSITION: If Gov. Ron DeSantis did foresee the increase, he should have been using his bully pulpit to urge more people to get vaccinated, to try to head it off. He’s been very vocal about the number of people who have gotten their shots but…
DetailsBy Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Daily Sun Staff Writer, July 20, 2021 Some Charlotte County commissioners are ready to scale the heights of federal permitting to dredge a new passage from the Manchester Waterway to Charlotte Harbor. “This is dysfunctional federal government,” said Commissioner Chris Constance, after listening to a summary of what 12 federal regulators…
DetailsBy Richard Parker in the New York Times, July 15, 2021. Richard Parker is the author of “Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America.” Pretty soon, Texans will openly carry loaded firearms into grocery stores, gas stations and even airports. Women will effectively be unable to get a legal abortion. And schoolchildren won’t learn, at…
DetailsBy Jonathan Scott Webber, Guest columnist, Tampa Bay Times, July 15, 2021 From Tampa Bay fish kills to manatee die-offs, put the blame where it belongs: on failed Tallahassee leadership. After the year we’ve had, many of us wish we could go back in time. But no one in Florida wants to go back to…
DetailsBy Fran Dance, Charlotte Dems contributing writer Port Charlotte, FL – On July 12th, US Representative Charlie Crist addressed 25 Charlotte County Democratic Party donors in a special meet and greet meeting via Zoom. He is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Florida’s 13th congressional district, based in St. Petersburg,…
DetailsEditor’s note: This benefit for struggling families has been brought to you by Democrats. Our Rep. Greg Steube, Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio all voted against it. Click HERE to request that this benefit be made permanent. Democrats are listening to you and really help you. No Lies, No BS. By Michelle Singletary, The…
DetailsOpinion by Eugene Robinson, Washington Post columnist, July 15, 2021 As protestors take to the streets in Cuba, defying a violent government crackdown, Americans across the political spectrum have a chance to break with old canards about the country. Progressives should understand that there is nothing remotely “progressive” about the thuggish, oppressive, neo-Stalinist government of…
DetailsThe tribe, already a financial powerhouse, has signed a ‘historic compact’ with the state that will generate billions of dollars By Craig Pittman, Washington Post, July 11, 2021 TAMPA — The cavernous Seminole Hard Rock Casino rocks around-the-clock with 5,000 noisy slot machines; a couple hundred poker, blackjack and baccarat tables; and superstar artifacts such as…
DetailsTALLAHASSEE, FL – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Florida, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), and Community Justice Project (CJP), with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP serving as counsel, filed a motion for preliminary injunction today in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to block key…
DetailsBy Julian Mark, Washington Post, July 12, 2021 When Glen Nguyen drove his boat out onto Tampa Bay on Sunday afternoon, he did not bother bringing his fishing rod. The 38-year-old St. Petersburg, Fla., native had cast lines into the bay since he was a child, but this weekend, all he could see was tragedy,…
DetailsBy Bill Welsch, Charlotte Dems contributing writer ‘If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.” George Bernard Shaw During the Reconstruction period following the U.S. Civil War, it was not uncommon for African Americans to be elected to local and state offices. Although election to…
DetailsBy Clayton Park & Jeffrey Schweers, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, July 10, 2021 The state of Florida collected $13.7 million in fees in 2020 from condominium owners associations, vacation timeshares and mobile home parks. But instead of using that money for its intended purpose — including training condo associations about things like maintenance — the Florida Legislature swept $5 million…
DetailsEditor’s note: please subscribe and support our local newspaper. Annual digital subscriptions are as low as $99. Stay abreast of what’s happening in Charlotte County and Florida. Phone: 941-206-1300 or Email: [email protected] CHARLOTTE DAILY SUN EDITORIAL OUR POSITION: We understand Rep. Greg Steube’s tactics but we believe he should focus on fixing problems. We know…
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