Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a Charlotte County Dems Profile series, Influencers, by Linda Conklin, a Charlotte County Dems writer. President Charlotte County Democratic Women’s Club – Kay Blue Meet a Powerhouse Couple Jim and Kay Blue left Toledo, OH, and arrived in Punta Gorda in 2016. Kay was initially interested in meeting…
DetailsBy Denise Candea, Charlotte County Dems writer The Charlotte Sun newspaper recently featured a full-page story about cosmetic Botox. It seems that our COVID-induced “quarantine” has some folks unhappy with their Zoom faces. Since we’re wearing masks in public anyway, this may be the ideal time for secret cosmetic surgery. It’s expensive and not…
DetailsThe Englewood Democratic Club will hold its next Virtual Zoom Meeting on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 5:30 pm. The speaker for the evening is our candidate, Allen Ellison, Democratic Nominee for US House of Representatives, FL 17. Here’s your chance to reconnect with fellow Englewood Democrats (without a mask), hear from our local candidates…
DetailsBy Linda Porterfield, Charlotte County Dems writer A recent executive order could seriously alter your retirement plans and income, as well as critical income for children and persons with disabilities. Under the guise of stimulating our struggling economy, Trump’s recent executive order to temporarily eliminate the payroll tax could turn into a permanent action if…
DetailsDr. Joseph Pepe, the Administrator at the Florida Department of Health in Charlotte County, will be the program speaker at the Charlotte County Democratic Women’s Club Zoom meeting on September 14 at 4:00 p.m. A short business meeting will follow the program. More information is available by emailing [email protected] Please register at least 24…
DetailsBy Charles Magoffin, Charlotte County Dems writer Editor’s note: A version of this article appeared as an OpEd in the Sept 4th edition of the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Have you noticed that the stock market has recovered nicely from this pandemic in just the past 6 months? Nobel-winning economist Paul Krugman explained what drives the…
DetailsState Committeewoman at Charlotte County Democratic Party and Precinct Captain #38 at Charlotte County Democratic Party – Dr. Lucy Huyke Garner Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a Charlotte County Dems Profile series, Influencers, by Linda Conklin, a Charlotte County Dems writer. Dr. Lucy Huyke Garner demonstrates her influence by listening. When talking with…
DetailsBy Charles Magoffin, Charlotte County Dem writer Editor’s note: This is Step 3 (ballot delivery and tracking) of a 3-Step series. Step 1 reviewed voter registration, and Step 2 requesting a ballot. You’ve registered to vote (Step 1) and requested a vote-by-mail ballot (VBM), as shown in (Step 2). If you haven’t done either, do…
DetailsDenise Candea, Charlotte County Dems writer Last Saturday I participated in a sign-waving event for the Biden/Harris presidential ticket at the Charlotte County Democratic Offices at 3596 Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. Most cars passed peacefully, many waving and honking support. As is typical, some expressed their disapproval with the upraised middle-finger salute. Or one…
DetailsBy Linda Porterfield, Charlotte County Dems writer You may have seen us on Saturday mornings or Tuesday afternoons standing by the north side of Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte. We’re wearing blue or sometimes crazy apparel, holding Biden-Harris, David Jones or Allen Ellison signs (occasionally all three!) and rigorously waving. Frequently we receive an appreciative…
DetailsBy Nikki Fried, a Democrat and Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Editor’s note: This is an August 27th article previously published at https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/trump-economy-keeping-america-great At this week’s Republican National Convention, President Trump is focusing on the economy as a way to distract from his scattershot response to COVID-19. If Trump wants to talk about the economy, that’s fine…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is the fifth in a Charlotte County Dems Profile series, Influencers, by Linda Conklin, a Charlotte County Dems writer. Florida Democratic Party State Committeeman representing Charlotte County-Tom Garner Growing up in a small community seemed idyllic to Tom Garner. “I felt everything I could ever want was right there in Gritney, Florida”,…
DetailsWhile we wish we could be together for our 2020 Blue Gala “No Regrets” fundraiser, we are thrilled we can join together virtually on Saturday, September 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. This election is a battle for the soul of America and the state of Florida, a critical swing state that will make a…
Detailsby Charlotte County Dems The Labor Movement built the American middle class. We enjoy the end to child labor, better pay, 40-hour workweek, overtime pay, health insurance, family and medical leave, worker safety, and much more because workers fought for their well-earned and fair compensations. Labor Day celebrates these hard-fought gains. According to the U.…
Details“I want to be very clear about all of this: Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting. It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted,” Biden said. “Violence will not bring change, it will only bring destruction. It’s wrong…
DetailsBy Denise Candea, Charlotte County Dems writer Many American employees have nothing to celebrate this Labor Day. They are the hourly, low-wage workers that makeup almost 50% of the American workforce. While the unemployment rate had been low at 3.5%, there was a caveat: 63% of all new pre-pandemic jobs were low-wage, low-hour jobs; with…
DetailsBy Charles Magoffin, Charlotte County Dems writer Editor’s note: This is Step 2 (Request a Ballot) of a 3-Step series. Step 1 reviewed voter registration and Step 3 will deal with ballot delivery and tracking. Stay tuned! Ok, you’ve taken the first dose of medicine: registering to vote as shown in the Step 1 article.…
DetailsBecause of the Coronavirus pandemic, healthcare workers are putting their lives on the line as they take care of their patients. Who is taking care of healthcare workers? The answer is the same now is it has been for over 100 years: workers organizing and uniting to demand better pay and working conditions. A strong…
DetailsBy Linda Porterfield, Charlotte County Dems Writer On August 31st, the 19 Charlotte County public schools were originally scheduled to officially open for a full school week as mandated by an executive order declared by our governor. Now on hold, an unknown number of the county’s 12,000 students and 1000 teachers protected by no clear…
DetailsJoe did interviews with CNN’s Anderson Cooper and MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell where he discussed the killing of Jacon Blake and condemned violence. And, he called out Trump for purposely sowing discord and chaos for political gain. Joe released a statement on Donald Trump’s America, and how the images of violence are not from “Joe Biden’s America,” but…
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