Seventeenth Congressional District candidate April Freeman’s death was reported by local, state, and national media. Here is a sampling of some of it: Charlotte Sun WINK News MySunCoast.com (WWSB) Orlando Sentinel Associated Press (via WFTV) NBC New York CharlotteDems.com Charlotte County Chair Patrick Hurley sent this letter of condolence to local Party members on Monday…
DetailsShe doesn’t wear a cowboy hat or a belt buckle. She was born and raised in suburban South Florida, not rural Polk County. Her family isn’t tied to the agriculture industry. Nicole “Nikki” Fried knows she’s not what people see when they imagine a candidate for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services. But that,…
DetailsWe’ve made some changes here at CharlotteDems.com that we think will improve your online experience. Folks have mentioned that they can’t find some of the great original content published here. And it’s true that we post so much on a daily basis that, if you don’t check in often, you can easily miss some of…
DetailsOn Saturday, Sept 23, local volunteers were on the phone asking voters across the state to Vote YES on Amendment 4! In total, there were 150 volunteers across Florida and across the country that made phone calls to over 170,000 voters. Sixty-five percent of those voters we spoke to hadn’t heard of Amendment 4 and now…
DetailsU.S. Senate Candidate Rick Scott and Charlotte County Commissioner Stephen Deutsch are called to answer for their poor environmental records in a campaign message sponsored by the Charlotte County Democratic Party. The ads will be broadcast county-wide over Facebook. LIKE our Facebook Page
DetailsCongressional Republicans are facing a mid-term election wipeout fueled by voter resistance to President Donald Trump, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The survey, six weeks before Americans head to the polls, shows Democrats leading Republicans by 52 percent to 40 percent for control of Congress. If it holds, that 12 percentage point…
DetailsA Sept. 17 – 20 poll by the University of Florida shows Florida being Florida, with neck and neck races for governor and U.S. Senate. The live caller survey (MoE =/- 3.95 percent) shows Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Rick Scott each with 45 percent support, while Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum narrowly leads Republican…
DetailsLGBTQ 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…
DetailsOn the campaign trail, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum often claims to have a stronger environmental record than Republican opponent Ron DeSantis. Gillum supports banning fracking, talks about climate change solutions and bashes corporate polluters, including the sugar industry. He says his science-driven policies could prevent toxic algae blooms from polluting the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee rivers. (Read…
DetailsLake Wales Democrat Catherine Price and state Rep. Ben Albritton held the closest thing to a Senate District 28 debate Wednesday before the Tiger Bay Club of Polk County.
DetailsEditor’s note: The following opinion article was written by Kim Amontree, Charlotte County School Board, District 2. The Charlotte County DEC supports passage of the referendum in the Nov. 6, 2018 Election. Taking Our Schools from Good to Great with the Yes for Success Voter Referendum By Kim Amontree, Charlotte County School Board, District…
DetailsSeeking a graphics designer that can create compelling infographics from time to time. The Info Graphics designer will use creativity to simplify how we communicate sometimes complicated data. Skills Required Graphics design skills. Excellent written communications skills. Ability to investigate and use emerging tools. Need strong skills in Microsoft Office, spreadsheet analysis, and ability to…
DetailsOn the Fourth of July 2016, National Rifle Association lobbyist Marion Hammer fired off an email to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “This crap needs to stop,” begins Hammer in the first of seven emails she would exchange with the department over the next 48 hours. “You need to figure out how…
DetailsThere are three reasons why Florida should re-elect U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. He’s earned it. Rick Scott hasn’t. And this is no time to send another Republican to President Trump’s see-no-evil claque in Congress. (READ the Editorial in Sun-Sentinel.com)
DetailsA Southwest Florida couple is showing people how red tide has affected the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico. Curt Bowen and his wife Jennifer Graham have taken several diving trips off Florida’s west coast to show what conditions look like. Their latest expedition was off Boca Grande Wednesday, where they saw nothing but…
DetailsThe red tide organism, Karenia brevis, still remains in Southwest Florida from northern Pinellas to northern Collier counties and extends offshore (10 miles or more). Red tide concentrations increased in northern Collier counties over the past week. High observations also occurred in Southwest Florida over the past week in Charlotte and Lee counties and 25 miles…
DetailsComing just days after Scott was heckled at a campaign stop by protesters who dubbed him “Red Tide Rick,” the new action plan drew criticism from the Sierra Club, which called the proposed center “nothing more than a self-serving publicity stunt.” Resorting to clay to treat the algae is not new. Prior experiments with it in Florida…
DetailsJoin us for an exciting day of outreach to enthusiastic voters. We win when we talk to our neighbors face-to-face. We need canvassers to knock doors with our message and drivers to navigate our roads. Plus, any trainees can tag along to see how it works! Join us to learn that Democrats in Charlotte County…
DetailsA Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club recently called President Barack Obama a “F—- MUSLIM N—-” on Twitter, in addition to making other inflammatory remarks. Steven M. Alembik told POLITICO on Wednesday he wrote the Obama tweet in…
DetailsFaith Olivia Babis is leading Republican state Rep. Joe Gruters in the race for SD 23 by 3 percentage points. (The polling on the District 23 race is included in this story on FloridaPolitics.com) Florida Democratic Party spokesperson Caroline Rowland was quoted saying, “After 20 years of Republican rule in Florida, it is clear that absolute power has corrupted absolutely.…
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