After two days of emotional testimony in support of and against phosphate mining in the county’s rural back reaches, the DeSoto Board of County Commissioners late Wednesday voted to deny the Fortune 500 firm its application to rezone some 14,000 acres from agriculture to industrial mining. (Read more in Sun) Local activists celebrated More Coverage of…
DetailsTALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott’s elections officials showed “a stark pattern of discrimination” in blocking early voting at state college and university campuses, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Walker is yet another voting rights defeat for the Republican governor, and could yet emerge as an issue in his…
Details“It is fascinating to read the passion and commitment described by these young women.”
DetailsThe following article was written by Charlotte County Democratic Party Legislative Liason Teresa Jenkins The Florida League of Women Voters along with students from the University of Florida and Florida State University are suing Florida’s Secretary of State over a 4-year-old edict banning the use of college buildings as early voting sites. In 2014, Secretary…
DetailsFlorida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws are a clear division point between the two Democrats and two Republicans in the state attorney general’s race, and that division showed in responses to questions Monday about the Markeis McGlockton shooting. (Read more in TampaBay.com) FDP Statement on Stand Your Ground Law Being Used in Clearwater Case Posted July…
DetailsYoung Charlotte County Democrats Vance Herbener and Shanna Salovitz were featured in today’s Charlotte Sun article More and more young people are registering to vote statewide, but not in Charlotte and Sarasota counties. By now it’s well-known that voter turnout was notoriously low in 2016 — only a little over half the registered voters in the…
DetailsCharlotteDems.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.
DetailsBoth 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.
DetailsAmong 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.
DetailsWe’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)Image Credits: Dan Rodriguez
DetailsWhile 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…
DetailsIn the race for the governor’s mansion, five democratic candidates participated in a gubernatorial debate Wednesday evening at hosted by WINK News at Florida Gulf Coast University. Several questions asked during the hour-long debate focused on issues here in Southwest Florida: water quality, school safety, and area industries. (Watch the Debate on WINKNews)
DetailsFrom Senator Bill Nelson: Dear Friends, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for a private one-on-one meeting in Helsinki, Finland today. While we don’t know what the two presidents said during that meeting, what President Trump said at a press conference afterward – and his refusal to accept the fact that Russia interfered…
DetailsThis Wednesday, July 18, the Florida Democratic Party will be hosting a Democratic Gubernatorial Debate in Fort Myers. The debate will be held at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Cohen Center and will be broadcasted live on WINK News in Southwest Florida and on Winknews.com. This will be the first time all five Democratic candidates—Andrew Gillum,…
DetailsAmidst Bipartisan Condemnation, DeSantis (Once Again) Backs Trump. Does Adam Putnam Agree? Almost immediately after Donald Trump’s disastrous press conference with Fox News, Ron DeSantis took to Fox News to back the President’s approach to Russia, trash the Mueller investigation — and pin the blame for Russian malfeasance on the Obama administration. DeSantis stands nearly…
DetailsIn a 2013 whistle-blower lawsuit, the ex-employee said she was threatened with retaliation for saying workers were deficient in processing licensing applications and asserting that her bosses told her she “worked for the NRA.” (Read more in TampaBay.com)
DetailsThe following letter to the editor by Charlotte County DEC member David Finster was published in the Charlotte Sun on Friday, July 13th. Editor: The letter from July 6 submitted by Thomas W. Smith of North Port was plagiarized from an online blog published by Daniel Greenfield, who is “a New York writer focusing on radical…
DetailsCharlotte 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…
DetailsThe following letter to the editor, written by DEC member Teresa Jenkins, was published in the Charlotte Sun on Saturday, July 14th: Editor: Leonard Pitts’ recent editorial column concluded with, “I am a liberal. Because I have, literally, no alternative.” I can empathize and this year I’ll cast my ballot for candidates who will: protect…
DetailsFBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest round of indictments, against 12 Russian intelligence operatives, has a slew of Florida connections, including naming the source of the 2016 leaks against some Florida Democrats, including Gwen Graham. (Read more in TampaBay.com)
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