Charlotte County is asking residents to participate in The National Community Survey. The survey is designed to provide a baseline of how the county government is serving residents, to gauge perceptions of the county, and to make comparisons with peer counties. The survey is administered by National Research Center (NRC) at Polco of Middleton, Wisconsin…
DetailsBy Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Dec 13, 2020 Developers looking at Charlotte County can now consider building more units in tighter spaces, taller and with a mix of residential and commercial. But only in a few locations. Commissioners unanimously approved a new mixed use zoning category Tuesday after months of debate and staff…
DetailsEditor’s note: US Representative Greg Steube, FL District 17, was one of the 125 Republican representatives who proudly signed an amicus brief supporting the lawsuit filed by Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas, and backed by seventeen other Republican state attorneys general (including Florida’s Ashley Moody,) that requested the Supreme Court throw out the duly certified…
DetailsBy Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Dec 10, 2020 Dozens of ordinary citizens and high-ranking officials made their pitches Thursday to Charlotte County’s three-member legislative delegation, who also represent seven other counties from Polk to a piece of Lee County. Hearing the presentations, and cutting them off if they ran too long, were Rep.…
DetailsFrom the Georgia Coordinated Campaign! We are still in the time of COVID-19 and appreciate your virtual support. Phone Banking: We will train you to use our calling platforms and provide real-time support so you can have meaningful conversations with voters throughout the state. Join us here https://www.mobilize.us/georgiademocrats/event/364626/ Relational Organizing: we’ll empower you with our most effective tools…
DetailsThe Charlotte County Democratic Party elected new officers to its Executive Committee on Monday evening, Dec 7th, during a well-organized and executed ZOOM conference meeting. Eligible Precinct Captains voted via polling in the meeting which was also live-streamed on our Facebook page for those interested in observing. Election results are as follows (term for all…
DetailsOn December 8, 2020, the Democratic Women’s Club (DWC) of Charlotte County delivered 75 gift cards to the Charlotte County Public School’s (CCPS) Homeless Education Program. Lucy Garner, DWC Vice-president for Membership coordinated the donations, and along with DWC Treasurer Judith Orlowski, made the presentation of the cards to the CCPS program. The gift cards…
DetailsBy Teresa Jenkins, Chair, Charlotte County Democratic Executive Committee December is full of family traditions. We think about those things that made the holiday season special when we were growing up including spending time with our family and friends, shopping at the local mall decorated with trees, lights and garland, holiday concerts, white elephant exchanges,…
DetailsBy the Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel , Dec 4, 2020 In the year 2020, when a United States president, for the first time in history, tried to hijack an American election, Florida’s elected leaders faced these three options: 1. Aid the president’s wrongdoing. 2. Allow the hijacking to take place by remaining silent. 3.…
DetailsBy Daniel Sutphin, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Dec 7, 2020 PUNTA GORDA — Despite being shot down by a Charlotte County Airport Authority majority vote in November, the idea of privatizing Punta Gorda Airport doesn’t look to be going away anytime soon. Punta Gorda officials have asked state legislators to consider actions that could dissolve the…
DetailsEditor’s notes: Read Nikki Fried’s Twitter post here. Watch Rebekah Jones’ CNN interview here. Story below by the Associated Press, Dec 7, 2020 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities investigating an alleged hack into the state’s emergency response system raided the home Monday of a woman fired earlier this year from her job as COVID-19…
DetailsOpinion by Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post Columnist, Dec 6, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden, merely by speaking about two national crises of historic magnitude (the economy and the pandemic), reminded us that even in his final weeks in office, President Trump prefers to focus on insane conspiracies meant to overturn a democratic election rather than on…
DetailsRobert Alexander explains the Electoral College process through Biden’s inauguration.
DetailsHere’s what Joe Biden had to say about the future in a NY Times interview.
DetailsBy The New York Times, Dec 3, 2020 Independent economists overwhelmingly favor the passage of more stimulus money before the end of the year — and the prospects for such a bill seem to be improving. Democratic leaders in Congress yesterday signaled their openness to a bipartisan $908 billion stimulus package. Democrats would prefer a…
DetailsOur Virtual Holiday Party will be on December 21, 2020 at 5pm.This year we are trying something a little different. We have engaged a virtual team-building company to host our event. They will divide us up in groups and we will play a variety of games (Trivia, Player Fact Match, Pictionary, Name that Movie/Theme, Puzzle Challenge and/or…
DetailsBy Matt Dixon, Politico, Dec 3, 2020 TALLAHASSEE — Embattled Florida Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo said she won’t seek reelection after the party’s disastrous 2020 election cycle. Rizzo’s exit, which was expected, comes after President Donald Trump won Florida by nearly 4 points, Democrats lost six seats in the state legislature, and two Democratic incumbents…
DetailsBy Betsy Calvert, Charlotte Sun Staff Writer, Nov 29, 2020 This aerial view of the planned community called West Port under development shows State Road 776/El Jobean Road at the bottom and U.S. 41 at the top. The Charlotte County Centennial Park is the green in the middle. The first model homes may go in…
DetailsOn Monday, December 7, 2020 at 6:30 pm, the Charlotte County Democratic Party will hold an organizational meeting as required by the Charlotte County Democratic Party’s Bylaws and the Florida Democratic Party (FDP). At this meeting we will be electing officers, so it is imperative that we have a quorum of the 43 eligible voting…
DetailsFrom a handful of infections in March to a toll reaching seven figures by the holidays, the year has felt like a decade.
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