Editor’s note: This letter was published in The Sun last Friday, April 9th ` By Jane Merriam, Charlotte County Dems contributing writer ` There has been much discussion recently about what the Republican Party stands for. What is often ignored in this conversation is that for years the Party has been an amalgam of factions:
Editor’s Note: On March 16th, eight individuals were murdered in Georgia because of a toxic combination of white supremacy, systemic racism, classism, and gender-based violence. It was all facilitated by easy access to guns. Our US Representative, Greg Steube, is one of the 164 Republicans who voted against Rep. Meng’s resolution condemning Anti-Asian racism, and one of the 172
Nothing is closer to home, nothing is more precious than the well being of our children. I can list all the places of violence, all the statistics, all of the actors but, you and I already know all that, and don’t need to hear that anymore.
You may know the Republicans’ Senate majority still isn’t guaranteed. It will come down to two tough Senate runoff races in Georgia. Winning these runoffs is possible and absolutely essential. Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Warnock (the pastor at Martin Luther King Jr’s. former church in Atlanta) will be strong, principled fighters for Georgians on everything from
By Karen Tumulty, Washington Post Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Columnist, Jan 23, 2022. “What are Republicans for? What are they for? Name me one thing they’re for.” When President Biden posed that question at his news conference last Wednesday, he no doubt meant it rhetorically. But there is, in fact, an answer. Today’s Republicans are for whatever
A recent VICE news report cited Charlotte County as one of seven Florida counties susceptible to hacking due to being connected to the Internet. Charlotte County Supervisor of Elections Paul Stamoulis disputes the report regarding Charlotte County. The election tabulation system is “in no way connected to the Internet,” according to the elections website. (Read more
In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott made evidence-free allegations of electoral fraud and then ordered state law enforcement to investigate the county officials who oversee the vote count in two counties where his opponent performed well. (Read more in NYTimes.com)
The following Editorial appeared in The Daily Sun on November 12, 2021. OUR POSITION: Southwest Florida should not get left out when they begin funding state projects with the $19 billion or so the state should receive as its share of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Not one Republican congressman (editor: from Florida) voted
In a state whose government is known for lax pollution controls and an aversion to even mentioning climate change, Babcock Ranch is a groundbreaking concept that residents say they hope will catch on in other parts of Florida. (Read more in NewsHerald.com)
Daniel Schwarz recently joined Charlotte Dems and became our youngest member. Only 18, he is a junior at Florida Gulf Coast University, studying Political Science and Criminal Justice. Daniel skipped two years of college by earning both his high school diploma and an associate’s degree through a dual enrollment program at his high school. Because
Seeking a web developer familiar with WordPress to manage the Charlotte County Democrats website. Transition and training will be available from our current webmaster who will continue to be available as a resource as long as possible. The site is currently in good shape and needs someone who can make sure it stays that way.
A Web Editor is needed to review all pages on the Charlotte County Democrats website and identify out-of-date content, errors in spelling and grammar, or opportunities to improve. The Editor will coordinate with each Committee Chair to identify opportunities to improve the content. The Editor will produce a report and assist the Webmaster to update
By Jeffrey Schweers, Capital Bureau | USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA, Oct 22, 2021. If Florida’s previous surgeon general’s social media presence was muted, Dr. Joseph Ladapo has been equipped with a megaphone. Less than a month into the job, Ladapo has made a splash on Twitter and established himself as a regular presence by the
School closures, and economic shutdowns will cause measurable income losses for today’s students, two economics experts told Charlotte County Dems in an online discussion. Dr. Phalin, economics and international business professor at the Warrington Business College, University of Florida, said the economic effects of COVID-19 could be estimated by looking at the economic effects of
Instead of renting chairs on Englewood Beach, Mark Timchula spent Saturday on a street corner in Sarasota fighting for clean water and his livelihood.
Each year, Earth Day – April 22 – marks the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. At the height of counterculture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles’ album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
The following Letter to the Editor appeared in The Daily Sun on Nov 10, 2021. In a recent newsletter, U.S. Rep. Steube posted, “I took this opportunity to press Garland for answers explaining his egregious politicization of the department, most recently displayed in the difference in treatment of the violent extremists who raided the Department
It was two days after Hurricane Michael, and Eddie Foster was pushing his mother in a wheelchair down a thoroughly smashed street, his face creased with a concentrated dose of the frustration and fear that has afflicted much of the Florida Panhandle since the brutal storm turned its coast to rubble. (Read more in NYT)
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 3, 2021. The story about the couple in Port Charlotte needing to sleep in their car in the Nov. 27 edition of the Daily Sun broke my heart. I realize many Republicans and others feel that the “Biden Bill” is too
By Mary Ziegler, Guest Columnist, The New York Times, Feb 17, 2022. In 2019 a wave of anti-abortion laws swept this country — a common enough event in the United States, where hundreds of such laws have passed during the last decade. But these grabbed the public’s attention in a way many others hadn’t. Georgia banned
By Issac Morgan , Florida Phoenix, January 4, 2021 Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to ramp up COVID vaccine distribution in the state by adding community sites such as churches and other state-run facilities, while putting pressure on Florida hospitals to administer vaccines quickly. “We don’t believe it’s time to rest,” DeSantis said at press conference Monday at
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