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Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2013

It struck me as I was buying my morning Diet Coke at the Quick-Stop today. Spreading like kudzu is the sentiment “THROW THEM ALL OUT!” I have been hearing this increasingly from friends, colleagues, people in grocery stores, social media postings, and now the guy who takes my money every morning when I buy my […]

Guest AuthorOctober 7, 2013

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A critical deadline approaches in Washington. The American people expect Congress and the White House to listen to their concerns, acting decisively and crafting a solution that represents their values. Instead, as the clock runs out of time, some D.C. politicians focus more on scoring political points […]

Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2013

First of four parts. He was the last Florida governor born in the 19th century and the first to govern in the post-WWII era. Dashingly handsome with an aristocratic countenance, a wealthy lawyer and country gentleman, he never lost touch with the common folk, nor did he ever lose an election. He was Millard Fillmore […]

Guest AuthorOctober 6, 2013

The innovative Florida Green Energy Works is designed to offer property owners community improvement options to save both energy and money. PACE — Property Assessed Clean Energy — is the program overseen by Florida Green Energy Works, implemented in several cities in Florida. It provides property owners the ability to purchase and install energy efficient […]

Guest AuthorOctober 4, 2013

We are in the midst of a government shutdown over how we will approach healthcare in this country. This article is not about the shutdown, but it is about healthcare, or one aspect of it: diabetes. I was 5 when my dad was diagnosed as a diabetic. He was 42. His dad, my grandfather, was […]

Guest AuthorOctober 3, 2013

One yard is only three feet, about the length of one step for an average-sized man. According to my 11.2 seconds of careful Internet research, we take about 7,500 of those a day, so no one of them is likely to be all that meaningful or memorable. Now, think about that same yard in the […]

Guest AuthorOctober 3, 2013

Our beautiful 237-year experiment in democracy has brought us to a difficult crossroad. Either we are going to continue to lurch from financial crisis to financial crisis or someone in Washington, D.C., is going to have to get over their childish temper tantrums. At this point in time I’m ready to declare a pox on […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2013

Colin Powell was quoted as saying to President George W. Bush and company, “If you break it, you own it.” During the last session in Tallahassee, a common talking point from the Republicans was that “Medicaid is a broken system”, and that expanding it would be folly. Medicaid is by no means perfect, nor was […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2013

Entrepreneurs making a living through Internet sales better get ready for a fight in Florida over your e-liberty. Government is about to come knocking on your screen. It appears the Legislature will be considering the Internet sales tax again during the 2014 session. If enacted, the tax will apply to your e-customers who come to […]

Guest AuthorOctober 2, 2013

Senator Myers was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1964, as a part of a large group of urban area legislators first elected to serve in Tallahassee. The 1960 census reflected large population growth in the urban areas of the state, particularly South Florida, resulting in the U. S. Supreme Court mandating that Florida […]

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Dozens of women showed up to get free mammograms at the Promise Fund event in Stuart. Image via Florida Department of Health.

Ed Moore: ‘Throwing the bums out’ feels good, but it’s lazy

Steve Southerland: Let’s skip making political points and try talking

Gary Mormino: Remembering Florida Gov. Millard Fillmore Caldwell

Ben Kirby: Program helps people buy, install clean energy equipment

Chris Sprowls: Pre-Diabetic? Go to your neighborhood YMCA

Jim McClellan: In politics, the longest yard is between the aisles

Barney Bishop: A pox on both political parties

Gary Stein: If Medicaid is broken in Florida, the state is responsible

Jamie Miller: Will Florida enact a sales tax on Internet sales?

Robert McKnight’s Quorum Call on former State Senator Ken Myers