To the editor: While our new $255,000-per-year Lee school administrator Dr. Bernier bemoans his mysterious inability to get teachers or hire bus drivers at $17.50 an hour, parents are left to absorb the salary cost saving to the school district by picking up the slack. It is every mom for ...
To the editor: “I don’t know” is an acceptable answer. And can be a complete sentence. All by itself. No other explanation necessary. If someone asks you what Joe Biden did to deserve impeachment, do you know the answer to that question? I don’t know. If asked how much the National ...
On July 28, 2023, Department of Children and Families in Tallahassee awarded a total of 18 education and direct services Responsible Fatherhood Initiative grants but none of the awards included Southwest Florida, an area that stretches from Manatee to Monroe counties Early in March 2023 the ...
For many, 136 years of history have clouded the reasons behind the Labor Day holiday. More than a time for cookouts, President Grover Cleveland signed legislation in 1894 that set aside the first Monday in September to recognize U.S. workers’ contributions to the nation’s strength, ...
As a native Floridian, growing up my family used to vacation on both Captiva and Sanibel Islands, and I was that 9-year-old kid riding his bike around with a fishing pole in my hand heading to Blind Pass for the day. Some of my favorite memories include enjoying the beach, riding my bike around ...
To the Southwest Florida community, the emotions surrounding the quickly approaching one-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian and the destruction left on our community are apparent. Heroes have risen in this time of devastation, and they deserve recognition for their continued impact since the ...
To the editor: So, Ron DeSantis has introduced to the kids of Florida curriculum from PragerU, whose website claims itself anathema to children being “indoctrinated ...with (radical) ideas.” The educational profiteers go on to propose curriculum alternative to “ideas.” If you have seen ...
To the editor: Former Trump supporters are finally speaking out and fighting against him because they know he is a hard-core criminal incapable of leading this country. Chris Christie is finally telling the truth about Donald Trump, and his words are absolutely true. When Christie speaks ...
To the editor: I have addressed the following to Gov. Ron DeSantis: Good morning Governor DeSantis – I realize you are very busy touting yourself to the country but I do not think that will change the fact that you do not respond to my communiques. Once again, I will congratulate you for ...
Aug. 26, Women’s Equality Day, commemorates women’s right to vote through ratification of the 19th Amendment. Over the last 100-plus years, much progress has been made in the fight for women’s rights and equality, but there remains much to be done. Since 1920, the League of Women Voters ...
