To the editor: When a local political party leader calls his fellow partisans from across the state to a protest rally attacking a teacher under the pretense of resolving a complaint, I am alarmed! Attacking one teacher in this way threatens all teachers, spreading chaos and fear throughout ...
To the editor: When we voted for the $60 million Parks GO Bond in November 2018, the city sold the referendum to the voters as having $11 million allocated to Yacht Club Enhancements. The City Council removed the Yacht Club Enhancements from the Parks GO Bond in March 2022 by a Consent Agenda ...
To the editor: Rep. Adam Botana and Sen. Jonathan Martin are proposing a pair of bills ( HB 957 and SB 1210) to shrink the size of the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve to allow for dredging and facilitate development on San Carlos Island. Botana claims that the Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve boundary ...
To the editor: Last week I read a Guest Commentary in The Breeze titled, “Everybody’s an Expert,” who wondered why teachers get no respect for being experts. It is because many teachers, with elitist attitudes, have their own hidden liberal agendas meant to change the ideological ...
I am deeply honored to serve as a School Board Member for the School District of Lee County, representing the interests of our students, families, and dedicated staff. It fills me with immense pride to witness the unwavering commitment of our District towards fostering student success. ...
Criminals shouldn’t be able to steal your home or property. Yet, for many years, thieves have illegally recorded fraudulent deeds to take a property’s ownership from its rightful owners, and the law required the Clerk’s Office to accept these documents without any exception. Once the ...
Why is it when it comes to educational decision-making, everyone is an “expert?” Why do parents, residents and anyone else with a grudge, who have absolutely zero expertise in educational methodology, practice, curriculum, evaluation or policy, feel they can demand change based on ...
To the editor: Many people in the community ask me how to help Ukraine. And many of you who have been reading my publications in The Breeze know that I am a proponent of Military Aid to Ukraine, as well as Humanitarian Parole. My family and I have leveraged this program to sponsor a young ...
To the editor: Teachers do not surrender their rights under the First Amendment at the schoolhouse door. But the flag attached to a bulletin board at Riverdale High School should not even be considered controversial. The flag in question spells out “HATE HAS NO HOME HERE” and is covered in ...
To the editor: Sexual abuse against children is a grievous offense. Many of these innocent victims experience serious mental, physical and emotional harm that may take years to overcome. Among some of the harms are PTSD, depression, sexual promiscuity, runaway behavior, inability to develop ...
