To the editor: Here’s a startling fact that every American should be aware of: The vast majority of firearms used by cartels don’t come from secret smuggling operations — they are sourced directly from U.S. gun dealers. Each year, approximately 500,000 American guns are trafficked into ...
To the editor: In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill, which raised American tariffs (taxes) on imports by the second-highest amount in U.S. history. This bill had disastrous consequences, when retaliatory tariffs strongly contributed to the Great Depression of ...
To the editor: Did you know that Citizen initiated Constitutional Amendments may become a thing of the past in the State of Florida? Here’s what is brewing in Tallahassee: HB (House Bill) 1205 and SB (Senate Bill) 7016 add new challenges to the citizens initiatives process. (There are 15 ...
To the editor: I used to work for a Republican back in the days when the party was a true party of fiscally conservative persons. However, the party has changed and not in a good way. Even the man I used to work for left the party and became an Independent so he could still vote his ...
To the editor: Since I have had issues getting responses from the city of Cape Coral through its online record request program, I chose to go before the Council on April 2, provide each council member with a copy of my list of questions then proceeded to read each one so there would be no ...
To the editor: The Florida Senate is pushing legislation that masks the harsh reality of our public education system. Senate Bill 166, passed unanimously by the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee, eliminates the requirement for high school students to pass 10th-grade standardized tests in English ...
