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Little citizen support for city’s big flagpole project

To the editor: As of today, April 4, there are only 124 people that have donated to this very questionable use of money for a flag pole that the permanent residents will have to fund maintenance to a tune of $15,000 to $16,000 annually with our tax dollars. Only 124 people out of a city with ...

The loss of USAID: Impacts at home

To the editor: Since the start of the second Trump administration, foreign aid has been under attack with the unquestionable support of our local representatives. Here in the 19th Congressional District our Representative, Byron Donalds’ is seeking to land himself in the Governor’s Mansion ...

Bring back our Republic

To the editor: When two people agree, one person is redundant and unnecessary.  Requiring loyalty oaths, punishing those who disagree, and limiting independent thought aim to create a uniform message, belief, and action. This approach stops healthy debate, curiosity for better solutions, ...

Save the America our founders envisioned

To the editor: In response to increasing criticism of the President’s foreign—and previous domestic—threats and military actions there has been an uptick in letters supporting Trump’s behavior, no matter how capricious or self-serving it has seemed. This is as it should be in a ...

Editorial | U.S. Constitution: The law of the land

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation this week that his office says strengthens protections against two things — any implementation of religious laws and terrorism, foreign or home-grown. “To uphold the rule of law, our state must operate under one legal system, the Constitution must ...