Recent Comments

kmskepton@yahoo.com writes:

Thank you for your excellent publication. More than happy to have a paid subscription. In fact, after that wretched endorsement of KVO that the Herald-Tribune had in their paper just prior to the primary,I canceled that subscription and increased what I pay for yours. Keep up the great work, please. We desperately need it.

Posted Saturday, September 14, 2024

Elections Prove the Value of Our Free Press and the Pulse of a Community

Dave writes:

Here’s an idea, start making developers pay the full cost to taxpayers for infrastructure their projects need.

Posted Saturday, September 14, 2024

BOCC Proposes Modest Millage Rate Reduction

sandy writes:

If I was a City Councilperson, I would be screaming loudly about a proposed county Comp Plan change and development plan at the old PAL property at US 301/US 41 and 13th Ave E. With the amount of sewage being released into county waterways, no development of this size (expansion of charter school, commercial, and RV park) should be approved until such time as the city infrastructure has been fixed and updated. There appears to be no capacity. The county should deny for that very reason. Sorry for the charter school, but they have a second location near the airport.

Posted Saturday, September 14, 2024

Jayne Kocher Sounds Off

WTF writes:

Such a scumbag operator, you are judged by the company you keep...or hire

Posted Friday, September 13, 2024

Would a candidate hiring Anthony Pedicini/SIMWINS disqualify them from you consideration?

moomba19@gmail.com writes:

And here we go again. The SME, the one the county signs a check for every two weeks, told them it's a bad idea to go forward until the study can be completed. "It takes years to complete these things." Can we wait? Yes, we have to. You cannot undo what has already been done but we can certainly wait until a study is presented and an objective vote can be made verses one based on emotion and developer support.

Posted Friday, September 13, 2024

Planning Commission Recommends Density Increase Despite Flood Concerns

rayfusco68@gmail.com writes:

Our government is actually a representative republic not a democracy. The ability to amend our State constitution, even though it takes a 2/3 majority vote, is as close as we come to a democracy. DeMousealini even wants to prevent this modicum of democracy from taking place.

Posted Friday, September 13, 2024

Florida Democrats want DOJ to investigate ‘voter intimidation’ on Amendment 4

rayfusco68@gmail.com writes:

Of course Slick Rick doesn't want to have a televised debate where he will have to answer real questions. He would rather just have his fluff ads and not have to be held accountable for his corruption issues.

Posted Friday, September 13, 2024

Rick Scott says he’s not ready to commit to debating Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

ml.chickp@verizon.net writes:

And "local" races in Palmetto?

Posted Friday, September 13, 2024

Local Election Candidate Preview

rayfusco68@gmail.com writes:

Glenn, Excellent letter, very informative, and spot on. I have a question that I have not been able to get an answer to. The huge sewage spills into our waterways always seem to happen with a major flooding event caused by rain. This leads me to believe that the storm water run off is entering our sewage system, is this correct? If this is true why are the two effluents running through the same system. Obviously storm run off water should be treated differently from sewage. I have also been told that the County received a federal grant of millions of dollars a few years back to address this issue but has not acting on this. Is this true?

Posted Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Swimming in Sewage

AllForOne writes:

Like all political organizations, there has always been a degree of dissention in the REC. However, for many years Kathy King managed to pull the group together and ran a very successful organization. After all her hard work, it's heartbreaking to see how much the REC has deteriorated.

Posted Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Future of Local Republican Executive Committee Uncertain

Dianna writes:

A huge thanks to Matt Bower and the citizens of Manatee County who came to speak during public comment. Matt’s comments were right on target as the public is paying either way because we will not leave McClash to pick up the tab for this alone. Kruse was also right on target with his comments. Those citizens coming to discuss the dam and flooding- please keep coming. This board has the ability to share information with the citizens, yet they keep canceling workshops and refuse to have any real discussion on stormwater issues during meetings. This problem is not going away and needs to be addressed. Again, the meeting ended at 11:30am and there was one citizen on the phone for public comment. Instead of taking the one last citizen you pushed them off until later so clearly public comments are still not important. Reverse all you want. Too little too late, the minority will be voted out in 2 years- because citizens will not forget.

Posted Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Meanwhile, in Bizzaro World

bmcdaniel2@hotmail.com writes:

I am concerned about our county's election integrity with a "lame duck" supervisor of elections who has fired three of the most qualified employees since he was not the chosen in the last primary. How can the county residents have any confidence that our votes will be handled properly, and counts reported correctly? WE have signed a petition to the Governor to replace him with no response as yet?

Posted Monday, September 9, 2024

This Week in Local Government: 9/8/24

san.gander@gmail.com writes:

I am a democrat - small d and big D - and I agree with any Republican, that any candidate that puts their goals and objectives above the laws and principles of the Constitution and founding documents of this nation is not "fit" or worthy of holding office in its government at any level! And certainly, not the office of president. This government was by design one that would allow each of the three branches to serve as a check and balance on the other... this princple guide appears to have been broken; by less principled individuals elected, or appointed or both! We expect the best people to serve - with honesty and honor. A great country cannot stay great with less! A history lesson may be seen looking back as recent as the twentieth century, when Italy, Germany, and yes, the USSR, were able to have "strongmen" rule: Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin. They were cults of "one-man" above-the-law" rule. History as shown us how well that turned out! Do we see efforts to make that happen here? God forbid!