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Eight days after the election we have finally determined that Republicans will control the US House of Representatives. It is puzzling how long it takes California to count votes. Having control of the House is so important for the Republican agenda. Now we can begin to hold the Biden administration accountable for its actions. In…
Governor results: From The Associated Press Election Day was a Stephen King novel kind of day. What seemed certain was turned on its head and celebratory toasts were postponed for Republicans who don’t live in Florida. Let’s talk about Florida. Our election was DeSantis versus Biden and it was a Mike Tyson fight. A knockout…
Donald Trump has channeled his inner demons
One of the biggest con jobs foisted on the American public is the idea of plastic recycling. Americans of all political persuasions have dutifully sorted their trash into separate receptacles and smugly thought they were doing their part to save the planet. The most obnoxious would stop and berate others as to why they were…
Manatee County has launched a formal investigation into the actions of county employee Kurt Mattingly.
Florida’s Gubernatorial election presents voters with a distinct choice between Ron DeSantis and Charlie Crist. Ron DeSantis grew up in Florida and attended Yale University and Harvard Law School. DeSantis joined the US Navy in 2004 and was promoted to lieutenant before serving as an advisor to Seal Team One. DeSantis served in Iraq and…
What did Florida do wrong that caused us to have to endure watching Charlie Crist run for some political office every 2 to 4 years? Charlie Crist seems to be the herpes of Florida politics; he just never goes away! I remember sitting in the room with Charlie Crist numerous times as he was fundraising…
A decade ago in Palmetto, the director of the Palmetto Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) was married to a candidate for Mayor of Palmetto.
Enough has been written about the boorish behavior of Bradenton City Council member Bill Sanders. I am not going to dignify his behavior by wasting your valuable reading time. I am going to discuss the campaign of Kurt Landefeld to replace Sanders on the Bradenton City Council. Landefeld was raised in Ohio where he had…
