Tales from the Mark Side: Cheer up Patriots. Here’s why the election wasn’t that bad
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Tales from the Mark Side: Cheer up Patriots. Here’s why the election wasn’t that bad

By Mark Young mark.young@manateeherald.com It’s fair to admit that I’ve had some time to simmer down. Had I knocked on your door for today’s visit as the national election results rolled in, I wouldn’t have been very good company. There would have been a need to attach a warning label for excessive use of profanity….

Tales from the Mark Side: Democracy isn’t on the ballot Joe. The ballot is ‘democracy’.
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Tales from the Mark Side: Democracy isn’t on the ballot Joe. The ballot is ‘democracy’.

By Mark Young mark.young@manateeherald.com Like everything the liberals do these days, this ridiculous narrative that democracy is on the ballot – and that democracy will be destroyed if Republicans are elected – is hilarious and unnerving at the same time. But hear me out, because there is some accuracy to what liberals are saying. It’s…

DeSantis: The Obvious Choice
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DeSantis: The Obvious Choice

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…

Support Kurt Landefeld For Bradenton City Commission
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Support Kurt Landefeld For Bradenton City Commission

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…