84°
Over the past decade, the United States has experienced taxpayers fleeing from high-tax blue states to taxpayer-friendly red states. California is one example of a state that attempts to “soak the rich” in order to fund costly government programs. Roughly 100,000 California taxpayers with income over $1 million collectively pay 40% of California’s personal income…
Mike Rahn has been a breath of fresh air on the Manatee County Commission. Elected last November, Rahn ran on a campaign of conservative values and a business approach to our county government. I spoke with Rahn recently as he reached the half-year mark in office. Rahn noted that there are many issues that Manatee…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor DeSantis signed three bills that strengthen Florida’s property insurance market, expand the state’s home hardening and hazard mitigation programs, and further protect consumers against bad actors. These actions build on the Governor’s strong record of instituting meaningful reforms to Florida’s property insurance market. Additionally, Governor DeSantis is announcing the approval of an additional $100…
mark.young@manateeherald.com I know the Manatee Herald will take some heat for allowing a Diversity, Equity and Inclusive writer like myself staying on board. But I am a proud Conservative, white, heterosexual older man and I give full credit to the Manatee Herald for being bold enough to keep someone like myself around. I’m white and…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Can someone please find me a reasonable liberal? I just have not been able to do it despite having – more than I care to admit – democratic friends. These are intelligent people but finding a shred of common sense within them is like finding a pot of gold at the end of a…
mark.young@manateeherald.com There are times when I’m pretty sure that Facebook retaliates against me. Not by restricting my account because even their army of 41,000 fact checkers can never dispute the facts I present in my postings. That, by the way, is proof that every unqualified person out there who lacks intelligence and common sense can…
mark.young@manateeherald.com Every generation seems to argue that “their music” is the best, but sorry to tell you that the music of the 60s-80s is the best of all time and there will likely never be anything like it again. It was a time when music fueled – whether good or bad – cultural revolutions, called…
More minority millionaires are created by the deaths of neighborhood criminals in big cities. If you live in a big city and you have a child, a spouse or a parent who is a criminal, you have a fighting chance to have your local government give you millions of dollars. It is a simple strategy….
mark.young@manateeherald.com Ever wondered what happened to serial killers? We really haven’t seen a national media frenzy relating to a serial killer since Ted Bundy. Estimates today say the number of serial killers operating in the U.S. have gone from several hundred in the 1970s and 80s to a few dozen today. But we don’t hear…
