Tales from the Mark Side: Anna Maria Island takeover is a breach of trustTales from the Mark Side:
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Tales from the Mark Side: Anna Maria Island takeover is a breach of trustTales from the Mark Side:

ByMark Young

mark.young@manateeherald.com We’re not going to see U.S. Marines storming Coquina Beach or the 82nd Airborne Division parachuting into Holmes Beach. But it’s still an invasion as far as I’m concerned. You’ll never catch me saying a bad word about our state representative Will Robinson, but on Anna Maria Island I will respectfully disagree with any…

Tales from the Mark Side: Vetting books does not make Manatee County ‘Nazi Germany’
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Tales from the Mark Side: Vetting books does not make Manatee County ‘Nazi Germany’

ByMark Young

mark.young@manateeherald.com I was a little surprised when the lone liberal on Fox News’ The Five mentioned Manatee County this week regarding complying with the new Florida law that school districts must ensure reading materials don’t contain the continued moral attack on America. I wasn’t surprised to learn that some of our teachers had attempted to…

Look Out The Window, The Yankees Are Coming
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Look Out The Window, The Yankees Are Coming

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Today, we learn from our past but we cannot focus on the past. The nightmare of slavery and discrimination has been defeated but problems persist and they always will. The way to attain the goal of the color-blind society that Dr. King described is not by pouring kerosene on any remaining burning embers of past fires.

Tales from the Mark Side: The curious case of the 40 percent and flat earth believers
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Tales from the Mark Side: The curious case of the 40 percent and flat earth believers

ByMark Young

mark.young@manateeherald.com Honestly, when it comes to the lunatic left I don’t know why I still get surprised. But surprised I was when I saw that the consistent 40 percent polled who think Joe Biden is doing a good job, also believes that Biden is handling the classified document scandal in a trustworthy manner. Wait, what?…

The Documents Were Safe, They Were In My Garage
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The Documents Were Safe, They Were In My Garage

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Just when we think that Biden and his Attorney General can’t surprise us anymore, we get “Garage-gate.” Following closely on the heels of President Trump’s issues with the National Archives, we have witnessed how the national media deals with similar issues from  different political parties. 

Tales from the Mark Side: Politics within politics sees Vern Buchanan on the outside
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Tales from the Mark Side: Politics within politics sees Vern Buchanan on the outside

ByMark Young

mark.young@manateeherald.com My early life plan was to get into law enforcement. I wanted to be a cop ever since I was a child watching One Adam 12, and that desire grew deeper as my childhood transitioned to my teenage years with shows like Miami Vice. There was just such an appeal to be the good…

DeSantis Fights To Lower University Educational Costs In Florida
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DeSantis Fights To Lower University Educational Costs In Florida

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Governor Ron DeSantis is continuing his march towards making the public universities in Florida accessible to all and  inclusive to all viewpoints. The higher education arena has been a bastion of fascist behavior and the leftist leadership has turned intolerant towards conservative viewpoints. Over the past two decades, college tuition has increased in price more…