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:

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’

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…

Bob Spencer
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Look Out The Window, The Yankees Are Coming

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.

Palmetto Youth Center, A Community Asset
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Palmetto Youth Center, A Community Asset

The Palmetto Youth Center was founded in 1957 to provide an outlet for physical development for children of color. The original facility consisted of four walls with no roof. Fortunately, the vision over the years of community leaders like Seymour Sailes, Willie Clemons, Ruby Fobbs, Floyd Roundtree, Harold Morgan and countless others has evolved into…