What You Missed Last Week In Politics
Susan Chapman’s long awaited court trial has been postponed due to an over crowding of the court docket. It seems most likely to be scheduled for August, but October has… Read more »
Category: Politics
The Young Faces of the Sarasota Democratic Party
In an effort that we haven’t seen before with the latest city commission races, we have to be wondering what is the difference. Who are the young faces on the… Read more »
And The Winner is: The Sarasota Democratic Party
Tuesday, May 12, for the city of Sarasota, history was made. The Sarasota City voters created a commission that is made up of a majority of women, two commissioners are… Read more »
Former Mayor Kelly Kirschner Embraces Partisanship
A robo call went out the other day with a voice identifying himself as Kelly Kirschner …Democrat. His robo call goes on acknowledging his support of the candidates, Normile and… Read more »
The Year of the Woman
One thing that the City of Sarasota can be proud of is the amazing amount of female candidates that it yields every election. There are now three women at the… Read more »
Normile’s Robo Call Ask Outsiders To Stay Out.
Normile’s Robo Call Monday night, city voters received a robo call from a North Port phone number. It was Candidate Eileen Normile telling voters that she did not condone the… Read more »
Dark Money hitting hard again in Sarasota
With all of the hullabaloo that we have heard from the members of Council of City Neighborhoods Association (CCNA) about the Democratic Party staying out the city races, one has… Read more »
Democrats are calling out one of their own
Emails and conversations have been meandering about the Sarasota City Elections that stemmed from an interview that I did with Sarasota Democrat Party Chair Christine Jennings and Treasurer and former… Read more »
Crash Test Dummies
We are in the peak of season in Sarasota, and I don’t mean tourist season. I mean the political season. And it’s very apparent at the City Commission with the… Read more »
Nonpartisan Doesn’t Mean Non-Biased
I wrote about non-partisan elections last month and the value of political parties in the effort to help get a candidate elected. Since then, members of Coalition of City Neighborhood… Read more »
Nonpartisan Races Not What You Think
Nonpartisan races—what should unite us with its core intent—continue to divide us in ways that one would never have thought. Established to control partisanship amongst candidates, the rules dictate no… Read more »
The Military Prepares For The War On Our Changing Climate.
With very little fanfare, the Florida Veterans for Common Sense released a report this month entitled, “Why it is so urgent that we take action to reduce carbon emissions; and… Read more »
How About An Amendment To Our Constitution?
This election season, the one thing I heard over and over from our politicians was “we should not amend our state constitution with things like Medical Marijuana and money for… Read more »
Veterans Day Parade brings Sarasota together to celebrate service
By Matt Defalco Sarasota’s Main Street was filled on Tuesday morning, as the Veterans Day Parade drew a crowd of all ages and backgrounds with one thing in common: reverence…. Read more »
These Things I Know
(Reprinted from SRQ Daily) When it comes to family, I am a traditionalist. I believe in the tradition of loving parents and meals together at the end of each day…. Read more »