Category: Editorials

Florida is well known and widely recognized as a leader in open records laws — what we call “government in the sunshine”. As an investigator and news publisher my job is a lot easier here than it could be in many other states like California or Pennsylvania.

I’m sure by now that everyone who reads this weekly Op/Ed has no doubt in their mind that I am a Conservative. Most of us Conservatives question ourselves everyday about how America got to where it is today, when in fact there is no easy answer.

To the Editor: Re: Carriage operator proposes new route

Anybody can create a fancy website and fill it with a lot of fluff and fancy talk, but without facts and sources how do you know what to believe?

The proposed city fire fee has me thinking about the maneuvers all government bodies are taking in order to conform with mandates to lower budgets while meeting the need to providing essential public services.

“Right Wing Extremist”, “Angry Mob Leader”, “Astroturf” and now I’m a “Nazi”? I have been called a lot of things in my young almost 50 years, but I can honestly say that the word “Nazi” has never been one of them.

In the August 2nd issue of The Record, Peter Guinta wrote on the retirement of Dr. Bill Adams who honorably served 10 years as director of the city’s Department of Heritage Tourism.

In a clipping featured in this morning’s report received by Historic City News from the Florida Association of Counties, I read about a grand jury recommendation that is unsettling, to say the least.