Learn ways to maximize Social Security
Deciding when and how to claim Social Security benefits is one of the most important retirement income decisions that you will ever make. The idea of guaranteed income for life that keeps pace with i…
Decisions to consider when purchasing a car
This week my car gave us a scare. Somehow or another a valve bent in the cylinder after I started the car and put it in reverse. We couldn’t have seen this coming, I was told by our mechanic, so ther…
Politics of trash talk
A recent Speak Out argument hit home for me recently when a few times I saw trash blow out of someone’s vehicle and on to the road. There was also the guy, on a bicycle, who rode through the parking …
Speak Out October 25
Wednesday 5:10 p.m.
Voters, please vote yes for the 1 cent increase in sales tax. If it doesn’t pass, I read that homeowners will be responsible to pay for the new courthouse through their propert…
Productivity and Standard Time
My excitement regarding the end of Daylight Savings Time (DST) is one of them is a minority amongst my friends and family. My anticipation of falling back into Standard Time accelerates within the mo…
Ebola, We Hardly Know Ya
When it comes any issue, what is best for America is not what drives Obama. Even with Ebola, he is like the trendy new song, “I’m all about the base, 'bout the base, not the trouble.”
As with…
Keep campaigns clean
Dear Editor,
It is commendable that you have chosen to pursue election to a position to benefit the community that you and your family and friends live in. Run on the pertinent issues that …
Let’s move Pace forward
Dear Editor,
Thank you for this opportunity, I have two things I want to share. First, WUWF has done a great job on putting together a video for a need for a new courthouse in Santa Rosa, (ht…
Aunt Lizzy’s wisdom and Mama’s ditties
Reminiscing
Invariably, when our thoughts take us back, they involve another person or more. Thinking back to my childhood, I know I was fortunate to live next door to my paternal grandmother (Mam…
One cent tax up to voters
Dear Editor,
Within my first two weeks of being named Santa Rosa County Commissioner for District 1, I held a town hall assembly specifically on the new judicial center. It was a spirited meeting …















