A while back, I wrote about Grandma Gibson’s old home that was built across the Okaloosa and Santa Rosa county lines, and I mentioned the Old Canoe Cemetery near the home place.
Since that time, El…
Here are featured comments from our Speak Out hotline. I am responding to Carol and Louis Landthrip in Pace about the half cent sales tax, and I agree. There's no reason to build another subdivision until you put some impact fees in place and have the builders build a new school before we build another […]
We're being barraged with “news” about the shooting at Stoneman Douglas School, done by Nikolas Cruz. Not being mentioned is the incompetence by the government of Broward County in keeping Cruz out o…
The jury’s still out on whether Gov. Ron DeSantis will do a better job of protecting open government and public records than his predecessor.
Former Gov. Rick Scott, it should be remembered, was fa…
I love God's attention to detail. When he promoted "The Donald" to the presidency, he knew that patriot would proudly display Old Glory daily on his lapel.
The symbol of freedom, bought and paid fo…
Here are featured comments from our Speak Out hotline. Half cent sales tax conditions The Landthrips sent this letter to Santa Rosa commissioners a few days ago. Hello County Commissioners. Please be advised that we will not vote for the half cent addition to the local option sales tax unless impact fees for infrastructure, which […]
When it comes to climate change, there’s been a sea change in Florida politics.
The new attitude starts at the top, where Gov. Ron DeSantis last month appointed the state’s first Chief Science Offi…
Each year following the spring legislative session, Florida TaxWatch releases its list of what it calls “budget turkeys.”
The group this year hung the moniker on 109 appropriations worth $133 milli…
