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Accountability Forums; The New Political Report Card
Accountability is a buzzword usually bandied about in two settings; the campaign trail and the classroom. Two local coalitions are trying to change that when they host the first in a series of Local Leadership Accountability Forums on January 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Edward Waters College Auditorium. The Sherwood Forest/Paradise Park... »
Gladesmen; The Real Everglades
Two miles down a gravel road along the C304Canal, away from the tourist traps of the Tamiami Trail, lies one of the few remaining bastions of old Florida. Mack’s Fishing Camp is an enclave of cottages anchored by a small general store that has been a part of the Everglades landscape long before the... »
Time Out, Florida’s Ball
For Folio Weekly, November 9, 2009 edition Re-pubished on JaxPoliticsOnline.com with permission of Folio Weekly, all rights reserved “… I need to make it clear that I do not believe that the Budget appropriately and adequately funds a high quality education for every student in Florida.” These words appeared in a six-page indictment of Florida’s public schools,... »
Paula Dockery Announcing For Governor Next Week
The speculation has been growing for some time that State Sen. Paula Dockery (R-Lakeland) would challenge Attorney General Bill McCollum for the GOP Gubernatorial nomination. According to her hometown newspaper, the Lakeland Ledger, it now appears as if Dockery will enter the race next week. Dockery, a State Senator who gained widespread recognition for her... »
