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Candidate for Commissioner Kim Amontree, a registered Republican living in District 2, previously a Non-Party-Affiliated voter, now running in District 4, promotes in her campaign that she wants “attainable housing” – not affordable housing – for government workers, campaigning this to special interest groups, while effectively marginalizing all other residents in the county. What this […]

The American version of politics has gone from one of “voting your conscience” to one of “violent confrontation.”  With the ability to communicate with each voter, to be able to “know” the voter at many levels, allows the inveigling of reason in the minds of the most unreasonable voters.    We now vote our emotions.  The

Allowing stupid people with very bad habits is one thing; to have lying deviants promote high values is another. Worse are those who fully understand both, choosing the latter for electability. We are a nation more slavish than independent, willing to submit to our inadequacies rather than endure the discipline of mind or body. We

One of the lessons I believe we should never forget from Nazi Germany is how quickly freedom of speech disappeared after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor in 1933. The loss of freedom did not happen overnight. There was no single day when Germans woke up and discovered they were living under a totalitarian regime. Instead, freedoms

Censorship and self-censorship is vile, in any form that it may surface, whether it is by the government, organizations, or elected officials who cannot handle criticism. Censorship and self-censorship should make anyone’s stomach turn. Censorship and self-censorship is a sign of weakness. Censorship kills, as we have witness in broad daylight. Censorships and self-censorship ruins

Politics was originally conceived as a form of public service. In the American republic, elected office was intended to be occupied by citizens willing to temporarily leave private life, serve their communities, and then return home. The office was never intended to become a career track managed by insiders, a family inheritance, or a reward

Apparently, the idea of being in “government” has an allure that becomes familial, a “like father, like son” approach. Congress is filled with either husband then wife, son then daughter, daughter then son and multiple other combinations of cousins who want to be elected to do whatever government does.  What the allure is, makes me wonder

Ron DeSantis, having succumbed to the demands of the public to “eliminate” property taxes, has done irreparable harm to his reputation, which, while evident on its face, will be set in stone in a few years. He has decided that he can spend the same money twice and get better results. Cutting taxes on essentials

Communities across America are increasingly installing Flock Safety cameras with the promise of reducing crime and assisting law enforcement. While public safety is an important government function, citizens should carefully consider the constitutional and privacy implications of creating widespread surveillance networks that monitor the movements of law-abiding individuals. Flock cameras are designed to capture vehicle

Ok, so much for that. Trump tried and no one in Iran could see the forest for the trees. The “Iranian slow walk” did wonders for Trump. His control of the Republican Party is complete and all this “peace treaty” stuff allowed the American military to reload and finalize who and what gets hit first. Of course, the