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My part of a “Plan” is no different from all the others doing their part.   Some designated to play the part of strivers, are good people being marginalized and failing to reach the pinnacle of life because of “affordability.”   Others, by force of nature, DNA and lack of “amenities” became divided into clans and tribes, […]

There’s a predictable pattern that emerges whenever politicians are confronted with uncomfortable facts: instead of addressing the substance, they attack the speaker. One of their favorite tools is the accusation of slander—a word they deploy quickly, loudly, and often inaccurately. Let’s be clear about what slander actually means. By definition, it is “the act of

The Use of People as Political Tools Politicians are notorious for using—and abusing—people on multiple levels to advance themselves. When running for office, you will often hear self-advancing politicians—especially the very wealthy ones—use people’s stories, whether they are true or not, to push their campaigns forward. Pay attention to their speeches and interviews. They weave

“Ah, how I love the smell of burning credit scores  in the morning.”   While this is not something meant to be a joke, it is something that concerns all, with no one exempt, including those with a zero balance on their credit cards.   We all bear the costs of unpaid balances and the reckless spending

Something very interesting and a bit unusual occurred today at the Charlotte County Board of Commissioners Meeting; an inadvertent admission of guilt took place. Somehow Chairman Tiseo walked right into the lion’s mouth. After five residents, during the public speaking time, had criticized Chairman Joseph Tiseo for the manner in which he has given preferential

Elected officials tend to meet the world with an overinflated self-image and a high dose of entitlement—often to no benefit for the people they are elected to serve. They feel entitled to information and expect people to be at their beck and call for the sole reason that they are elected. The title, whether it

The Washington Correspondents Dinner, an annual meeting where we presume to congratulate the “correspondents” or whatever they prefer to be called, turned to chaos as another one of their class, using his brand of “correspondence,” in this case, guns, attempted to shoot the president of the United States.   The left has to have a conversation

For generations, Sunday meant something. It was family time—shared meals, conversation, rest. Stores were closed. Roads were quiet. Life slowed down. Today, Sunday is just another day. Work. Bills. Obligations. No pause. No reset. No extra time for your kids—just the same grind on repeat. Why? Because for most American families, one income isn’t enough

It is not about what is affordable, but what is unaffordable.  The “what we cannot afford” has always been a mainstay of politicians promoting the positive by embracing and demonizing the negative.   I have memories of being told “we cannot afford that” in no uncertain terms and like or not, had to accept what was

Upon analyzing the data available, it has come to my attention – worth sharing objectively with the Charlotte County voters – that nearly 70% of Kim Amontree’s Campaign spending goes to Tallahassee-connected political operatives as she targets commissioner Stephen R. Deutsch viciously. Charlotte County voters are getting their first real taste of what political observers