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40-Love

40-Love

This reporter loves the game of tennis!  I love to play, watch others play and love to tune in to the best of the best when they…

Missed Opportunities

Missed Opportunities

 Seems there’s always an excuse for not pruning when you’re supposed to – it’s too cold, it’s too windy, it’s not time (when you’re in the mood…

Hope Floats

Hope Floats

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death – Pearl S. Buck. Hope, what is it?  Hope by definition is a feeling of…

Flora Fest Gives Locals a Step Toward Lush Summer Greenery

Flora Fest Gives Locals a Step Toward Lush Summer Greenery

Despite the dreary weather, the Charlotte County Master Gardeners held a celebration of gardening and nature at the Charlotte County Extension Service Building on Saturday, April 25.…

Transparency and Ethics

Transparency and Ethics

There are those who believe that government is not transparent enough.  I am one of those.  The workings of government should be open for the public to…

The CFPB Needs Increased Transparency and Accountability

The CFPB Needs Increased Transparency and Accountability

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was created by the Dodd-Frank Act, is an agency intended to oversee consumer protection in the financial sector, but it…

Letters to the Editor

Law Day is May 1 I am writing to inform your readers about Law Day 2015. It is a national day established by President Eisenhower and observed…

And The Government Goes Round And Round

And The Government Goes Round And Round

Stump County is in an uproar. The United States Supreme Court just overturned the Bill of Rights and gave local governments the right to take someone’s property…

Grumbler Miffed about HRC exclusion

Grumbler Miffed about HRC exclusion

I am upset. I was ignored by the Hillary Clinton group of “super” volunteers. The group calling itself HRC Super Volunteers is worried that reporters will use…

Local Lions Club Begins Annual White Cane Drive

The Charlotte County Lions Club, like many Lions Clubs around the nation, is once again beginning its largest annual fund raiser. The “White Cane Drive,” as it…