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Mosaic’s Walt Precourt: Our community, our responsibility

Published on September 23, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Guest Author

Earlier this week, I addressed the Polk County Board of County Commissioners on the recent sinkhole and water loss incident at our New Wales production facility, and believe the updates and sentiments that I shared are pertinent to the entire west-central Florida community. The most important thing for the community to know is that on behalf of Mosaic, I would like to express our sincere regret that the sinkhole and associated loss of water on our property have caused concerns…

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Why 5 former Florida Supreme Court justices oppose Amendment 2

Published on September 19, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Guest Author

As former Florida Supreme Court Justices, we once took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the State of Florida. Today, we urge all Floridians to protect and defend our constitution by once again voting “No” on Amendment 2. The amendment’s sponsors say they fixed the problems that caused Floridians to reject a similar amendment two years ago. We have read this revised amendment and have studied its impact. This amendment is still defective and again should be…

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Steve Pociask: Prepare for the storms

Published on September 16, 2016 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Guest Author

Recent Tropical Storm activity in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean remind us of one thing — Florida is ground zero for tropical weather activity. In June, parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast became inundated with rain, causing flash flooding, tornado spin-offs and heavy wind as Tropical Storm Colin made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend area. While Colin never became a hurricane, the tropical storm caused plenty of damage and disruption and it exemplifies what could be in store…

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Daniel Garza: Marco Rubio fights for Florida’s Latinos

Published on September 14, 2016 in 2017 by Guest Author

My organization, The LIBRE Initiative, has spent the last half-decade working hand in hand with our Latino community in Florida. Listening to their stories and their dreams, I’m reminded of my own parents’ decision to leave their home in Mexico and come to America in search of opportunity. Whether we’re from Mexico, the Caribbean, Central or South America, or even if we’re fourth-generation Americans, every member of the Latino community simply wants the chance to succeed. And that’s why we…

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Blake Dowling: With rising cybercrime, it’s good hearing bad guys get caught

Published on September 13, 2016 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Guest Author

Over the years, I have composed dozens of columns on cyberthreats, skimming credit cards at the pump, boss-phishing, crypto locker, identity theft, and in a lot of the stories, you don’t hear about the bad guys getting the hammer. The Department of Homeland Security has an enormous task of defending government agencies from nation-state cyberattacks, as well as criminals on our own turf. They usually don’t have time for Joe-Bob average citizen. Same for identity theft. If you have your…

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Darryl E. Owens: ‘Star Spangled’ outrage blunts Colin Kaepernick’s message

Published on September 11, 2016 in Sports/Top Headlines by Guest Author

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Martin Luther King Jr. Call it shades of Angela Davis. As the “The Star-Spangled Banner” rang out, Colin Kaepernick took a knee on the sidelines before kickoff in San Diego last week sporting his happy-nappy Afro halo. Not that one could blame him for fishing his blowout comb from…

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Patrick La Pine: Here’s one way to help Americans: Repeal the Durbin Amendment

Published on August 29, 2016 in 2017/Top Headlines by Guest Author

This election season, we rarely get a chance to talk about policy issues that don’t go viral on social platforms. But that doesn’t make it any less important to highlight these issues — especially when Washington is making decisions that affect your wallet. Six years ago, a lot of people were debating our financial system and making rules for Wall Street, hoping to bring about more of what was good for Main Street. Unfortunately, some special interests used the crisis…

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Guest Author has 174 articles published.

Mosaic’s Walt Precourt: Our community, our responsibility

Why 5 former Florida Supreme Court justices oppose Amendment 2

Steve Pociask: Prepare for the storms

Daniel Garza: Marco Rubio fights for Florida’s Latinos

Blake Dowling: With rising cybercrime, it’s good hearing bad guys get caught

Darryl E. Owens: ‘Star Spangled’ outrage blunts Colin Kaepernick’s message

Patrick La Pine: Here’s one way to help Americans: Repeal the Durbin Amendment

Guest Author - page 12

Guest Author has 174 articles published.

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