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Must-read op-ed from Stafford Jones: Who is really doing the gerrymandering?

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With the complexities involved over the redistricting cases winding their way through Florida courts, I shouldn’t be surprised how easily the Democrats are getting away with their misinformation campaign, and I really shouldn’t be surprised how willing the press is to repeat the Democratic talking points. Let’s review, first, what the constitutional amendments governed. The Fair Districts Amendments governed the intent and actions of the Legislature. They did not govern the intent or actions of citizens. They did not govern…

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Roll with technical disruption or risk being run over

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What is technical disruption? Simply described I think of it as new innovations that constantly drive our society and economy in new and different directions, allowing us or in some instances forcing us to do things in a new way. In the early 1900s my family’s business was rocked by the invention of the tractor. We were in the mule business (the mule pulled your plow for those needing a history lesson on farming) and the tractor ran the mule…

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Bob Griendling: Stop, look and listen before crossing local historic district threshold

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  The devil is always in the details. And when it comes to the proposed historic preservation ordinance, especially the application threshold, the details are many. Depending on how far one is willing to dig into those details determines whether so-called misinformation is actually critical and valid information. I have looked at the details. I have read the ordinance many times, asked questions in one-on-one meetings with Derek Kilborn, the city’s chief historic preservationist. I’ve talked to many contractors, Realtors,…

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Roger Stone op-ed: How Donald Trump can win

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Presidential campaigns are always won with big-picture ideas articulated with simple, memorable and disciplined messaging. Even in a primary, voters respond more favorably to a candidate with a grand vision of what our country should be than to policy wonks. Just ask President Gingrich. Although I resigned from his campaign effort last week I remain convinced that Trump and Trump alone has the stature, experience and guts to take on the entrenched special interests and save America from further decline…

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New laws and technology to protect you

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You may have heard the story of a Florida State student who had comprising pictures posted on the internet by a former boyfriend. This act is crudely and generally called “revenge porn,” and there are websites dedicated to posting pictures of ex’s without their permission to get back at them for some transgression that occurred during or at the end of their relationship (breakup). The student in this case went to law enforcement to report the crime and found out…

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Alan Williams: Freedom … worth the fight!

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Happy Independence Day!!!!! We all hope for an America that celebrates the foundational principles of freedom. Today we celebrate the bedrock principle upon which our nation was built 239 years ago: FREEDOM. If we take a look across our community, state and nation you will find a strong spirit of independence and freedom that flows through us as a great nation. America’s great experiment in liberty and independence has continued to stand the test of time and the freedoms we celebrate remain…

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Gary Stein: Symbols and cymbals mark Fourth of July

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As we prepare to celebrate the holiday formally called Independence Day but more commonly known as the Fourth of July, visions of fireworks, barbecue and red, white and blue come to mind. But, taking a step back, I think a more apropos name, albeit less patriotic sounding would be to call it Symbols Day. Most holidays are filled with symbolism, but as secular, government-sanctioned holidays go, “The Fourth” beats them all. Symbols can range from icons to symbolic acts. Flags…

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