Many people have been wondering just who is eligible to become a member of the VFW Auxiliary. What is not known is the fact so many family members are actually able to join. The Auxiliary is not just for spouses of veterans of veterans and service members. The Family Circle of possible ...
In 2016, Florida voters overwhelmingly expressed their desire for a safe and accessible medical marijuana program, and I am fighting to preserve the medical nature of the program that voters demanded. What we have now is a recreational drug program masquerading as a medical marijuana program, ...
To the editor: Media are reporting that Lee County will be receiving “nearly $150 million” from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and that the county is conferring with Senator Rubio’s office about how it can spend the windfall. Better idea: Why doesn’t the county consult ...
To the editor: With the immigration crisis and this $2.5 trillion infrastructure plan and tax bill, I am hearing the same rhetoric from politicians and media. We are told we should welcome and help everyone that comes to this country illegally and yet the people that come here legally ...
To the editor: We simply can not tolerate people dying in the streets. Therefore, the employers in any given community must pay wages commensurate with the local ( Repeat: local) Cost of Living -- or -- be taxed to provide Social Services sufficient to forestall such dying. It is likely ...
Next monthly meeting to be held April 16 The General Women's Club of Lehigh Acres will have its monthly meeting on Friday, April 16 at 1 p.m. Melissa Barry, Fire Commissioner of Lehigh Acres, will be the speaker. The meeting will be held at Faith Lutheran Church in the Sweatlock Hall, 705 ...
Since the 20th Century, the VFW has had a hand in many pieces of legislation which has been passed, and continues to work on keeping that hand in to provide for the well being of Veterans. Since there are more than 1.5 million members of the VFW and its Auxiliary, Capitol Hill can hear us ...
To the editor: Last fall, for the first time in my life, I received a phone call from a person elected in my district. Spencer Roach and I talked for several minutes. Our conversation centered around our shared alarm and dismay regarding our fellow citizens' almost complete ignorance of ...
To the editor: Heather Heyer was run down and killed in Charlottesville while following police orders to disperse from the park where she was peacefully protesting the reification of racism at a city park statue to a confederate. Convicted of the homicide was a fascist from out of state who ...
To the editor: It is like taking the doors off of your home. I cannot believe that any rational person would think that that was a good idea. What is happening below our border with Mexico, that can be so compelling, that we would just say to anyone, “come in?” If one was to offer a ...
