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Guest Commentary: Resilience, dedication, and excitement for school year ahead

I’m excited for the start of a brand-new academic year at The School District of Lee County. As we gather once again, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to our entire community for their unwavering resilience and dedication during the past year. On Aug. 10, we again came together after ...

Guest Commentary: Home work – 365 days a year, The Summer Rise!

Wait, before you get up in arms and storm the school board, this is not a part of the Code of Conduct, let me explain. Summer is here! Schools will look very different for a while; busses will not be lined up, the parking lot will not be full, you do not have to raise your voice to be heard in ...

Guest Commentary: Lee Elections expands services with new branch

When I first took office as the Lee County Supervisor of Elections in 2017, the population was around 724,000, and we had more than 400,000 registered voters. Since then, Lee County has seen tremendous growth, and our voter rolls have expanded as well, with an additional 100,000 voters. Lee ...

Guest Commentary: HB991: Bad for Florida, bad for America

Imagine a world in which newspapers have been bankrupted and shuttered. Imagine that Reddit, the Drudge Report and Red Pill are no more and that social media platforms forbid political discussion of any stripe. Imagine that while some television and radio news show still exist, they only ...

Guest commentary: Burglars’ preferences

A very recent conversation with residents at a local community homeowners’ gathering prompted me to take this opportunity to share important information regarding nationwide burglary trends. While burglars and prowlers most definitely benefit from the cover of darkness, nationwide ...

Time to incorporate Lehigh?

To the editor: With all the problems in Lee County, is it time to incorporate Lehigh Acres: • Hurricane Ian • Interest rates 9-plus percent on home sales • Total loss of meals and rooms tax and bed tax in Lee County • Loss of sales tax because of hurricane • Loss of ...

Guest Commentary: Lee County solidarity

I hope that you and your families as well as co-workers are now well and safe. As you know other parts of our county and region have not fared as well as Eastern Lee County. As such we give thanks to God for His blessings and that compels us to turn to our fellow citizens in solidarity as they ...

Increase in violence warrants public discussion

To the editor: Are we so used to people killing, raping, stealing, assaulting, and every other crime that we don’t even talk about it? Many people in our larger cities are scared. It isn’t safe even in neighborhoods where many have lived for decades. Shots at night are not unusual. ...

Thrown from the Trump train

To the editor: Congressperson Liz Cheney voted with former President Trump more than 90% of the time. She took a stand only after he lost his second election. Illegal and dishonest attempts to overturn the results of the second lost public election were and are despicable. But so was the ...

VoteWater.org offers input on candidates

To the editor: Voters this election cycle have a tremendous resource to identify candidates that are genuinely committed to cleaning up our waterways and reject “dirty money” from polluters. VoteWater.org is a non-partisan organization that has taken the time and effort to conduct a ...