When we lived near the beautiful white sand beaches of Panama City, Florida, my mom and I joked about buying shirts that said, “I’m not a tourist, I live here.” because we felt like we could hardly go near a beach without being accosted by cheap seashell trinkets (made overseas) a...
Being an educator is the greatest job I’ve ever had. It’schallenging, time consuming, exhausting, but at the end of every day I go home with the feeling that I really did something worthwhile. I help kids learn toread and write.I open them up to new possibilitiesand give them opportu...
Fudge said Harris, as president, would build 3 million new homes and rentals, limit some increases on rent and help with down payments for those buying a home for the first time. Lead Art: Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge speaks on the fourt...
Florida’s Sunshine Laws still have some punch left in them. But they asked politely, so I will do as they asked. There was a community meet-and-greet in the evening. I was tempted to skip it and went home. I live about 20 miles from the city center, about as far as one can ...
The deadline to qualify has passed. Unless a candidate is tagged as qualified, they will not appear on the August ballot. This means that the Districts 1, 3, & 7 races will be decided in August. It would be better if Florida law deferred two candidate non-partisan races to the November...
“retiring” from an education job and then, because of loopholes in teacher pension plans, returning to work with full pay and full pension benefits. By doing so they can increase the money they take home by about 60% for doing the same job (it varies across state plans and individual ...
drbj and sherry from south Florida on May 08, 2012: Dear Alicia - How I wish I had this extremely valuable information back in the Pleistocene Era when I took physics. I didn't have an iPhone or an iPad or even a PC then, either. Magnificent presentation, m'dear - voted a great ...