I would feel better about charter schools if they were not publicly traded. Those vouchers are tax payer money going to making more money for investors, while politicians make public schools intolerable to motivate people to switch their kids to charter schools. Crooked AF.
A quote from another Republican about JDVance is about the best assessment I've seen to date:
“JD Vance has pledged he would do what Mike Pence wouldn’t—overturn an election and illegally seize power. He says the president can ignore the rulings of our courts. He would capitulate to Russia and sacrifice the freedom of our allies in Ukraine. The Trump GOP is no longer the party of Lincoln, Reagan, or the Constitution.”
Thank you! Commissioner Kruse is engaged with residents; he comes prepared to all of the board meetings; he wants developers to pay their fair share; he wants residents to be able to call in comments (again); he cares about our water and land; he is not beholden to developers; he cares about our county. Great choice! Make sure you are registered as a Republican by July 22 so you can vote for him to beat the awful, horrible, no good VanOstenbridge! Go Kruse!!!
I’m supporting this movement because people approach, call and text me daily desperate to have their voices heard again. They want to have their freedom of speech renewed here in Manatee County and to be able to share their knowledge and opinions at Board meetings and other public venues. This movement is for them.
Excellent podcast! What a great candidate for the school board! It would be nice to have her perspective for both parents and teachers on the School Board. Current teachers who point out the exact same reasons for leaving the profession are called a “disgrace” by the administration. What other profession can you have a master’s degree with years of experience, and make as much as a brand-new teacher with no experience? Why do many of our teachers work a second job to make ends meet? Why is it that a teacher, even one with a second job, needs either a co-signer or a roommate to rent an apartment in our community? Too much teacher time is being wasted by the micromanagement of administration and others.
Just another reason to vote Kruse. The public can't even keep track of all the damage these commissioners have done to our county- thanks for the reminder.
Some additional information and correction, the preseve is entitled by the college and the state as the Uplands Preserve because it is a portion of a plated and incorporated subdivision entitled, The Uplands. Lake Uplands vents to the bay across the preserve. That vent of fresh water is what led to homesteading by the Edwards family in the 1840s and the vent is indicated on the early Florida plat (1895) of the area as Thompson's Shell Beach. The subdivison gave their entire bayfront to New College with the understanding that it would be "preserved" and when New College was put into the USF framwork as the state honors college the preservation of the entire bayfront was of great importance — to the extent that, when the two institutions divorced, a definitive agreement was made to divide the preserve for official management — but only upon the agreement that neither institution would build anything upon the preserve beyond the bicycle path already in place at the time. The land was to remain in a natural state. This breach of trust has many dimensions.
Go to this link and compare Canadian and US drug costs:
https://www.canadapharmacyonline.com/
Medicare doesn't even need to negotiate drug costs for its members the 340B program that is available for the VA, Critical access hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Medicaid recipients has already set significantly reduced costs for patients of these healthcare systems. If Congress were to mandate access to the 340B medications to be sold to Medicare recipients at cost plus a reasonable dispensing fee there would be a dramatic savings for all Medicare patients.
It's a lie. Unless it's referring to the "freedom" to ban books, "freedom" to limit a woman's choices about her body, "freedom" to cut all funding for the arts, "freedom" to attack the LGBTQ community, and last but certainly not least, "freedom" to pretend to be "Christian."
And reading the junk in the mailbox is NOT research. Those are largely paid for by the developer-backed candidates, along with the large signs all over town. Also, visit the https://www.votemanatee.com/Candidate-Information/Local-Candidates-Committees website to see how much the candidates have in their campaign coffers. Often, though not always, the ones with much larger amounts are developer-backed. Vote KRUSE for District 7 and FARRINGTON for SOE.
This is excellent and I appreciate your honesty. However, if you want to fully come clean, why don't you tell us about the process that led to your becoming a candidate for the County Commission in the first place. Who suggested you run for office? Whose ring did you have to kiss? What promises did you have to make? Who funneled money to your campaign and how? And tell us about your discussions with Pedicini and other political consultants on the messaging for your campaign. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Until the deep rot in Manatee County politics is completely exposed, it will continue to spread.
I changed my party affiliation when Satcher got the SOE nod from DeSantis. My goal at that time was to elect Scott Farrington. Now that KVO switched districts I most certainly vote for Kruse in the primary. I moved here 30 years ago as a Democrat (which I registered as because of my parents in 1975). I live in District 4 and won't be changing back. I want to also vote out Rahn and Beardon in 2026.
George Kruse says it best "Who’s Increasing Your Fees?
Their tv ad only made one factual statement. I did, in fact, vote to increase water and trash rates. Our utility bonds were going to imminently default if we didn’t increase our water rates after so many years of keeping them flat as interest rates rose. Our trash contract had long since expired and new rates were a result of 12 years of non-increases under the old contract.
What wasn’t exactly factual is that I wasn’t the only one to make those hard but necessary votes. In March 2023, water rates were increased in a 6-1 vote. Also voting to increase your water rates…Kevin. In August 2023, trash rates were increased in a 7-0 vote. Also voting to increase your trash rates…Kevin.
https://commissionerkruse.substack.com/p/the-full-funding-of-half-truths?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=910841&post_id=146379024&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=1ul9ot&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
But they’ll continue saying I’m pushing to “increase fees”. What they’re really talking about are IMPACT FEES. I have 100% pushed to increase these fees which the rest of the board has held back to your detriment for far too long. I’ll readily admit to that and I’ll venture a guess, unless you’re on Kevin’s financial statement, you’re on my side too."
We are focusing on the many distractions of our corrupt County Commissioners being bought by the oligarch developers, while our entire planet is hurtling toward extinction while we burn up ourselves and our planet through ignorance and greed. The science is clear. All of this is important, and ironically also related. BEING informed with accurate and truthful information, and acting appropriately on this information, is critical for good governance and for survival of our planet. Ruth Lawler
And who would Floridians like to see replace the Republican nominee? Steve Bannon? Kevin Roberts? Stephen Miller? Michael Flynn? Rudy Guiliani? they also would like to be — king
Perhaps the Democratic voters would recommend that the Republicans select Liz Cheney, at least she wants to keep the republic.
Seems the wrong questions are being asked...
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