Editorials

The 2010 midterm elections and the events in their wake were driven by extreme partisanship, arguably more intense and more widespread than the nation had previously experienced. If this trend continues, we will pay dearly over time.

Dear parents: The Optimist Club of Marco Island would like to provide you with some information on the proposed Community Center that has recently been in the news. When the Mackle Park Community Center opened in the 1980s the Island ...

Sen. Claire McCaskill’s airplane embarrassment falls into the category of “what was he or she thinking?”

Recently, the Marco Island Academy debate has taken on a new light. Jane Watt has deteriorated her cause to suiting the school district and attacking Lely. For this reason, I feel the need to put in my own two cents. ...

As we enjoy this holiday season, let us contemplate the courage, dedication, persistence and faith of our Founding Fathers who, against all odds and opposing the world’s most powerful empire, ensured, among others, our freedom to celebrate our religious holy ...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Marco Island Emergency Response Team.

Each day I review the news in amazement at the poisonous politics and lack of leadership by both political parties. Politicians do not have the majority of Americans’ best interests at heart. Local governments and the federal government are spending ...

The debate and many points of view concerning the Jackson Laboratory proposal has been covered in a “fair and balanced” way by the Daily News. No topic in my seven years in Naples has enjoyed more interest and communitywide scrutiny.

The absolute need for adequate boating safety equipment such as life vests was driven home over the weekend off Marco Island.

If you’ll allow me a little self indulgence … October 2006: I visited Marco Island for the very first time. As I crossed the Jolley Bridge, as many people have before and since, I fell in love. I decided to ...

Whether you’re a fan of embattled City Manager Steve Thompson or not, the actions by City Council Monday night, especially those of Chairman Frank Recker, should be of great concern to you. On that note, I have some questions.

Due to the timing of the mail-in ballots, the cut-off date for letters or commentaries pertaining to city elections, will be Thursday at 5 p.m., for publication in print no later than Sunday.

By now everyone knows how Marco Island City Council members deliberated in closed-door session on the touchy matter of where boaters should be allowed to moor. We also know, thanks to Florida open records laws that require transcripts of such ...

We have written this editorial so often that we could draw up a template and simply change out the names of the ill-advised government agencies and the issues they discuss. Whatever those details — or blanks — may be, the ...

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