Month: January 2023

  • Education is another area in which Florida leads

    Education is another area in which Florida leads

    Last week was national school choice week and school choice is succeeding in Florida more than anywhere else. Choice gives options to families that once had only two choices – government schools or private schools, which generally were expensive. Today, more than 1.6 million — half the K-12 students in Florida — have choices and…

  • Our city will miss John Tucker

    Our city will miss John Tucker

    Jacksonville lost one of its greatest civic leaders with the death of John Tucker, III, at the age of 93.I was fortunate enough to be one of his friends for many years and always marveled at how much he did for the community with so little recognition.The first time I ever saw him was about…

  • Let Democrats Do Their Own Bookkeeping

    Let Democrats Do Their Own Bookkeeping

    Gov. Ron DeSantis is, again, asking a sensible question and, again, infuriating the Far Left. He wants to know, should taxpayers be paying for work that benefits no one except the rich, powerful teacher unions who work exclusively on behalf of the Democrat Party?  Teachers in the government schools who belong to the union have…