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Guest Commentary: Paddling upstream Charlotte Newton. PHOTO PROVIDED Today, we are at the intersection of state power and citizen determination. Our state legislators have restricted our ability to petition the government at the very moment we are watching our waters — the lifeblood of our community — be degraded and abused to the point of making us sick. Our suggested remedies go nowhere. For all the bluster and hand-wringing on their part, these legislators have choked off citizen input by making it more difficult to mount and win citizen petition campaigns, such as the Right to Clean W...

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Ready to snap on your running shoes? By Staff | May 26, 2021 To the editor: Women: Are you looking for a job? There will be two seats up for election on the Lee Board of County Commissioners in November 2022 Women For a Better Lee would like to hear from women who may want to consider running. Qualifications: Must NOT serve the whims of special interests (i.e., developers, attorneys, Realtors) or regurgitate partisan talking points; Must NOT limit input to only those who have a financial stake in the outcome of issues before the BOCC and MUST study issues and gather information from all side...

Ready to snap on your running shoes? By Staff | May 19, 2021 To the editor: Women: Are you looking for a job? There will be two seats up for election on the Lee Board of County Commissioners in November 2022 Women For a Better Lee would like to hear from women who may want to consider running. QUALIFICATIONS: Must NOT serve the whims of special interests (i.e., developers, attorneys, Realtors) or regurgitate partisan talking points; Must NOT limit input to only those who have a financial stake in the outcome of issues before the BOCC and MUST study issues and gather information from all sid...

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