Editorial & Opinion

A recent editorial spoke about partisanship and how it’s not good for our region. One claim is NPA candidates shouldn’t help their campaigns by associating themselves with party affiliated candidates. Letters from the public stating why they endorse or support a candidate were banned, yet the editorial board interviewed candidates and gave their endorsement. SORRY, […]

As chairman of Moms for Liberty – Indian River, I wanted to clear the air on some things stated during the public comment portion of the November 22 School Board business meeting. First, during citizen input, I didn’t “forget” anything in my three minute speech. In his comments, Michael Marsh was wrong about trying to […]

Intro Always looking at how we got here and where we’re headed in local, state and national education trends, I’ve drafted a follow up to an earlier article I wrote in August 2021 on how we got to Common Core via Dewey and the Socialists in higher education. In my latest installment “Word Games”, we […]

Dear Mr. Ed Barenborg, Please stop attacking me. Negative attacks don’t work in Vero. In the primary race of four people, 47% of voters agree. In the general election, 55% also agree. Your inaccurate statements don’t make me look bad. Instead, they reflect poorly on you alone. I am sorry you are angry, but that’s […]

So a local journalist couched a nasty smear campaign against Moms for Liberty and Jackie Rosario in a column about the Republican Executive Committee. Let’s talk turkey about the REC… Over the years people have asked me to join the REC but the internal politics and “good ole boy/girl” domination always turned me off. I […]

As a concerned citizen, it is alarming that the current majority on the school board is only looking at one requirement in regard to the questionable library books which is “age appropriateness.” In February, the board voted 4-1 to approve library books with pornographic content based only on age appropriateness. However, with the passage of […]

Editor’s Note: This Editorial was originally published on Ms. Rosario’s Campaign Website, ReelectJackie.com. Indian River News has for the past few months, formally endorsed Ms. Rosario’s Reelection for School Board, as has Governor Ron DeSantis. Teaching is hard. I taught for many years. I absolutely loved teaching English as a Second Language. It was so […]

The following is an email I sent to School Board Member Dr. Mara Schiff: Subject: Misinformation on Library Books Ms. Schiff, Good afternoon. I was unfortunately sent a Lemmon Lines article and reviewed the Superintendent’s Workshop and I wanted to once again share the truth and not misinformation in the challenged library books in our […]

Recently the USA Today network allowed an opinion scribe to write the headline, “Crying voter fraud poses a threat to our republic.” Bruce Anderson, a Florida henchman for the extremist Democrat media, cries himself for his feeble readers. They have had so much wool pulled over their eyes by the semi-fascist trumpists, that he fears […]

Each Election Year in Florida (even number years), there are Proposed Amendments to Florida’s Constitution on the ballot. Amendments to Florida’s State Constitution have to voted on by the people. 60% threshold is needed for an amendment to be passed into the Florida Constitution. There are three ways a proposed amendment can be put onto […]