Listen up! Florida Veterans on Rob Lorei’s radio show this morning (WMNF)
Florida Veterans for Common Sense President, Gene Jones, and board member, Dennis Plews, will be on the Rob Lorei radio show (WMNF 88.5 FM) this morning, January 24, 2011 at 10:05 AM. The discussion will be about obtaining Veterans Diversion Courts in Florida, and the group’s Resolution to Withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan. It’s a […]
These feet were made for walking …
So, today, after months and months (really nearly a year) of not walking mostly, and then walking in 10 minute increments to build up to thirty minutes, today I walked in the 1 mile “fun run” portion of the New Balance Ringling Bridge Run. I did have to quit just on the final leg of […]
Beyond gun control
My column in today’s Sarasota Herald Tribune talks about the recent spate of gun violence in Sarasota and Manatee counties and discusses MLK’s idea of the “violence of spirit” that is really behind physical violence. You can read it in today’s TICKET — in today’s newspaper or tomorrow for FREE in the old Creative Loafing […]
This cougar prefers panthers …
Well, the title is a bit misleading for two reasons: I’m a cougar in age only (any female over 35 and not dead yet) — and I don’t make a practice of preying on younger men (not that I wouldn’t date one … I just don’t lick my chops over them like some women do). […]
Facing foreclosure — Stan Zimmerman’s two-part series
If you haven’t read Stan Zimmerman’s two-part series on foreclosure in the Pelican Press newspaper — you should. I know the second part is out on stands right now … or you can read it online here at Foreclosures: crisis of decades Zimmerman interviewed many people for the story on deep background and wrote, “We […]
I’m a hah-ah-ah-ahnkytonk woman … gimme, gimmee, gimmee a honkeytonk man!
I loved and hated Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction — loved the acting, loved the Dali-esque mania, loved the script and dialogue … the pulpy violence — not so much. But still, I have a soft place in my heart for people and performances that walk the edge of weird wit and wacky whimsy. So, in that […]
Making Paid Parking Palatable … if that’s even possible!
My Sense and the City column this week is all about the paid parking — using meters downtown — situation in Sarasota. “I get that the city needs money and is hurting financially. But here’s a news flash: so are the rest of us.” You can read the column on page 7 of today’s TICKET […]
Obama in Tucson
I felt immeasurably sad tonight thinking of the people in Tucson who died or who were shot or who have been left without loved ones. I felt sad for our country. I felt amazed — really just struck — to hear stories of how two husbands put themselves in front of their wives to take […]
Florida Vets for Common Sense — hear all about it tonight
At 6:30 tonight on WSLR 96.5 LPFM, lradio program “Local Matters” host Joe Hendricks will be talking with Gene Jones, founding member and President of Florida Veterans for Common Sense — and organization that works to reintegrate returning veterans. I think they’re also going to be discussing the war in Afghanistan. You can listen on […]
Tucson and the Palin Effect
We can’t — shouldn’t — blame Sarah Palin for what happened in Tucson … but