Update: Waechterians at the Gate

January 21, 2016 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

  The Sarasota County Charter is your local constitution!  Here’s what happened at last night’s Charter Review Board meeting: The Charter Review Board took a closer look at their bylaws and recognized that over the […]

Waechterians at the Gate

January 13, 2016 cathycantunes@gmail.com 2

Your presence is kindly requested at the January 20th Charter Review Board meeting.*  Here’s why: We have a lot to celebrate and give thanks for in Sarasota. Sarasota County is a “home rule” county—one of […]

Prince of Dark Money

June 10, 2015 cathycantunes@gmail.com 12

School Board Member Frank Kovach announced in April he will not run for reelection after 16 years of service. Kovach said the recent nonpartisan school board race was “corrupted by cash” and he expects the trend […]

Look Who’s Running For Hospital Board, Part Two

August 20, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 1

Since reporting in July on a Hospital Corporation of America/HCA PAC connection to the slate of Republican challengers running against the Republican hospital board incumbents, others have also reported on the issue.  Susan Nilon referenced […]

Real Republicans vs. Machine Republicans

July 26, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 2

The arrest of Bob Waechter for felony identity theft of fellow Republican Lourdes Ramirez laid bare a political machine in Sarasota dedicated to advancing its own interests within the Republican party. Voters often believe casting […]

Look Who’s Running for Hospital Board, Part One

July 8, 2014 cathycantunes@gmail.com 7

Our local Republican party has a strong history of not running candidates against Republican incumbents. Yet each of the five Republican incumbent hospital board members is facing a Republican challenger in the August 26th primary. […]

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