Marita Noon: Senators support illegal immigration super highway Twenty-three Senators have recently thrown their support behind an innocent looking bill that will, among other things, create an illegal immigration superhighway, remove access to natural resources, and ultimately strip ranchers of their grazing rights, all under the auspices of preserving wilderness.
Gulf Breeze council seats filled Four open Gulf Breeze City Council seats will be filled without an election. Mayor Beverly Zimmern and councilmen Dick Fulford, Dana Morris and J.D. Schluter all qualified for the Nov. 2 city election, but only Fulford had a qualified challenger, David Landfair. Fulford withdrew from the race on Thursday in a short letter to City Clerk Marita Rhodes. “I have decided to withdraw from the Gulf ...
Garvey and Darrer grind out victory WITH the nights getting shorter, racing started at 6.25pm at RCYC this week. Race officers Stephen and Rebecca O’Shaughnessy with Jonathan Horgan sent the fleets out into a light south-easterly breeze on Course 93 up to No 3, then a dead run back to Cage, before a reach down to No 12 and then a beat back to Corkbeg where the wind shadow of Ft Carlisle created a few problems rounding the mark.
With response rate of prospective jurors at 20 percent, court taking tougher stance Joel Huerta is a small business owner with a new baby. He hoped that would get him out of jury duty. “I can't afford this,” the Thousand Palms man said. “Fifteen dollars a day?”
Community Sports Calendar - Sept. 8 To send your sports news to the Observer, e-mail observersports@hcnonline.com.
Breaking Down Taboos Marketers used to tiptoe around taboo or sensitive topics like menstruation, irregularity, impotence and menopause, just to name a few. Advertising addressing these issues often used flowery euphemisms so vague they bordered on comical.
Local groups make their mark on 2010 campaign Until recently, Randy Shepardson subscribed to the general philosophy of never talking about religion or politics.
THE NEWSLEADER OF NEGROS ORIENTAL Allow me this time to share with you the Pro-Life stand on incorporating sex education in the DepEd education system.
La Motte Redefined Visitors to La Motte Estate in the Franschhoek Valley will soon be welcomed by significant new developments. The renewal programme, aptly named "La Motte.
Upside-down mortgages rising on Springfield area homes If you owe more on your mortgage than your home is worth, that's considered an upside-down mortgage. In the Springfield area, 8.1 percent of mortgaged homes are upside down, according to a recent nationwide study of "negative equity" rates.