Category Archives: State News

Richard Leonard Keeps Us Informed on the On-Going Assault on Women’s Reproductive Health

IN OTHER NEWS The chaos caused by history’s most scandal-ridden president has occupied the nation. In Other News, based on open-source reporting,  examines issues on the national and state levels that merit ...

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FDP Regional Engagement Director Berrios Addresses DWC

Florida Democratic Party director sees 2020 as opportunity   Elections matter. “We’re fighting together, and we’re going to keep fighting together until we win,” Alex Berrios told members of the ...

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Florida Needs a Higher Minimum Wage Now

IN OTHER NEWS A regular column based on open-source reporting  about continuing issues of interest to the electorate that deserve our attention as Democrats.  By Rich Leonard, Communications Committee REFERENDUM ...

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Impeachment Holds little Promise of Change

LET’S KEEP FOCUSED ON OUR CAUSES AND THE 2020 ELECTION This is the harsh reality: The most corrupt president in the history of the Republic likely will survive impeachment. Donald ...

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Nikki Fried Calls on Us to Honor Our Veterans

Veterans Day Appreciation Today we honor those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. We are so fortunate that the brave people of our military have risked their ...

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Invocation at the Florida Democratic Party State Convention

Leading from the Margins God of many names… We the people increasingly find ourselves divided… but this is nothing new for you. You have watched your creation divide itself over ...

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Democratic Presidential Campaign Director Speaking in Vero Beach

Elizabeth Warren Campaign Director to Speak in Vero Beach VERO BEACH:  Kimberly Diaz Scott, the Florida State Director for “Warren for Florida,” will be the keynote speaker at the Blue ...

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Banning Assault Weapons in Florida

ASSAULT WEAPON BAN IN FLORIDA Florida citizens are taking measures into their own hands.  Two new petitions to ban assault weapons have begun making the rounds successfully in Florida.  These ...

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Looking for Leaders who Represent Us

Where can we look for leadership that represents us? Published in the TCPalm on August 16, 2019 We are at an inflection point in America. Who do we look to for ...

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Let Floridians Vote on an Assault Weapon Ban on the Ballot in 2020

Do Not Suppress Citizen’s Voices to Place an Assault Weapons Ban on the Ballot in 2020 Sign the petition: urge Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody and Governor Ron DeSantis to ...

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