Florida cannot be out-goobered by Georgia on voting âreformâ | Column
Republicans in the state Legislature have decided âto transform this so-called gold standard of democracy into the envy of Cuba,â writes columnist Daniel Ruth.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers his State of the State address in the House chamber at the Capitol in Tallahassee during Opening Day of the Florida Legislature in March. [ IVY CEBALLO | Times ]
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Following the November voting last year, Florida Republicans were euphoric, patting themselves on the back for pulling off a pristine, unblemished, pitch-perfect statewide election. Yippee!
Terms like âgold standard,â âa model for the rest of the nationâ and a âbeacon of lightâ were thrown around to describe Floridaâs elections. This simply cannot stand.
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The Gardner Scene: Lawrence Welk gets a second chance
Never a big fan in his youth, columnist Mike Richard now finds reruns of the family-friendly TV show a reminder of happier, simpler times
Mike Richard
Special for The Gardner News
The Facebook posting read, “Don’t Tell Me About Your Childhood Problems. I was Forced to Watch Lawrence Welk as a Kid.”
It made me chuckle at first sight, and then pause to pine a bit for the good old Saturday nights of my youth.
When I was growing up in the 1960s, the oldest in a family of five kids, Saturday nights meant hot dogs and beans for supper, the weekly dunk in the bathtub, and – wrapped in my bathrobe with a choice spot on the floor – gathering around our lone black and white console TV set.