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Can we afford this?
Not having enough in your paycheck to cover monthly budget items has become a reality for most Americans. A trip to Publix today is almost as expensive as a car payment. Filling up your gas tank has become an anxiety-inducing event. Making it from month to month is becoming increasingly difficult. In times of financial…
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It is time to stand up to the bullies
We have spent millions of dollars on programs to eliminate bullying in schools. Federal, state, and local governments are looking for ways to curb bullying that everyone knows can lead to teen suicide. It all sounds wonderful and we believe these anti-bullying programs have been a big fail. There is more hate and less tolerance…
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Teacher union bosses are fighting back – against parents
Powerful teachers unions, major financiers of the Democrat Party, are drawing battle lines – with parents on the other side. The National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, considered a proposal to change “mother” to “birthing parent,” “father” to “non-birthing parent,” and “maternity leave” to “parental leave” in the name of inclusion but it…
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The death of objectivity gets no obituary in American newspapers
American newspapers are dying at the rate of two a week and there are good reasons. Some are economic. But one is that they have forgotten their purpose. Just as educators have turned from educating to indoctrinating, newspapers have “evolved” from informing to indoctrinating. In both cases, a liberal indoctrination is most often the goal.…
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Citizen of the Month is well known to Eye
Each month Eye on Jacksonville tries to focus on a conservative activist in the area who is striving to make the community better. For July our Citizen of the Month is one of Eye’s own writers, Debbie Gonzalez. Gonzalez hails from upstate New York. She joined the U.S. Navy as a high school senior and…
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Two states are living up to their responsibilities
Florida, unlike Texas, is not accessible by land to foreign invaders but Florida’s governor — with the help of the legislature — still is doing what he can to repel an invasion that is under wayHordes of non-citizens are entering the United States at the southern border as the federal government shirks its duty. They…
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Teaching facts instead of fables is unpopular with liberals
One Northeast Florida government school teacher is disturbed about how the people of Florida wants history taught but he seems confused about his reasons. First Coast News reporters managed to ferret out a teacher whose views probably coincide with the station’s own views, and highlighted his notions. The teacher said he was disturbed when he…
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WARNING: A Parent’s Love is cut off by Clay County School Board
What would you sacrifice for your child? Would you sacrifice your job, your family, and your social circle removing yourself from everything that is your life as you know it. Do you love your child that much? I recently sat down with just such a parent, Bruce Friedman. Mr. Friedman wants what is best for…
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Do your county commissioners work for you or Washington?
The Community Block Grant Development (CDPB) program within the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) department issues grants to counties across the nation. The grants are to address low-income housing, employment, and transportation. HUD, requires grantees to have a HUD approved consolidated plan to qualify. Currently, Clay County is asking for public input to draft this…
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New video raises more questions about parental rights
Moms for Liberty-Duval County, an organization that monitors the government schools in the Jacksonville area, is making people aware of sexuality clubs in those schools. In a shocking video posted on YouTube, the organization says the existence of the clubs is part of a disturbing pattern of secrecy in the school administration. Rebecca Nathanson of…
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Magazine adulation shows media is part of Demings’ campaign
Val Demings, who was born and raised in Jacksonville, is riding her Harley around Florida, seeking to become a U.S. senator. To do that, she would have to defeat an incumbent senator, but she is undaunted. Demings is relying on the media support. And judging by the ludicrous story in the ultra-liberal Vanity Fair, she…