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Moscow Mills, Missouri – “We are the community of Tropicana Village,” begins the letter to Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. “In our community we have 399 lots, 269 of them are occupied. We have 232 signatures [out of] 200 of the addresses with 57 inaccessible homes [at this time].” Each of these signatures is a voice of support protesting the “sleazy” business tactics of the community’s new ownership. The spokesperson for these people, Reverend Mother Rosemary Dalton, a resident of the Tropicana Mobile Home Community (TMHC), intends to voice this protest to the top. A Universal Life Church minister, member…

To the editor: I think it’s time for a new political group in The Villages. Reading the messages and letters here, it is clear that there is a strong, vocal, literate, and intelligent group of people within The Villages who still believe in a strong, democratic (small d) and rational, violence-free America, asking a civil war and angry rhetoric so evident on the airwaves, on the internet and in the media. This group, from my reading and impression, would consist of Independents, Democrats, and classic Republicans, either reformed or alienated by the MAGA mob or even some totally alienated by…

OMAHA, Neb.—FBI Director Christopher Wray stood in front of huge paintings of an eagle and an American flag at the field office here last week to talk about how agents had used an Irish tip to help save a local hospital from a ransomware attack. It was the kind of threat that Mr. Wray has made it a priority of the office to counter. But the first two questions from the press were about former President Donald Trump. Two days earlier, 1,500 miles away in Florida, FBI agents had seized more than two dozen boxes from Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home…

Comment on this story comment Republican Senate hopefuls are being battered by airwaves across the country as their national campaign fund drops ads and runs out of money, leading some campaign advisers to question where all the money went and to demand an audit of the committee’s finances, according to Republican strategists. involved in the discussions. In a highly unusual move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee canceled about $10 million worth of reservations this week, including in the critical states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Arizona. A spokesman said the NRSC is not abandoning these races but is prioritizing ad spots…

The Dems established the Roberts Rules training The Smith County Democratic Club has established training on Robert’s Rules of Order. The training is scheduled for 1-3pm Monday at the Tyler Chamber of Commerce, 315 N. Broadway Ave. The training will address the fundamentals of parliamentary procedures. Social distancing and masks are encouraged. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance. Grassroots America hosts BLEXIT director Grassroots America will host the director of Black Exit from the Left, or BLEXIT, on Tuesday. Brian Bledsoe is the director of the group co-founded by Candace Owens and launched in 2018. BLEXIT is a conservative…

GREENSBORO, NC – More than seven million North Carolinians are registered to vote. What you need to know A lawsuit aims to allow unaffiliated voters to be on the State Board of Elections Currently, the largest group of voters registered as unaffiliated members of the State Board must belong to one of two parties with more registered voters. Earlier this year, for the first time, more voters chose to be unaffiliated than to register as a Democrat or Republican. One of those unaffiliated voters is Tyler Daye. When he first registered, Daye was a member of one of the two…

Two independent investigative journalism outlets, Oklahoma Watch and The Frontier, recently reported that Gov. Kevin Stitt is withholding $18 million in federal coronavirus relief aid earmarked for education. Many Cherokee County residents want the money to be put to good use and want to find solutions to solve the teacher shortage. Charles Arnall, a Democrat running for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 4, has been in education for 35 years. A former high school principal in Chouteau, he returned to the classroom last year to better witness firsthand the types of challenges teachers face. Currently, he is a math…