Issue 31, July 31st

Last week I was honored to address one of our members serving in elected office as “Madame President.”  Lori Boyer gave a fantastic presentation on the state of the city from her perspective, details on the proposed sales tax referendum, and potential opportunities once “the albatross” has been handled.  Thinking back, I can’t recall the […]


Issue 30, July 24th

We took a break from our string of political programs last week to hear from one of our most respected community leaders, Hugh Greene President and CEO of Baptist Health.  Hugh gave a nice update on Baptist overall as a whole, also highlighting they’re now the only locally controlled hospital system in NE FL.  Much […]


Issue 29, July 17th

Last week we had a fantastic turnout for Charles McBurney’s final “Legislative Roundup” at SBMC.  More than 70 people attended the meeting, and we had a few special surprises in store, check out our Facebook page for photographs.  Melissa Nelson, candidate for State Attorney, was our “Candidate Spotlight” speaker and gave a fantastic presentation on […]


Issue 28, July 10th

I thought the Corey Vs. Shirk debate was tense, but MAN last week’s FL House District 16 debate had a fireworks display fitting Independence Day week!!!  Once again SBMC is “in the news” for our Civic engagement of candidates for elected office, 2 links are listed below.  Many thanks to Bill Bishop for coordinating the […]


Issue 27, July 3rd

Good morning and happy Fourth of July weekend!  Am I the only one who finds it ironic, that a country from which we declared our independence 240 years ago tomorrow JUST voted for theirs???  I read a Washington Post article a few days ago which pointed out apparently the UK didn’t learn from the lesson […]