Letters: Stood up for taxpayers
To the Editor:
Having been deeply involved in fighting Charlotte County’s overdevelopment crisis on behalf of neighbors countywide, I can speak from experience: re-elect Commissioners Chris Const…

Wendell Berry and ‘agriculture’ ended by melonworms
Last week, this editorial page celebrated a modest and (in a way) bountiful crop of butternut squash in Cape Haze, all taken from a volunteer seed. The seed came from Charlotte DOT grass turf from f…

Agriculture, kicked to the curb, can survive
At the Beacon, we are blessed with a staff that has a love for what grows around us. A few weeks ago, Daniel Godwin, our art director, brought in a tiny pineapple grown in his yard. It was cute, in…

Editorial: Voters felt it incumbent to get rid of incumbents
On Tuesday, all three local commissioner incumbents with opponents were voted out. They are all Republicans, so this primary election is, likely, the actual election, though candidates are running a…



