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Noted environmental activist and Chilmark seasonal resident Laurie David has been cited and fined by the Chilmark conservation commission for fresh violations of the state Wetlands Protection Act. The property owned by Ms. David off North Road was the subject of a series of wetlands violations in 2005, when construction of a stone fire pit, barbecue grill area and wooden stage for a children’s theatre with seating was begun in a wetland without a permit. The new infractions occurred during the construction of a tennis court. Workers installed a makeshift road with boards and stones and drove heavy machinery across...

Dr. Marion Thorpe had a hard time breaking away from guests at the Republican Liberty Caucus national convention at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Jacksonville. He’s an easy person to talk to and he knows how to listen. As both a doctor and healthcare administrator, Thorpe brings a unique set of skills to the table where the costliest, most vital issue is healthcare, especially in his home state of Florida. Thorpe has far more experience than sitting or wannabe senators. As Chief Medical Officer of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, Thorpe often fought with HMOs to provide patients with...

...Whether or Not Liberals Care to Recognize It The reaction of some liberals and all of the media to Obama’s plan to ration health care for the elderly shows once and for all what conservatives have suspected for a quite some time: that given the choice of abandoning their liberal dogma or saving their lives, far too many Democrat supporters would risk their health and that of their countrymen than so much as reassess the nonsensical, foolish and downright harmful rhetoric that is the Democrat Party’s far-left creed. In the column “Just How Low Have Democrats Sunk – Is Killing...

Miami, FL – One day after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sided with law-breaking Palestinians in a Jerusalem housing spat (WSJ 03/09/09; p. A7), Republican United States Senate candidate Marion Thorpe released the following statement: “President Obama’s foreign policy team, led by Secretary of State Clinton, should side with our age old ally Israel as we seek long-term peace and stability in the Middle East. We should not engage in local politics, including zoning matters, at the risk of instability and undermining the domestic policies of freedom’s greatest ally in the region. As Florida’s United States Senator, I will...

May 28 is the birthday of two Americans many regard as heroes: Rudy Giuliani and Jim Thorpe. We all know Rudy Giuliani and his accomplishments, but what about Jim Thorpe? Here is an article from biography.com about this American football legend: Thorpe, Jim (, popular name of (James Francis) Thorpe) 1888 -- 1953 Track and field athlete, football and baseball player. Born James Francis Thorpe (Native American name, Wa-tho-huck or Bright Path), on May 28, 1888, south of Bellemonta, near Prague, Oklahoma. Thorpe was the son of Hiran P. Thorpe of Irish and Sac and Fox Indian extraction and Charlotte...