Hometown Congresswoman Val Demings was not included in the list of politicians endorsed by former President Barrack Obama. On Wednesday Obama’s office released a list of 81 politicians that the former president is endorsing in the upcoming mid-term elections. Whether Demings will be included in a future batch of endorsements is unclear. There were no Florida politicians on the list. Recently Demings has fallen into disfavor with some black people and progressive for her decision to co-sponsor the Blue Lives Matters bill that calls for federal prison time against some people who have encounters with police. Demings, a Democrat, teamed up with arch-conservative Republican Congressman John Rutherford of Jacksonville, to sponsor this bill. She was the only Democrat to sponsor the bill that has been widely criticized by civil liberties groups as excessive and unnecessary. The Blue Lives Matter bill is seen as an attack on the Black Lives Matter movement that has been fi...

Orange County will become a police state before this year is over if Orlando’s downtown powerbrokers have their way. In a police state, what average people want does not matter. Just like in North Korea, the rulers do what they want. The rulers in a police state have the juice to shut down opposition financially, politically…and otherwise. Back in the 1970s  Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo , a former racist police chief, ruled that city. It was not pretty. This commentary is not an exaggeration or a parody. This is for real! Here is what’s happening right now. Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings is running to become the next Orange County Mayor. Next to the Orlando Mayor (more on that in a moment), the Orange County Mayor is the most influential politician in Central Florida. Orlando Police Chief John Mina is running to become the next Orange County Sheriff. The sheriff leads the largest and best-equipped law enforcement agency in Central Florida. ...

Hometown Congresswoman Val Demings was the lone Democrat sponsor of the law-and-order Blue Lives Matter Bill. This bill, also known as the Protect and Serve Act , is widely considered a response to the Black Lives Matter movement.  The Blue Lives Matter Bill calls for federal prison sentences of up to 10 years for someone who “knowingly assaults a law enforcement officer causing serious bodily injury.” Someone who attempts to kidnap or kill an officer could get life in federal prison. Civil liberties groups, such as the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, say the Blue Lives Matter Bill is excessive and unnecessary since every state already has strong laws on the books to protect police officers. In their rebuttal to this bill, People for the American Way , wrote it part: “This bill is being contemplated at a time when our country is in the throes of a national policing crisis, with a never-ending stream of police shootings of unarmed African Americans captured on video. Creating...