HeyJaredBob Norman
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
- Latest publication
- Sep 3, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida
- Top 1M sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 7, 2026
Latest articles
Legal limbo: Status of ethics complaint filed against Lee County sheriff remains unknown (opens the original)
Read excerpt
When the Florida Commission on Ethics issued its press release on the status of its cases Wednesday, conspicuously missing was the complaint filed against Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno by his former close pal Ken Romano. The months-long investigation into alleged unreported gifts and inappropriate kickbacks was slated to be heard by the commission this past Friday to determine whether probable cause was found that Marceno had violated state ethics laws, but the commission apparently made no
Shocker: Sheriff Marceno’s arch nemesis attempts to withdraw ethics complaint after investigation (opens the original)
Read excerpt
In a stunning turn, Ken Romano has requested that his ethics complaint against Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno alleging undisclosed gifts and unlawful kickbacks be withdrawn, the Florida Trident has learned. “I am requesting this withdrawal for good cause, as the stress of this administrative process has severely impacted my health and exacerbated a diagnosed medical condition (PTSD),” Romano wrote in a notarized missive to the Florida Ethics Commission on July 30. “I am unable to participate
Sheriff Marceno faces another state ethics investigation (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno is due in Tallahassee on Friday for a hearing regarding a second Florida Commission on Ethics investigation into him and his department, the Florida Trident has learned. While the Trident previously reported on an ongoing ethics investigation into allegations Marceno received gifts and kickbacks from a former friend he put on the LCSO payroll, the newly revealed probe concerns a complaint regarding former LCSO commander James Bogliole, according to official doc
The Preacher and the Political Machine: Unlicensed drug rehab site in Lee County draws multilevel concerns (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Pastor Bishop Gaspar Anastasi recently told his congregation that dark forces were out to destroy his faith-based drug rehab center in a rural neighborhood in south Lee County. “We’re going through like a tremendous battle … and the stuff that is coming against [us] is crazy stuff,” the 80-year-old native New Yorker told parishioners at his Word of Life Ministries church during his June 28 sermon. “Crazy demonic things. I mean demonic.” One of the alleged demons is 57-year-old Melinda Clarkson I
‘DeSantis murdered my art’ -- artist paints ugly picture of government censorship (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A decade ago, more than 100 neighbors in Fort Lauderdale picked up paintbrushes and helped transform a pair of ordinary beachside intersections along Breakers Avenue into stirring works of art. “I painted circles,” remembered Abby Laughlin, a business owner on the street. “It was a true community project. It was fantastic, colorful, and beautiful. It made the neighborhood stand out and look a little different and really put it on the map.” The city-commissioned bright blue “Aquifer Intersections
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 1M sites
For WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.