by Christine Robinson | Dec 12, 2017 | News
In October, the City Commission discussed holding a referendum about moving municipal elections from the spring to the fall. The board ultimately declined to pursue a ballot initiative, citing a lack of established public support for the concept. Now, a citizen-led...
by Christine Robinson | Dec 11, 2017 | Argus Impact
VENICE, FL: Caldwell Trust Company and Agape Flights teamed up in November to bring a taste of home to missionaries who spend Thanksgiving Day—and every other day—working in Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Dominican Republic. Helping with Agape’s Missionary Thanksgiving...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 30, 2017 | News
Construction executive Jack Cox approached Ron Royal at an Argus Foundation event in fall 2014, minutes before Royal received the organization’s most prestigious honor — its lifetime achievement award. “I told him congratulations, and that I was so happy for him,”...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 20, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
The Argus Foundation is a non-profit, membership-based think tank and government watchdog that was created in 1983. Its founders were concerned about an anti-business climate in government and wanted to make sure they had a pure, unified business voice, unfiltered by...
by Christine Robinson | Nov 18, 2017 | News
If you had the opportunity to spend $900,000 worth of money on transportation expansion, how would you spend it? Would you use it to add more bike lanes on existing roads? Lay down more sidewalks? Would you use it to expand our road grid system? How about extending...
