============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.bonitanews.com � October 14, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Bonita Daily News: http://web.bonitanews.com/circulation/ BUSH, KERRY DUEL OVER HEALTH CARE PLANS TEMPE, Ariz. -- Sen. John Kerry said Wednesday night that President Bush bears responsibility for a misguided war in Iraq, lost jobs at home and mounting millions without health care. Bush tagged his Democratic rival as a lifelong liberal bent on raising taxes and government spending. "There's a mainstream in American politics and you sit right on the far left bank," Bush said in the final debate of a close and contentious campaign for the White House. ELECTION 2004: SHEETS TO FACE JUDAH IN COMMISSION RACE AFTER ALL Mark Sheets doesn't want to be on the Nov. 2 ballot, but he will be anyway. The Fort Myers accountant signed up as a write-in candidate in the District 3 Lee County commission race, closing the primary to all but Republican voters, then sent a letter after the primary withdrawing his name. Some assumptions � and accusations � were he signed up solely to close the primary to all but Republican voters and to boost the candidacy of Jake Slot, who was challenging incumbent Ray Judah for the position. ELECTION 2004: DEMOCRATS' VP NOMINEE TO VISIT FORT MYERS MONDAY Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards will be in Southwest Florida on Monday, hosting a town hall meeting in the Fort Myers area. Arrangements on when and where Edwards will appear have not been made final, said Matt Gobush, the Kerry-Edwards campaign coordinator in Fort Myers, on Wednesday. FGCU EDUCATORS FIGHT FOR QUALITY PRE-K They want a quality prekindergarten program, not something resembling watered-down child care. Florida voters approved universal prekindergarten for all 4-year-olds by the fall of 2005, just about 10 months away, but so far state lawmakers haven't agreed on how to run the new program, who can teach it, or how many youngsters should be in a classroom. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.bonitanews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: ELECTION 2004 -- COLLIER, LEE VOTERS HAVE VITAL ROLES STILL TO DECIDE Southwest Florida voters through Nov. 2 will put finishing touches on races that were either pared by the Aug. 31 primary or went straight to the general election's main event. Here are races at the county level that remain to be settled. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: STUDY: COLLIER MUST CHANGE TAX STRUCTURE If Collier County leaders don't change their ways, the county could see a significant drop in its revenues in the next decade. And that could force the county to cut back on services that residents have come to expect. These are some of the key findings of a fiscal stability study commissioned by the Economic Development Council of Collier County. The study was conducted by Anderson Economic Group LLC based in East Lansing, Mich. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: NEW YORK TRANSPLANT THINKS NAPLES DESERVES MORE PROFESSIONAL THEATER It's a familiar story. Visitors come to Naples and fall in love with the area. They work in the theater, or are used to living in an area with more culture, so they decide to open a theater. They then run into two major obstacles: finding a place to perform and finding an audience. This is Kristen Coury's story. Three months ago, she and her husband, Laurent Chevalier, moved to Naples. "I'm a brand-new, loyal Neapolitan," she says proudly. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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