BREVARD’S AWARD-WINNING SENIOR NEWSPAPER
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Volume 15 Number 2
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Senior Power
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By linda wiggins
Politicians may love to kiss babies, but they bend over backward for those babies’ grandparents. In Florida, and especially in Brevard, a high percentage of seniors wield power with legislators. It’s not just age, but several common factors among the older
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population that make them attractive to elected officials and powerful in our community. They register to vote in the largest numbers, they show up on election day―or mail in absentee ballots―in the greatest numbers, they educate themselves on the issues, they take action on issues that affect them, they have the time
to attend and be vocal at public meetings, according to a sampling of office-holders. “Seniors in Brevard County are very active in our community and bring experience to issues that affect the citizens of our community,” said Brevard County
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