Using Tax Dollars To Fund Re-election Today, I received for the second time in the past 30 days a full color 11-by-17-inch mailer from District 5 U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite. It has been my observation that Ginny prefers to save her "franking" for election years, having received perhaps one or two throughout all of 2007. Ah... but 2008 is an election year, is it not? ...more

February 11, 2008

Red-light running has become epidemic in Hillsborough County. In the last two years, more than 800 crashes and three fatalities happened when someone didn't stop for a red light. ...more

February 4, 2008

Wayne Dofflemyer of Bayonet Point says ethanol is a false god on the road to energy development. ...more

January 15, 2008

While professing a belief in open government, President Bush has hardly run the country that way. His administration has looked with disdain upon the Freedom of Information Act and worked to make even more information secret. ...more

December 31, 2007

College football fans are among the most passionate and ardent supporters the sports world has to offer. Stadiums the size of small cities are routinely filled every Saturday, and yearly clashes between rivals can make or break careers, turning 18-year old men into legends and providing fans memories that last a lifetime. Feasting upon every snap is the college football fan, who, through their alliances, rarely agree on anything. ...more

December 5, 2007

Working on his fourth book, one may say that the Rev. Robert Barnes is a dramatic wordsmith, and it is evident in his first pulpit pastoral job at Dayspring Presbyterian Church. ...more

November 24, 2007

Is the Hometown Democracy amendment the answer to Florida's developer-driven growth machine, or is it a veiled attack on private property rights? ...more

November 17, 2007

Plant runner Michaela Kennedy has found herself in a bit of a pinch. Thursday at the Class 3A-District 4 championships in Lake Park, Kennedy finished first in 20 minutes, 11 seconds (a personal best), helping the Panthers capture the title with 26 points. ...more

November 8, 2007