This letter is in response to Frances Earl's column that appeared Thursday in which she once again attacks Sen. John McCain. Let us take into consideration that some of things she wrote were true, at least one can say about McCain is that he served his country and has never associated with racists like the Rev. Wright and radicals like William Ayres as Sen. Barack Obama has done. ...more

August 29, 2008

Kevin Beckner likes to say that he is the best choice to win the District 6 County Commission seat because his two Democratic opponents in the primary have together lost nine elections. ...more

August 10, 2008

Barring a successful appeal, voters will not decide in November whether to create an elected county mayor position in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 2, 2008

The county mayor referendum has been struck from the November ballot, a circuit court judge ruled today. ...more

August 1, 2008

St. Petersburg-based developer Sembler Co. has attracted the attention of federal investigators looking into influence peddling in Florida, according to published reports. ...more

June 11, 2008

West Virginia University President Michael Garrison announced his resignation Friday, seeking to end a scandal stemming from the university's awarding of an unearned degree to the governor's daughter. ...more

June 7, 2008

A Bumpy Road Ahead Regarding "Historic Race Begins" (front page, June 4): I'm not sure what all the cheering is about. Barack Obama, whom I support, has the Democratic nomination. He looks like a solid candidate - bright, articulate and with a strong sense of right and wrong. And he's running against a doddering old warmonger who is in bed with every elite lobbyist in Washington, and who seems to barely know where he is. ...more

June 5, 2008

Student loan companies, squeezed by the credit crisis, are getting some help from the federal government. ...more

May 22, 2008

Speaking of CSX, when House members finally gathered to discuss the transportation bill, the measure looked nothing like it had. In its place was a 171-page strike-all amendment that replaced every word. ...more

May 11, 2008

Many hear the call, but few sitting senators actually make the move to the White House. Last week, we saw why. ...more

February 26, 2008