Former Hillsborough County Republican Party official Carol Carter apologized to the party in a brief speech Tuesday night for sending an e-mail some considered racist. ...more

February 18, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Republican Party official Carol Carter apologized to the party in a brief speech Tuesday night for sending out an email some considered racist. ...more

February 17, 2009

Carol Carter, a veteran official of the Hillsborough County Republican Party, is resigning her post as result of a flap over a seemingly racist email joke she forwarded to friends. Carter is the third prominent local Republican in four months to be stung by controversy over emails with racial overtones. ...more

February 5, 2009

Wow, I just finished the opinion piece by Don Walton, and I would like to say it must be very hard for you to breathe up there on that pedestal you're sitting on. I don't know how you can call yourself a Christian and spout the rubbish you do. ...more

October 19, 2008

Racism On Both Sides A lot of the letters to the editor you ran on Sept. 17 had to do with the fact that one of the major presidential candidates is a white man, the other is a black man, and some commentary about who will vote for whom. ...more

September 22, 2008

Though this country has made great strides in overcoming racial prejudice and stereotyping groups of people, those things still exist, especially amongst the poor, uneducated and rural Americans. Sebring is rural America and it exists right here in our home town, like it or not. ...more

February 21, 2008