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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 4, 2008

Digesting The News

The Tribune and all other newspapers are working their way through these difficult economic times by cutting staff, sections and pages.

I'm concerned because only the newspaper gives me time to study, reread and digest the news while carrying it with me. I trust the Tribune to give me facts without personal bias or opinion. And I want to know the Tribune's personal opinion on the editorial page. Your editorial board has the ability to access facts and investigate. I need the expanded back-grounding provided in your editorials.

Keep your news stories informative and without bias. Keep your editorials forthright and opinionated, and we can get along without a few columnists and separate business section.

ED ERICKSON

Tampa

Not Observing Christmas

When I read about the Walmart employee being trampled to death by shoppers, it reinforced my decision made years ago to abstain from this madness. I served notice on my family that I would not be participating any longer in the exchanging of useless items when all of us already had more than we knew what to do with. They had a little trouble at first accepting this but now seem relieved that I'm off their shopping list. I think the Jehovah Witnesses have the right idea, which is not to observe any of the days or seasons. It makes life less stressful.

JACK PEEL

Tampa

Obama's Campaign Cash
Your recent editorial "Obama's Supporters Spoke With Wallets" (Nov. 30) is an insightful break from the dominant media conventional wisdom that supports onerous campaign finance regulation. After decades of platitudes sold as fact by so-called reform groups, they have been remarkably silent on the future of campaign finance regulation after President-elect Obama opted out of public financing in the general election

Only a few conservatives attempt to scold Obama, the first candidate to raise nearly $1 billion in an election cycle, as corrupt and beholden to "special interests"

I look forward to reading many more editorials like this when other newspapers wake up to the reality that the Tribune has so wisely articulated.

JEFF PATCH

Alexandria, Va.

Legality Vs. Morality

I found the article in Sunday's Tribune, "A Few Steps Forward," discouraging. The author indicated "there are signs large and small that the Tampa Bay area is growing more supportive of gays, lesbians and their families." I'm not convinced by his observations that this is true.

I am convinced that the gay community is enjoying more "press."

If his point is accepted, what does that say about the moral compass of our community? Despite whatever legal standing homosexual couples have secured in our nation, the movement is resisted because it is fundamentally immoral. No legislation can ever change that.

RANDY LIVINGSTON

Clearwater

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