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Steve Otto column
Steve Otto column
It's been a year since Gov. Rick (let's get to work) Scott said thanks but I have my own plane and turned down more than $2 billion in federal funding to construct a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando.
I don't know if you noticed in between all those commercials Sunday that they played a football game, the last game of the season.
Don't know if you noticed that among all those commercials Sunday they played a football game, the last one of the season.
Last week the biggest debate in the Florida Senate centered on a plan to privatize 26 prisons and work camps in South Florida. Proponents say such an outsourcing could save $16 million to $30 million a year.
Last week, the biggest debate in the Florida Senate centered on a plan to privatize 26 prisons and work camps in South Florida. Proponents say such an outsourcing could save $16 million to $30 million a year.
Somebody recently noticed that all those little critters that used to be all over the place in South Florida have disappeared.
Somebody recently noticed that all those little critters that used to be all over the place in South Florida have disappeared.
In the end it was Mitt Romney and MO (as former Florida Gov. Bob Martinez calls "money" and "organization") that took Florida, the biggest prize to date in the Republican campaign to select a candidate to take on President Barack Obama in the fall.
Two invasions and it's still January.
For me, it was just another column Wednesday. In fact, I thought I had thrown in some good lines on a new survey that claimed the citizens of Tampa Bay were the most stressed-out people in the country.
The issue that has parents fired up around here is the appearance of a speaker on Islam at Steinbrenner High School last week as part of a history series on world religions.
Comfy? Take a minute if you need to and get yourself another cup of coffee. All of that "Sturm und Drang" outside your front door can wait. You need to get your act together.
Comfy? Take a minute if you need to and get yourself another cup of coffee. All of that "Sturm und Drang" outside your front door can wait. You need to get your act together.
Columnist Steve Otto says tonight's debate, which will air on the same network as "Fear Factor," could be enough to strike fear in any of the candidates if either has a misstep.
Holy mackerel, it's TAMPA … TAMPA … TAMPA!
It can't be much fun belonging to a secret club if everybody knows who you are, even if you have a secret handshake.
It can't be much fun belonging to a secret club if everybody knows who you are, even if you have a secret handshake.
History is a funny thing.
History is a funny thing.
Here are some mentionables from last week. My old boss Frank Klein, who once was sports editor of the afternoon Tampa Times, used to call his column "The Monday Wash and other Mentionables," although this one has few sports notes and no mention of Tim Tebow.
Here are some mentionables from last week. My old boss Frank Klein, who once was sports editor of the afternoon Tampa Times, used to call his column "The Monday Wash and other Mentionables," although this one has few sports notes and no mention of Tim Tebow.
Winter in Florida means festival time. It seems like every burg has an event of some kind. You name it, somebody celebrates it.
Winter in Florida means festival time. It seems like every burg has an event of some kind. You name it, somebody celebrates it.
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