I just finished watching "60 Minutes" and wonder just what is going on in this country? Men wrongly accused and losing their lives in prison over state attorneys that are hell bent on justifying their jobs and future. ...more

May 8, 2008

What chutzpah! First the state intrusively reduces local governments' revenues, tacitly accusing them of wasting money. Then it proposes House Bill 683 designed to kill one county's innovative money saving idea – building its own asphalt plant – in order to endear itself to a special interest group. Our leadership should join forces with officials of other counties that either currently do or contemplate doing their own road construction in aggressively fighting this legislation that forces them to use private contractors for non-maintenance roadwork. ...more

January 30, 2008

The CBS program "60 Minutes" aired the "Age of Warming." It was an attempt to scare everyone into the global warming camp. I believe there is more theory than fact in the presentation. They should have given equal time to those scientists who disagree with the theory they presented. CBS also went out of their way to blame the administration for editing some of the reports. The reporter even said he could hear the ice melting. What he heard was water running. I don't believe you can hear ice melting. You can hear water hit something solid when dripping. ...more

January 26, 2008

Roger Clemens unleashed a furious attack on Monday on his former trainer, Brian McNamee, with a news conference featuring a tape of a secretly recorded phone call and a lawsuit accusing McNamee of lying about injecting him with performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

January 8, 2008

During his Sunday interview with Mike Wallace on "60 Minutes," baseball superstar Roger Clemens was defiant in denying he had ever used performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

January 8, 2008

Bucs Locker Room Quotes ...more

December 26, 2007

1. Patriots. Run defense will be tested at Giants Stadium. 2. Colts. Nobody is playing better football than these guys. 3. Cowboys. Very little motivation heading to nation's capital. 4. Jaguars. Humble, yet confident. And very dangerous. 5. Packers. Should rebound at home vs. Lions. 6. Steelers. Looking at 11-5 in Tomlin's rookie year. 7. Seahawks. Will be very tough to beat at Qwest Field. 8. Chargers. Only 3-4 on the road heading to Oakland's Black Hole. ...more

December 25, 2007

Once again, we're reminded how many business transactions are executed along the cart path. ...more

December 23, 2007

In a climate of budget tightening, the county's public bus service plans to retool some routes next spring. ...more

December 22, 2007

Hundreds of defendants sitting in prisons nationwide have been convicted with the help of an FBI forensic tool that was discarded more than two years ago. But the FBI lab has yet to take steps to alert the affected defendants or courts, even as the window for appealing convictions is closing, a joint investigation by The Washington Post and "60 Minutes" has found. ...more

November 18, 2007