A state senator has filed legislation outlining an airline passenger bill of rights in Florida that would require carriers to provide food and water for passengers delayed more than three hours on an aircraft awaiting takeoff. ...more

February 21, 2008

The Sun N' Lake Special Improvement District of approximately 3,000 people is governed by five puppet supervisors, elected by landowners only. Two out of three are landowners from all over the western hemisphere (USA, Canada, Puerto Rico, South America and Mexico) who can vote to elect a supervisor to govern and tax the residents of this district. How long must the residents endure this abuse from this government? The abuses are practiced in communist countries, but, we are the democratic United States of America? ...more

February 18, 2008

Losing Freedom Of Choice The great American humorist, Will Rogers, said, "Those people in Washington are no worse than the people who put them there," and added, "they're better than those who didn't vote at all." ...more

February 17, 2008

Leave it to Florida Department of Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham to come up with a way to reform growth planning without the impossible demands of Hometown Democracy. ...more

February 16, 2008

What freedoms afforded by the Bill of Rights do Hernando High students cherish the most? ...more

February 5, 2008

TAMPA Grab a seat on Kate Hanni's airliner, and you'll wish you hadn't. Ask congressmen who tried it out in Washington, D.C., last year. ...more

January 20, 2008

Backward Steps Regarding "Explosive Issues," letters, Monday: Arthur Hayhoe is trying to compare apples and oranges. The Second Amendment to our Bill of Rights acknowledges the right of the people to keep and bear arms. ...more

January 16, 2008

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee issued a new videotape where he wished Americans a "Merry Christmas." ...more

December 20, 2007

Jan. 2: Gov. Charlie Crist announces Open Government initiative during inaugural address. ...more

November 24, 2007

Before choosing a doctor, patients often research individual physicians on the Internet to find one that meets their needs. But some doctors are turning the tables. News Channel 8 has learned that more and more doctors may be performing criminal background checks on patients. ...more

September 13, 2007