At least three out of five school board members support county officials reducing residential impact fees at the risk of the district losing more than $600,000. ...more

November 4, 2009

If we are indeed a Christian nation like so many of you say, shouldn't we start acting like it? The Lord isn't a partisan, the Lord doesn't care if our government is big or small, and the Lord certainly does not care for the current system of national health care and big insurance companies. What He does care about is how we treat and take care of each other. ...more

September 20, 2009

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an abridged version of a story that appeared in The Tampa Tribune's Sept. 23, 1993, editions, when President Bill Clinton introduced his health care reform package. Because of congressional battles, the plan remained in limbo and ultimately went nowhere. In March 1995, the Government Accounting Office estimated the Clinton administration spent about $10 million without reforming health care. ...more

March 29, 2009

President Barack Obama says job-creation in America is difficult in a time of economic hardship and that the work of the future should be in more high-paying, high-skill areas like clean energy technology. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Senate on Tuesday voted to scrap the system that awards members of Congress an automatic cost-of-living pay raise every year. ...more

March 17, 2009

In an attempt to bring some order and decorum to a situation that has grown increasingly ugly, state Rep. Kevin Ambler, R-Tampa, has authored a bill putting new requirements on homeowners associations. ...more

March 16, 2009

You've probably heard the horror stories about homeowners associations. ...more

March 16, 2009

Player payroll: It's a topic baseball fans love to debate and front offices invariably hate. ...more

January 27, 2009

This is in response to the Jan. 12 editorial, "New Ideas Could Bring Sound Hurricane Coverage." ...more

January 18, 2009

Abolish Federal Reserve Act The Federal Reserve refers to the rate at which private banks borrow money from each other or from the Federal Reserve in order to meet their reserve requirements for making loans, set 10 cents in reserve for every dollar they loan. By lowering the rate to zero, the Feds are essentially handing out free money to bankers, saying: Take this bag of cash. Use it for loans or whatever you want, it doesn't matter what interest rate you charge; you're guaranteed a profit. The Feds are only interested in ensuring the future of the current system of debt - and the profits of its fellow private bankers. ...more

January 14, 2009