During the worst recession in modern times, as workers were enduring pay cuts, losing benefits and being required to take furlough days, the city of Tampa's unions sacrificed ... nothing. ...more

November 6, 2009

Hernando County commissioners find themselves in the unenviable position of having to tighten their financial belts and suck it in as they face the hard truth that the money stream has dried up. ...more

August 31, 2008

A new nuclear plant may be nothing but a big bombing target. Any nation with nuclear power plants offers its adversaries, in effect, a quasi-military capability to use against it, proliferation expert Bennett Ramberg, an official in the George H.W. Bush administration, warned in 1984. ...more

August 26, 2008

The stock market may not be in free fall, but it's sure scrambling frantically on a very slippery slope. ...more

January 8, 2008

You're in the thick of the holiday shopping season and your youngster has a serious case of the gotta-have-it-now syndrome. ...more

December 23, 2007

Your recent editorial in the Tribune concerning contract negotiations with the Tampa firefighters reported information that is inaccurate and misleading. The Tribune editorial, "By Demanding 10 Percent Raise, City Firefighters Insult Taxpayers" (Our Opinion, Dec. 14),claims "government unions have lost all sense of economic reality." ...more

December 19, 2007

Tampa firefighters earn an average of more than $59,000 a year. They work 24-hour shifts, then get 48 hours off, a schedule that allows many to work second jobs or run businesses. They also enjoy a generous pension plan that allows them to retire after 20 years, sometimes sooner. ...more

December 14, 2007