Repeal ridiculous sales tax exemptions? Never. Just cut the budget and reduce services. Lay off workers so they will not be able to pay their property taxes. Add more seniors to the waiting list for Meals on Wheels - they really don't need to eat much. Put 40 kids in a classroom so they can really get to know each other. ...more

April 2, 2009

The GFWC Tampa Junior Woman's Club last week held its second annual Cigar City Ghostwalk on Friday to raise money for its TIGER scholarship. ...more

March 25, 2009

YBOR CITY - The GFWC Tampa Junior Woman's Club is hosting its second annual Cigar City Ghostwalk on Friday to raise money for its TIGER scholarship. ...more

March 17, 2009

She's taking on a physical event for charity, getting in shape and hoping to make the world a better place. ...more

March 4, 2009

The highest-priced goods that people buy besides their houses are their cars, which leads people to believe that we can't possibly let the American car industry die. We couldn't possibly be a real country and a powerful nation without our beloved auto industry, which is essential to our national well-being. This is what spokesmen for the Big Three say. ...more

January 25, 2009

Crystal Beasly's three years of studies will come to an end in May when she graduates with South Florida Community College's fifth class of dental hygienists. ...more

January 24, 2009

A number almost as scary as 401 - as in 401(k) - for parents with college-bound children these days is 529. ...more

November 16, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, came to Washington and did what people with young children usually do before moving. They looked at their new house, and then Mrs. Obama checked out the school choices for their daughters. ...more

November 15, 2008

Area schools are back in session, but some of the sting was taken out of the return to homework and tests by a family fun day sponsored by a local church. ...more

September 3, 2008

President George W. Bush, not God, christened all those who do not agree with his beliefs and ideologies as "evil-doers" — not I. ...more

May 21, 2008