It is not pleasant being the bearer of bad tidings, but someone has to deliver the message, no matter how bad it is — even at the risk of being the poor messenger who is killed for delivering the message. ...more

October 23, 2009

President Obama, in reference to the deceptive Freedom of Choice Act of "abortion on demand" murderous attitude; you would be wise to realize that you are not greater than the Catholic Church, begun by our Savior Jesus; and built (MT-16:16-19) on the foundation of St. Peter, the first Bishop of Rome and his successors since then, to the present Pope Benedict XVI. Neither attempt to intimidate us by withholding specific government funds provided to our more than 500 catholic hospitals nationwide! ...more

February 22, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed $500,000 caps on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving federal bailout money, saying Americans are upset with "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 4, 2009

The root cause of our current economic disaster is very rich people continually getting much richer at the expense of nearly everyone else. While some of this is attributable to recognizing and exploiting legitimate opportunities, much is a result of stacking the deck. Years of deregulation crippled government oversight while Congress rewarded the rich with generous tax cuts while the deficit and debt soared. Hedge funds, totally unregulated leveraged markets providing astronomic profits for their investors. Wall Streeters and CEOs rewarded themselves with multi-million salaries and bonuses while the rest of us lost ground. Privatizing and the Iraq war created opportunities for lavishing government funds on favored private entities, all accomplished under the aegis of the Republican Congress and the Bush White House. ...more

January 24, 2009

Elisha Ministries officials were given a 30-day extension on zoning violations at the Kamp Elisha site at 7919 Rhodes Road, just off U.S. 19 about midway between Hudson and New York avenues. ...more

December 31, 2008

Elisha Ministries has been operating on a wing and a prayer for about a year. ...more

December 10, 2008

Elisha Ministries has been operating on a wing and a prayer for about a year. ...more

December 6, 2008

After a whirl of emergency meetings, government leaders on both sides of the Atlantic produced bold promises to rescue the global financial system, but were still racing to work out details to calm battered stock markets before they opened today. ...more

October 13, 2008

TAMPA - Federal judges this week sentenced two people to prison for either stealing from or defrauding the Department of Veterans Affairs. The cases of Frank M. Persicano, of St. Petersburg, and Catherine Rodriguez, of Tampa, are unrelated, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. ...more

June 12, 2008

The theft of nearly $126,000 in federal rent subsidies involved more than the manipulation of the Tampa Housing Authority's computer system, housing officials said Thursday. ...more

December 14, 2007