A Colorado company said it created 4,231 jobs with the help of President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan. The real number: fewer than 1,000. ...more

October 29, 2009

I read with interest the article, "Debit card overdrafts a boon for banks," (Sept. 20). Isn't a debit card overdraft the same as a bounced check? ...more

September 23, 2009

Although she has nothing against art, state Sen. Ronda Storms said the state is spending too much money on public art when too many residents are suffering financially. She said that's the reason she filed Senate Bill 1104, which would repeal the Art in State Public Buildings Program established by the Florida Legislature in 1979. ...more

March 24, 2009

Alan Waishkey of Port Richey reacts to the federal economic stimulus bill by saying "nothing is free." ...more

February 18, 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

Re: "Few Would Have Believed Roof Could Fall In" (Our Opinion, Nov. 1): Congratulations on at least having made the attempt to warn people not to extend themselves too much in the real estate bubble. Having lived through similar bubbles long ago, I saw this coming early, but felt like a Cassandra when nobody would listen. ...more

November 20, 2008

Election news junkies are going into withdrawal after the historic - and long - presidential election put Democrat Barack Obama in the White House. ...more

November 8, 2008

A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more

October 18, 2008

TAMPA - A central figure who helped forge a much-criticized relationship between Lowry Park Zoo and its CEO's for-profit exotic-animal park has resigned from the zoo's board of directors. ...more

October 17, 2008

To listen to Sen. Barack Obama, Sen. John McCain is a Johnny-come-lately to the cause of regulating financial markets. "He has consistently opposed the sorts of common-sense regulations that might have lessened the current crisis," Obama said in New Mexico Thursday. "When I was warning about the danger ahead on Wall Street months ago because of the lack of oversight, Senator McCain was telling the Wall Street Journal - and I - 'I'm always for less regulation.' " ...more

September 23, 2008