Firearms Foresight While it seems other readers found irony in placing a large ad for gun sales in a paper whose headline included at least two horrific examples of gun violence, I found the ad timely and appropriate. ...more

March 16, 2009

A 24-year-old Seffner man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a gas station robbery two weeks ago. ...more

July 1, 2008

Floridians are now in danger from yet another act of the Florida Legislature. Allowing employees to keep guns in their cars at work even when their employers object only facilitates workplace violence. This bill should have been titled the Workplace Violence Enabling Act. Oddly enough, media coverage gives the impression that the only issue is "gun rights" versus the property rights of employers. Apparently the public safety and the safety of employees isn't worth mentioning. Gun laws passed by the Florida Legislature in the last few years flies in the face of every known fact about gun violence. Take the so-called Castle Law, which encourages gun toters to shoot whenever they feel threatened. This ill-advised law gives those who shoot first more rights in Florida than any other jurisdiction in the world. ...more

May 9, 2008

The concept of rallying a community through an event featuring free food, children's activities and live entertainment is nothing new. So in some respects, today's Freedom March of Holiday Lakes Estates isn't unusual. ...more

November 10, 2007

Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher, a Republican whose lone term was dogged by a hiring scandal, lost badly Tuesday despite an election eve effort to woo conservative voters by displaying the Ten Commandments in the state Capitol. ...more

November 7, 2007