I read an article by Marsha Mercer in the Feb. 10 paper about the Clintons that raised the proverbial red flag of caution for me. First, Mercer makes mention of the fact that the Clintons are stonewalling any and all attempts to release any papers from the Clinton Presidential Library, notably the notes, memos and appointment calendar of Hillary while she was first lady. What are the Clintons afraid of that they do not want people to know about her? Secondly, Mercer mentions Hillary's strong desire for universal health care. The thing that got my attention about this subject was, quote, "Hillary's health care plan forces everyone to buy insurance even if they could not afford it." Hillary has said that her administration might garnishee the wages of those who could afford to buy health care insurance but refused to. ...more

February 15, 2008

As I watched the returns on Super Tuesday, one of the campaign-rally interviews stuck out. "It's the most exciting presidential race, certainly in my lifetime," said a 60-year-old woman in New York City. ...more

February 10, 2008

A controversial but popular health care plan that came under state scrutiny last year is back in business and looking for new members. ...more

February 8, 2008

A controversial but popular health care plan that came under state scrutiny last year has received clearance to begin marketing for new members again. Nearly a year after being placed under state supervision, Universal Health Care Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg said Friday that it has received the green light from state and federal regulators to resume marketing its Any, Any, Any insurance plan, a Medicare program. ...more

February 8, 2008

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama faced off in their first one-to-one debate of the presidential race on Thursday night, delivering their final arguments before the multistate contests on Tuesday on who is better prepared for the White House and highlighting their differences on issues such as health care and immigration. ...more

February 1, 2008

In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

Councilman John Dingfelder's analysis of city employees who might face layoffs next year shows more than 70 percent of the workers affected are either black or Hispanic. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Councilman John Dingfelder's analysis of city employees who might face layoffs next year shows more than 70 percent of the people affected are either black or Hispanic. ...more

December 18, 2007

City Attorney David Smith has rejected Councilman John Dingfelder's request to provide more detailed information about laid-off city employees. ...more

December 5, 2007

Democrat Barack Obama, seeking distance from his leading rivals, touted his health care expansion package as doing more to cut costs and deal with the root problems facing consumers "than any other proposal in this race." ...more

November 25, 2007