Jails are the wrong place to warehouse the mentally ill. Yet for years Florida has taken this approach toward those who are sick and turn to crime: Lock 'em up and don't worry about the treatment they need. ...more

March 29, 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

A couple of perennials are blooming again in the corridors of the county commission. ...more

February 5, 2009

A couple of perennials are blooming again in the corridors of the county commission. I, and more with me, am tired of the hassle. Both THE Bus and Hernando Beach's dredging project should be put in mothballs for at least a decade. ...more

February 5, 2009

Gainesville's first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago. ...more

December 29, 2008

The developer of Seven Oaks said Wednesday that the community is not on the list of possible sites for a psychiatric hospital proposed for land near Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. ...more

August 7, 2008

The average time that hospital emergency rooms patients wait to see a doctor has grown from about 38 minutes to almost an hour over the past decade, according to new federal statistics released Wednesday. ...more

August 6, 2008

Bob Butterworth, who was hand-picked by Gov. Charlie Crist to straighten out the beleaguered Florida Department of Children & Families, resigned Tuesday, leaving many local child welfare advocates surprised and saddened. ...more

July 30, 2008

A judge's recommendation last month that St. Joseph's Hospital should build a new regional hospital on Big Bend Road puts a crinkle in South Bay Hospital's plans to build across from the site. ...more

June 16, 2008

In order to control the media, no reporters were allowed to enter the California earthquake zone that killed 110,000 people with 70,000 still missing. ...more

June 5, 2008