Mr. Maestro's letter printed by Hernando Today on Jan. 9shared some of myhopes for financial relief for homeowners, many of which are only dreams. The third paragraph in particular touched on a topic I have personally felt unfair, sighting that paying school taxes is unfair to those of us who have had no school age children. This would put the responsibility for parents to pay what some would call "user fees." Those lavish cloths and electronic toys would be better spent on their education. ...more

January 11, 2008

The former Largo city manager fired after his sex change plans were made public wants to be Islamorada's next village manager. ...more

January 5, 2008

Jon Gruden discusses Sunday's game against Carolina and other topics. ...more

December 27, 2007

Jon Gruden addresses the media ...more

December 19, 2007

Former motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel, who was remembered after his death Friday as Montana's native son who kept ties to his hometown of Butte, will be eulogized at a funeral in his hometown. ...more

December 2, 2007

City commissioners interviewed two candidates Thursday afternoon for the city manager position, pressing both to make sure they would be willing to live with the pay being offered. ...more

November 30, 2007

Video released by Canadian authorities of the last moments of a Polish immigrant's life shows police using a Taser stun gun on him after confronting him at the Vancouver airport. ...more

November 16, 2007

This concerns the decision of not guilty by the jury in the Lee Anderson case. Emotions about that verdict have not been as high since the O.J. Simpson trial and the same jury decision of not guilty. Emotions were greatly enlarged by the media, with its repeated showing of the guards taking Anderson to the ground. The problem with making judgment on the basis of emotion and not on the evidence (especially if the jury does so) is that we then lose the basis of equality under the law. ...more

October 23, 2007

TAMPA - Southwest Airlines on Friday was trying to contact a Largo passenger to apologize after an employee forced him to change out of a sexually suggestive T-shirt or risk getting thrown off the plane. The incident Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, came after Southwest Airlines created a public uproar by telling a woman on a flight in July that her outfit was too revealing for her to fly. Joe Winiecki, 39, a radiographer at Bayfront Medical Center, said he was sitting in the last row of a Columbus-to-Tampa flight when an employee told him he had to change his T-shirt, turn it inside out or get off the plane. ...more

October 5, 2007

A buyer of two condominium units in the stalled Trump Tower Tampa may soon get its deposits back - all because the developer failed to respond to its lawsuit. ...more

September 28, 2007