Carl Edwards has come a long way from the days when he was handing out business cards to strangers, hoping somebody would give him a shot at moving up the racing ladder. ...more

June 15, 2008

The plight of Mr. Anaya came to light in your paper over the last weekend. He was born in Texas in 1956 and promptly his parents were given deportation orders, it stated. He spent the next and first (15) fifteen years of his life in Mexico. This makes him a citizen of Mexico! He claims an American citizenship due only to his birth in Texas. In 1866, Sen. Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by stating: "Every person born within the limits of the US, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the US. This will not include persons born in the US who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors of foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the US." This understanding was reaffirmed by Sen. Edward Cowan, who stated: "(A foreigner in the US) has a right to the protection of the laws; but he is not a citizen in the ordinary since of the word." ...more

May 23, 2008

The 2008 elections are crucial for all, particularly so for the young and the frail elderly. It's time for both parties to get specific about poverty, education and health care. Both Bill Clinton and the Bush's endorsed welfare cuts, giving the choice of "work or no welfare" to many needy. What choices do they have ? The young and old cannot work, yet if they have no wage earner or political support, they are dropped from the safety net. In education, "No Child Left Behind" failed in Bush's Texas. Middle class Americans can pay high school property taxes which ensure good school with facilities for young minds and bodies, but these are not the needy families with deprived and undernourished children. They and the poor elderly desperately need our attention. It's a common sense investment to offer disadvantaged kids a chance to learn a living wage skill. Discrimination and second class schools do not a well adjusted adult make. It only reinforces the old cycle that "we are not good enough or worthy enough for your best efforts." We are not mean people, nor unfeeling politicians seeking profit. We are generally kind to the less fortunate, but we need to be reminded that our immigrant forefathers were given opportunities that we now deny some citizens. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA - Images of a stolen boat and the arrest of Lutz man who led the U.S Coast Guard and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on a chase after Gasparilla were released today. ...more

January 28, 2008

How Tampa Bay Ended Up Last In The East At The Break 1. The plight of Dan Boyle this season just about sums up how things have gone for Tampa Bay in the first half. From the moment an errant skate fell off its hook above Boyle's locker in September and severed three tendons in his wrist, the team must have felt like it has had a black cloud following it around. Boyle's absence was absorbed for the first quarter of the season, but as the season wore on, Tampa Bay's young core of defensemen wore down. ...more

January 26, 2008

Ronald Larsen, the elderly man who was neglected to the point that cancer consumed nearly half his face, has died. ...more

January 22, 2008

Re: Mr. Chamberlain's letter concerning the merits of a sales, property tax balance. ...more

January 5, 2008

Toy Recalls Without Walls Virginia Tech In Tears Couey Conviction Cheers Hulk Hogan's Son ...more

December 31, 2007

The homeowners association of the neighborhood where a house burned down on Sunday morning is taking donations to help the family. ...more

December 25, 2007

TAMPA - The homeowners association of the neighborhood where a house burned down on Sunday morning is taking donations to help the family. ...more

December 24, 2007