Donald L. Johnson of Holiday dismisses federal stimulus as a "pork-barrel Dumb-ocrat bill." ...more

February 18, 2009

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have offered similar campaign pronouncements: A college education should be affordable to anyone, and the process of getting federal aid is more complicated than it should be. ...more

October 6, 2008

John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda. As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not, a McCain administration would not be like a Bush administration. ...more

September 4, 2008

John McCain and Barack Obama vow to reform the nation's defense procurement if elected president, yet each is unwilling to take a firm stand against the skyrocketing cost of a plum White House perk: the new Marine One helicopter. ...more

July 19, 2008

Tammany Hall Revisited Would you care to join me in a renaming contest for Clocktower Boulevard in Beacon Woods? My entry has a basis I will explain. It is Boondoggle Boulevard. ...more

May 21, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor calls for a major change in the United States tax system. ...more

January 15, 2008

Even though members of Congress cut back their pork barrel spending this year, House lawmakers still tacked on to the military appropriations bill $1.8 billion to pay 580 private companies for projects the Pentagon did not request. ...more

November 4, 2007

President Bush on Friday refused to sign into law a $23 billion national water-projects bill that would authorize tens of millions of dollars for the Tampa Bay area and billions more for other projects in Florida. ...more

November 3, 2007

Former Plant City mayor and city Commissioner John Dicks, in announcing a bid for Congress this week, said he believes the public wants a change in leadership and he can make a difference. ...more

October 6, 2007