Where's The Outrage? I am amazed and appalled by the degree of passive public acceptance that has greeted the so-called stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed this week. ...more

February 21, 2009

We're glad to see government and community leaders working together to come up with new ideas to help spur the gloomy economy in Hernando County. ...more

February 14, 2009

With the economy teetering and thousands of Floridians and other Americans losing their jobs, three Florida members of Congress say they would vote to give up their automatic $4,700 pay raise next year. ...more

December 25, 2008

When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic? ...more

September 5, 2008

I was appointed to the Tampa City Council in 2006 to finish a term for a departing council member. My term ended about a year ago. It was a tremendous experience, and I wish more people interested in government could have the opportunity to sit on the other side of the podium. ...more

May 25, 2008

Three months ago, Hillsborough County slashed its funding to the Tampa Bay Community Network, which runs the local public access cable channel, by more than $355,000. Since then the network has been struggling to figure out how to serve county residents. ...more

February 5, 2008

The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Monday to lawyers who are challenging the use of lethal injections to carry out executions in the United States. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA - The Tampa City Council voted 4-2 this afternoon to preliminarily approve plans to redevelop Hyde Park Village. ...more

December 20, 2007

After a week of meetings but too little public debate, Florida lawmakers have agreed on where to cut $1.1 billion from the state's $71 billion budget. They'll return to Tallahassee on Friday for a final and largely party-line vote to bring it into balance. ...more

October 9, 2007

Florida Department of Community Affairs Secretary Tom Pelham's column (Commentary, Sept. 8) missed the mark on the Florida Hometown Democracy citizen's initiative, which I co-authored. ...more

September 17, 2007