Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she doesn't believe the media's coverage of her has been sexist. ...more

October 1, 2008

I don't understand Highlands County Commissioner Barbara Stewart filing a complaint with the Sebring Police Department against Sheriff Susan Benton for some kind of verbal abuse like raising your voice for emphasis? Is that a crime? ...more

September 27, 2008

Candidate Fliers Show Up In School Mailboxes PORT RICHEY Fliers supporting sheriff's candidate Kim Bogart turned up Wednesday morning in employee mailboxes at Chasco Middle School, which school officials say is a violation of school policy and state law. Principal Christine Wolff said she had the fliers pulled from the mailboxes when the situation was brought to her attention. Wolff said she doesn't know who was responsible. Assistant Superintendent Renalia DuBose cited two state laws and a school board policy that govern political activities of employees at schools. One law prohibits government employees from participating in political campaigns while on duty. The other law prohibits candidates from using the services of government employees during working hours. ...more

September 25, 2008

Fliers supporting sheriff's candidate Kim Bogart turned up Wednesday morning in employee mailboxes at Chasco Middle School, which school officials say is a violation of school policy and state law. ...more

September 25, 2008

The sheriff's race got hotter last week when incumbent Susan Benton pulled behind Commissioner Barbara Stewart's car and started a heated argument. The incident between the two women concerned Commissioner Guy Maxcy enough that he tried to break it up. ...more

September 23, 2008

Seven years ago, on Sept. 11, New York was attacked by terrorists. I viewed that tragic day on television and I thought it was good to refresh our memories and give thanks that we have survived seven years with no attack. However we must not let our guard down. ...more

September 19, 2008

PLANT CITY The Children's Board of Hillsborough County, with the Florida Children's Services Council, recently honored state Rep. Rich Glorioso, a Plant City Republican, for his work to help children and young adults. ...more

September 12, 2008

I feel strongly that giving one- third of your editorial page to the candidate running against our current sheriff is completely unfair. This ends up being free political advertising and an advantage to one side. Equal print space should be offered to any other so-called "guest columnist" that supports Sheriff Benton. ...more

September 12, 2008

A Tampa state senator said Thursday that he will write legislation to close the procedure loopholes that allowed a convicted felon with pending charges out on the streets to kill a police officer. ...more

September 12, 2008

An Offensive Remark ...more

September 11, 2008