It may be a blessing that the eroding economy claimed Gov. Charlie Crist's ambitious plan to buy 180,000 acres for Everglades' restoration. ...more

April 13, 2009

Firefighters packed city hall on Monday night demanding to know why the city council plans to ask the public whether they would support eliminating the department if it meant lowering property taxes. ...more

January 28, 2009

NAFTA and the sweetheart deal given to China and India must be canceled, otherwise the American worker and the financial stability of this nation will never recover. China's population is about six times the population of the United States, as is India's. The wage scale in both China and India is almost that of a shoe shine boy. The different wage scales in past history has required tariffs so as not to destroy the economies of all nations. Tariff is not a dirty word. It has been used to correct disparities in wages for thousands of years. ...more

December 14, 2008

Why is it that some people are so hung up on the race issue that cannot be objective? In his latest letter, Oct. 3, Decaris T. Jones, Sr. again raises the race issue. Why doesn't he forget the color bit and ask himself these questions: ...more

October 6, 2008

As soon as there is a critical downturn in the economy, large corporations turn their lobbyists loose... ...more

September 5, 2008

at least not yet. ...more

May 9, 2008

The Florida Legislature ended its annual session yesterday following a final week devoted to farewells and back-slapping even as lawmakers acknowledged the tough choices they were forced to make in a brutal budget year. ...more

May 3, 2008

The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission has come up with a simple move that could cut taxes, control growth, sustain agriculture and protect open lands all at once. ...more

February 11, 2008

The Bush administration, and their cronies, are doing everything in their power to provoke Iran into doing something to give Bush a reason to attack them.Now, placing sanctions against Iran is just another means to provoke them. Greed has taken control of Bush, Chaney and Haliburton. Haliburton was given a no-bid contract to pump and steal Iraqi oil. Now they want to steal and control Iranian oil as well. ...more

October 27, 2007