NOTES FROM A BEER FEST The Craft Beer Expo on Saturday at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg was so crowded, it was difficult to avoid waves of claustrophobia. Good thing we had beer to keep our nerves at bay. ...more

July 23, 2008

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires states to allow eligible persons to register to vote at various government locations, including motor vehicle and public assistance offices. According to one group, however, the state should sign up anyone who enters a public building, not just make the opportunity available. ...more

July 19, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples has abused her position of power, shirked her responsibilities as a renter and gone out of her way to malign people perceived as enemies. And you, the taxpayer, have subsidized her stay in public housing for 24 years. ...more

July 18, 2008

I say boo-gen-vee-ya; Penny says bo-gen-vil-lah. And neither of us has budged a syllable on that in the three years we've traded tips on bougainvilleas. ...more

June 26, 2008

Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio, but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. ...more

June 7, 2008

TAMPA -- Don Richards spent more than 40 years in radio but became best known for his controversial on-air interview with police killer Hank Earl Carr, who was holding a hostage at gunpoint. News critics lambasted Richards, saying he had crossed the line of journalistic ethics. But his supervisor said Richards simply got caught in a situation he couldn't get out of when he unknowingly dialed the very business where Carr was holed up almost exactly 10 years ago. ...more

June 6, 2008

Congratulations to Tampa Tribune reporter Joyce McKenzie for her May 28 article, "With a Spring in Their Step," which focused on the Senior Spring Flint at All People's Life Center. ...more

June 4, 2008

These are painful times for local governments. State-mandated spending restrictions and a voter-approved amendment limiting property taxes are forcing budget cuts and a reordering of priorities. ...more

June 1, 2008

Of course it's hard to pinpoint all the blame because nobody is actually in charge. The governor has apparently decided he would rather kiss up out in Arizona and get on a presidential ticket than do anything for the people who voted him into office. The agency that is supposed to work with the developmentally disabled is incompetent and the Legislature is well - the Florida Legislature. ...more

June 1, 2008

Hillsborough County Schools have an unworkable and arbitrary school transfer policy that is neither enforceable nor particularly fair. ...more

February 10, 2008