I hope that some in Congress recognize the tremendous amount of pork/paybacks that this stimulus bill contains: $2.4 billion for carbon capture products; $4.19 billion for Acorn, who is under federal investigation for voter fraud across the Northeast; $400 million for more global warming research; $50 million for National Endowment of The Arts; $200 million for refurbishing the National Mall. And this is just the tip of the  iceberg. The Employee Free Choice Act is a giveaway to the unions that supported Mr. Obama. ...more

February 14, 2009

There's this grossly obese guy with a fat mouth to match, not elected to any office, yet every lie, every accusation he dreams up, is repeated almost verbatim by our Republican representatives and senators. ...more

February 12, 2009

"Historic levels" of voter turnout taxed Florida's election system at times on Tuesday but failed to trigger anything resembling the kind of meltdown experienced in 2000. ...more

November 5, 2008

Behind every great man or woman in Washington there is a great painting. As the Bush presidency draws to a close, portrait artists can expect a surge in business from Cabinet secretaries and other elite political appointees who want to preserve their legacies - and their images - for posterity. ...more

October 22, 2008

Jeb Bush isn't content to have remade Florida's education system. Now, the former governor is grading lawmakers on how well they continue to follow his lead. ...more

September 19, 2008

The county commission on Tuesday appointed a 17-member "stakeholders" committee to revamp Pasco's land development regulations to make the codes more "user friendly." ...more

July 23, 2008

The county commission today appointed a 17-member stakeholders committee to revamp Pasco's land development regulations to make the codes more "user friendly." Some residents questioned, however, whether the panel, comprised mostly of developers, their attorneys and others in the building industry, would have the county's best interests in mind or if residents would be better watchdogs. "This is asking the foxes to guard the henhouse," said Richard Riley, a member of the grassroots rural protection group in northeast Pasco. "Each [of the members] may ...more

July 22, 2008

What's the use of paper ballots if no one looks at them? That's the question that election watchdogs continue to press, even as the state's election supervisors race to implement the 2007 election law requiring every Florida county to vote on paper ballots. ...more

June 15, 2008

Despite election reforms Florida officials approved last year, most voters in the state will rely this month on the same touch-screen machines that have come under fire nationwide. ...more

January 24, 2008

Despite election reforms that state officials approved last year, most Florida voters will rely this month on the same touch-screen machines that have come under fire nationwide. ...more

January 23, 2008