An economic development task force has recommended that Hillsborough County "aggressively" push for a 1-cent sales tax in 2010 to fund mass transit. ...more

June 18, 2009

"The better the villain," Alfred Hitchcock said, "the better the movie." And in the epic production that is the United States of America, we have followed that advice since the earliest settlers landed. For every hero the American story factory produces, a vivid new villain comes off the assembly line in short order. ...more

April 2, 2009

The message President Barack Obama delivered to Detroit on Monday was as remarkable as it was blunt: What is good for America will have to be good enough for GM. ...more

March 31, 2009

Buy The Houses As a constituent, I'm concerned with the government's trigger happy approach to spending money on aiding a sickly banking industry. In fact, I find myself asking exactly what this is doing for the average American, while more people are losing homes and jobs, and ending up in shelters and on the street. My mom teaches kids whose families are afflicted by the economic crisis, and her school has been helping to shower and clothe kids in this position. ...more

March 22, 2009

Congress' Gumption I find laughable the concern Congress is exhibiting over the AIG bonuses and "greed" situation. If Congress was as smart as they want us to believe, they would have performed some due diligence and discovered the bonus contracts' issue before they gave AIG billions in bailouts. ...more

March 18, 2009

In hard economic times people are supposed to turn to comedy for escape. Right? ...more

March 18, 2009

With the Dow below 7,000, many investors are wondering whether they should keep their money in the market or make a run for it. ...more

March 4, 2009

In late 2007 Rick Renedo, an executive with wireless services provider T-Mobile, had an ominous vision: Corporate America was about to collapse. ...more

February 21, 2009

Obama Caps Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed a $500,000 cap on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving taxpayer bailout money and promised new steps to end a system of "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 8, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed $500,000 caps on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving federal bailout money, saying Americans are upset with "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 4, 2009