Regarding "In Tampa, Clinton Bypasses Palin Questions" (front page, Sept. 9): I wanted to applaud Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for taking the high road during her recent visit to the Tampa area, unlike most prominent Democrats and the majority of the press and print media concerning Governor Sarah Palin. Perhaps it's because she has experienced malicious smear tactics from some of the same critics of Palin. ...more

September 10, 2008

President Bush plans to keep the number of U.S. troops in Iraq near the current level through the end of the year and will pull home about 8,000 U.S. troops by February, when the next president will be in charge of wartime decision-making. ...more

September 9, 2008

Voter turnout for the primary election today has been relatively low through the early afternoon, according to Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Office unofficial tallies. ...more

August 26, 2008

Two Democrats and three Republicans are vying for the nomination in their respective parties in the District 3 county commission race. Although commissioners represent the entire county, they must live in the district they represent. ...more

August 16, 2008

Shirley Mellecker of New Port Richey faults President Bush for not being aggressiveness enough in pushing Congress to lift offshore oil driling. ...more

August 13, 2008

I notice Republicans blame all ills on Democrats, and Democrats blame Republicans. No one is 100 percent right all of the time or wrong 100 percent of the time; but really, let's put blame where it belongs. Like the gas shortages, did we the American people do anything to conserve? No! We still have to drive our gas guzzlers and heaven forbid we cut our speed. At stop lights we floor board these monsters and reach that 60 miles per hour in three seconds. Heaven forbid we go to a smaller vehicle; we did! We bought a Toyota, used for economy. ...more

August 13, 2008

To portray Obama as a saint or as the second coming of Christ is not only disgusting but also somewhat funny. Anyone who would buy into this charade would have to be a total imbecile, however, there seems to be a lot of them running around. ...more

August 7, 2008

Get The Point? I am a Republican, and very conservative. In fact, I'm even more on the right than Rush Limbaugh! ...more

August 6, 2008

Wayne Dofflemyer of Bayonet Point says "nuclear" is the word some people are afraid to use in addressing America's energy future. ...more

August 2, 2008

James W. Coakley of New Port Richey says there is no problem with Florida election laws regarding primary voting. ...more

July 26, 2008