In reference to an article in the June 28 Tampa Tribune titled "Landlords not wanting to rent to families who have been foreclosed on, losing their homes." How dare they? How dare them pass judgment on a family's misfortunes and place them in a category of deadbeats, insinuating that they do not want to pay for a roof over their family's heads. Not everyone is looking for a "free ride" or out to get something for free. I realize that there are people out there like that, but you simply cannot stereotype all people that have had foreclosures or other misfortunes as deadbeat. ...more

July 3, 2008

HOLIDAY -- Gasoline prices are up. Food prices are up. What's next? A boat launch fee is in the works at Pasco County's Anclote River Park. ...more

June 11, 2008

The dean of the University of South Florida's largest college told faculty that he is stepping down and expressed dismay that the university's budget-balancing plans zeroed in on his programs. ...more

June 10, 2008

BUT, HONEY, IT'S ORGANIC "Do you promise to not buy something if I show it to you?" The Official Wife of The Stew said to me as we were shopping. ...more

May 27, 2008

Eric Grajales is regarded as one of the best to ever wear a Brandon singlet, and, much to the dismay of the high school wrestling world, he still has another year with the Eagles before moving on. ...more

May 20, 2008

Judging from complaints by her minions, Hillary Clinton considers it unfair that Barack Obama has been wafted close to the pinnacle of politics by an updraft from the continentwide swoon of millions of Democrats and much of the media brought on by his Delphic utterances such as "We are the change." But disquisitions on fairness are unpersuasive coming from someone from Illinois or Arkansas whose marriage enabled her to treat New York as her home, and the Senate as an entry-level electoral office (only 12 of today's senators have been elected to no other office) and a steppingstone to the presidency. ...more

February 22, 2008

Carol A. Mishler of Port Richey had a good experience with the nation's health-care system. ...more

February 16, 2008

On foot, in cars and in donkey carts, tens of thousands of Gazans flooded into Egypt on Wednesday through a border fence blown up by militants - puncturing a gaping hole in Israel's airtight closure of the Gaza Strip and giving a boost to Hamas. ...more

January 24, 2008

Is development attorney Joel Tew running Pasco County? I sat in the Pasco County Development Review Committee meeting Nov. 29 and watched as Tew misrepresented one important fact about the Citrus Ridge project, proposed on 112 acres just west of the Dade City city limits off St. Joe Road, for well over an hour. ...more

December 9, 2007

Mitchell may not have been playing the same, old dominant Countryside that has reigned over Class 6A-District 7 in recent years. But Tuesday's 1-0 win may have ushered in a new era for the Mustangs, and the district. ...more

November 29, 2007