In a fiercely contentious debate, Mitt Romney tried to halt the momentum propelling Sen. John McCain after his victory in the Florida primary by charging in a debate Wednesday that McCain's positions on immigration, campaign finance and the environment were "outside the mainstream of conservative Republican thought." ...more

January 31, 2008

Councilman John Dingfelder's analysis of city employees who might face layoffs next year shows more than 70 percent of the workers affected are either black or Hispanic. ...more

December 19, 2007

TAMPA - Councilman John Dingfelder's analysis of city employees who might face layoffs next year shows more than 70 percent of the people affected are either black or Hispanic. ...more

December 18, 2007

City Attorney David Smith has rejected Councilman John Dingfelder's request to provide more detailed information about laid-off city employees. ...more

December 5, 2007

Democrat Barack Obama, seeking distance from his leading rivals, touted his health care expansion package as doing more to cut costs and deal with the root problems facing consumers "than any other proposal in this race." ...more

November 25, 2007

I remember participating on a Primary Care Committee that met in Tallahassee. At that time, Hillary Clinton was pushing her health care proposals through community forums around the country. I naively thought the United States would finally get universal health care. ...more

October 7, 2007

Three Democratic presidential candidates have made universal health care a big part of their campaign platform. ...more

September 18, 2007

Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani devoted a quick, one-day tour of Florida on Monday mainly to bashing the health care reform plan released the same day by potential Democratic foe Hillary Clinton, calling it 'socialized medicine.' ...more

September 18, 2007

TAMPA - Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani devoted a quick, one-day tour of Florida on Monday mainly to bash the health care reform plan released the same day by potential Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, calling it "socialized medicine." ...more

September 17, 2007