The will of the people is being violated by many organizations, churches, unions,. Unions were organized to represent "we the people," but if you look how the wage scale has remained low for the last 50 years, and how many of our largest unions represent and promote foreign nationals, creating huge numbers of people for each and every job, forcing wage scales down. The AF of C, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, United Aircraft Workers are just a few. Many of these unions have corporations sitting on both sides of the negotiating table on all contracts. This was made illegal many years ago, in the 75th Congress, where the Pinkerton Detective Agency had infiltrated the leadership of many unions for corporations, so as to control unions. ...more

December 1, 2007

The fields of Balkh province in northern Afghanistan were free of opium poppies this year, a success touted often by Afghan and international officials. But one look at Mohammad Alam's fields uncovers an emerging drug problem. ...more

November 28, 2007

Children at ABC Academy provided a look at their future selves Tuesday. ...more

November 21, 2007

President Bush welcomed Michael Mukasey back into government Wednesday and promised to help the new attorney general rebuild the top leadership of the Justice Department. ...more

November 15, 2007

Championship Park may be dead, but the scramble over how to spend $40 million set aside for the failed project took a familiar path Wednesday. ...more

November 8, 2007

I have an acre of land with no building in Marion County. My taxes went from $225.18 in 2005 to $584.85 in 2006. ...more

November 8, 2007

TAMPA - The Tampa office of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is without permanent leadership after the agent in charge stepped down and his next in command was placed on administrative leave. Agents in charge of other FDLE offices across the state will fill in on a rotating basis until a new leader is designated, agency spokeswoman Kristen Perezluha said. ...more

October 30, 2007

'The School Needed Someone To Love It, And I Did' As principal of Webb Middle School, Carmen Aguero fought hard to advocate for the school when she thought it was getting an unfair shake. She saw her work pay off when the school earned an A on the state report card. Now she's handing the leadership baton to Brent McBrien. northwest.tbo.com ...more

October 21, 2007

Bucs players discuss Sunday's game at Detroit and other topics. ...more

October 17, 2007

There's no doubt that Avon Park's city elections next month are crucial to the town. All the more reason for voters to scrutinize the candidates –– even though there are quite a bushful of them –– and come out and vote. A proposed ordinance that would have fined businesses and landlords who catered to illegal immigrants may have set the tone for some candidates to seek office, but growth remains the overarching issue for the city. Voters should look for candidates who can help Avon Park navigate some of these growth problems, at a time when the rest of the county seems to be growing at a faster rate and tougher challenges coming from Tallahassee lie ahead. ...more

October 15, 2007