I've had a few questions lately about this idea of Florida getting oil-drilling revenues to help with its sagging budget - and things like schools. If you're swayed by this argument and big oil's latest push to put rigs off the tourism state, then you need to know something: Oil money from federal leases cannot be used for that kind of stuff. It can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling. ...more

June 16, 2009

Re: Only choice we have. Ownership of the means of production in a socialist economy is a means of control of the means of production. Ownership is sufficient but not necessary in a socialist economy. ...more

May 29, 2009

Irv Friedman of Beacon Woods says Florida should develop wind and solar energy and leave offshore oil drilling alone. ...more

May 15, 2009

In the article "Wetlands Division A Redundancy," Tampa Tribune, March 21, Keith Bricklemyer lays out a case against the Environmental Protection Commission's wetlands protection program, stating there is no documentation of facts showing the program's success. The "absence" of these facts causes Bricklemyer to infer that the longevity of EPC's program is fueled by long-term emotional rhetoric. Our guess is, since the "facts" contained in Bricklemyer's article are, at best, misleading and mostly incorrect, that he himself has been overcome by emotion. ...more

March 31, 2009

The director of Pinellas County's visitors bureau is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee in Washington on Wednesday and deliver the message that drilling along the Gulf Coast could unnecessarily cripple the area's mainstay tourism economy. ...more

February 9, 2009

Egmont Key is an environmental jewel at the mouth of Tampa Bay. It has immense historic value and is one of the most popular destinations in the region for boaters. ...more

January 13, 2009

After years of losing money and an unsuccessful bid to find a buyer, a long-time Tampa home building company is calling it quits. ...more

January 7, 2009

The region's water wizards are conjuring events to lure people to the Hillsborough River and teach them the watershed's importance. ...more

November 7, 2008

University of Florida researchers received a $4 million federal contract to improve how the military distributes food to troops. ...more

October 23, 2008

Fewer water use, development permits would go before Swiftmud board. ...more

September 30, 2008