I read the story in the Oct. 28 The Tampa Tribune about Trevor Keezor and his experience with Home Depot. ...more

October 31, 2009

Your Sept. 15 editorial ("Revisit clinics to cut city's health costs," Our Opinion) on Charlie Miranda's idea to cut city health care costs using worksite clinics reflects one of the fastest-growing trends in America for both employers and government to cut their health care costs. The cost savings can be dramatic, health quality improved, and patient/physician satisfaction is excellent. ...more

September 21, 2009

The Florida Highway Patrol says 49-year-old James Bettis was driving along an interstate in Fort Myers early Wednesday morning when he ran over the panther. ...more

August 5, 2009

Seven inmates at the Pinellas County Jail have tested positive for swine flu, officials said Thursday. ...more

July 31, 2009

The Obama administration is promoting health care reform under the premise that reform will reduce health care costs and hasten our economic recovery. Yet, according to news reports, there is nothing in the health care bill concerning the reduction of costs. If the administration is serious about reducing costs, the bill should address that issue. ...more

July 17, 2009

Your story about putting python snakes in a pit in South Carolina to see if they can survive that far north shows how the government is again wasting money and not accomplishing anything. ...more

July 3, 2009

Florida's legislature should be congratulated for setting the financial groundwork for a new and improved Florida. ...more

June 3, 2009

300,000 Number of Israeli settlers who live in the West Bank 2 million Number of Palestinians who reside in the West Bank ...more

May 29, 2009

Here we go again, drink some more cool aide Buc fans. This guy will be a bust. ...more

April 28, 2009

State wildlife officials are delaying the start of the recreational harvest season for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. The open season announced Friday by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is now June 1 through Sept. 30. The original opening date was April 15. ...more

April 11, 2009