Road not wanted If Tampa Councilman John Dingfelder lived west of Dale Mabry Highway rather than east, he might understand why those of us in the adjoining Gandy neighborhoods are so vehemently against the proposed elevated bridge ("Foes of plan for elevated road over Gandy call on council," Metro, March 5). He won't be bothered with this eyesore that will ruin small businesses, promote pollution filtering down on us, raise the noise level and the lights shining down on us and will light up our yards like a Christmas tree! ...more

March 6, 2010

An exchange between Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio in a conservative political journal this week marked the toughest rhetoric so far between the two Republican U.S. Senate primary opponents. ...more

March 5, 2010

Brown-Waite doesn't get it U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite, R-Brooksville, responded to previous articles I had written concerning her rather dismal record as a member of the U.S. Congress, by an attack on my character inferring that I was either lying, misinformed or lacking knowledge of the workings of our government. ...more

March 3, 2010

Following the Obama-Democratic win, the Republican Party decided that the party must shift to a liberal agenda if it wants to win anything in the upcoming elections. This is turning out to be a huge mistake in the wake of Obama's failed political actions. ...more

February 28, 2010

Mar-co, Mar-co, Mar-co. The nom du jour, if you somehow missed it, is Marco. As in Rubio, rising conservative star, not Polo. ...more

February 23, 2010

Gov. Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio apparently will conduct the first debate of their Senate primary campaign March 28 on Fox News Channel. ...more

February 20, 2010

5th District congresswoman also has wedding plans ...more

February 19, 2010

About 50 leaders of the Tea Party movement will meet in Washington today with Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele and other top party operatives to discuss campaign strategies and conservative principles. ...more

February 16, 2010

In a Feb.13 letter to the editor, Bob Hjort chastised all the Sarah Palin haters as being "non-thinkers (who) are ignorant of American history." Are you kidding, Bob? When pressed, Palin couldn't name a single newspaper or news magazine she reads, couldn't come up with a single Supreme Court decision, couldn't tell you who Hamas was, didn't realize Africa was a continent, and when asked by a second grader what the vice president does, she claimed, "They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes." ...more

February 15, 2010

I am a registered Republican, but don't let that fool you into thinking that I am a mindless party robot. Being a conservative, I chuckled when I read Mr. Tavares' letter as he bemoaned Democrats that love to blame Republicans for everything that goes wrong as well as their inability to work together within their own party to pass meaningful legislation. ...more

February 10, 2010