After two years of grieving, lack of presence, wonderment as what was to happen, would anyone be remised or improper to make an honorable suggestion to Sheriff Benton, FHP, commanders and citizens of Highlands County, to ask if Sgt. Nicholas Sottile (FHP) could share space on the granite memorial site, in front of the sheriff's office, with Capt. Bob Hopton and Inspector Jim Rodgers? It would be common ground to be etched in stone for the loss to family and society in the performance of not a job, but a duty. ...more

April 8, 2009

I came away from an election-poll-workers' training session the other day shaking my head in wonderment. Just as I felt that the registered voters of Hillsborough County, after a few elections, were becoming adjusted to using the touch-screen voting machines, we have taken a giant step backward for mankind by going to paper ballots. ...more

July 18, 2008

Working Vacation Always Ends Up Being Work I need to apologize to you and my editor for not submitting my column last week as I had planned, but the best made plans of man oft go awry, and my plans certainly did not happen as I had thought they would. ...more

July 17, 2008

CORAL SPRINGS — Sean Spiegel was just hoping one of his six swims this weekend would be quick enough to qualify him for the USA Olympic Trials. ...more

June 21, 2008

L AND O' LAKES - When Stew Gibbons moved to Connerton, the air rang with the sounds of construction. ...more

January 26, 2008

I sit in wonderment at the story of W. Lance Anderson, the president of NovaStar Financial in Kansas City who, while handing out subprime mortgages to any applicant wearing shoes and a shirt, managed to sink the company's stock from $40 in June to $1.72. ...more

November 24, 2007

Journeying back from Chicago on Interstate 75, I noticed an interstate sign stating that Tampa was about 12 miles further than St. Petersburg. This was repeated at least three other times while traveling south (with different mileage, of course). ...more

November 23, 2007

I sit in wonderment at the story of W. Lance Anderson, the president of NovaStar Financial in Kansas City, who while handing out subprime mortgages to any applicant wearing shoes and a shirt managed to sink the company's stock from $40 in June to $1.72. This is a man who earned $1.7 million in salary and bonuses last year, plus $711,386 in deferred compensation, plus more dough in various arrangements that dopes like me can't quite grasp. Meanwhile, all the little investors in NovaStar are cutting back on Christmas gifts and canceling their winter vacations in Daytona Beach. ...more

November 23, 2007

DETROIT - How in the world did they lose that one? There are times in the National Football League where the other team is simply better and just beats you. And there are times where you leave the stadium in total wonderment about what just happened, because every bit of you knows you should have won the game. Sunday was definitely the latter for the Bucs. ...more

October 21, 2007