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Guest AuthorAugust 23, 2017

With a new school year kicking off this month, parents across Florida logically expected that the state is providing the proper environment necessary for children to achieve their greatest potential. That’s why I was outraged to read last week about students in Hillsborough County who are languishing in sweltering classrooms because the school district simply […]

Guest AuthorAugust 22, 2017

When the issue of net neutrality first emerged more than 10 years ago, some wondered whether it would result in overreaching, heavy-handed government intervention. We saw this intervention come to life in 2015, when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under President Obama took the unprecedented and rather extreme step of classifying the internet as a […]

Guest AuthorAugust 21, 2017

Sometimes Florida’s cities find themselves at odds with the state Legislature over the principle of home rule. That cherished concept, supported by an overwhelming majority of Florida’s citizens, reflects the view that the closer government is to the people, the more effective, fair and responsive it will be. Over this past year, we have seen […]

Guest AuthorAugust 17, 2017

There is much emotion on both sides of the current debate over race relations, even among people of goodwill. There are contentious questions to address, such as: Should we remove Confederate statues? Should we allow racists to protest in public spaces? Are our elected leaders to blame for escalating tensions? Is one side more at […]

Guest AuthorAugust 16, 2017

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A mayor who received $84,529 from a side job paid for by taxpayers. A grand jury report stating that government officials were “spending large amounts of taxpayer dollars on what appeared to be pet projects of elected officials.” An inspector general’s report finding over $2 million in questionable expenditures and political cronyism involving a city commissioner. […]

Guest AuthorAugust 11, 2017

In Bradenton, Florida, the Aqua by the Bay neighborhood is up for approval, with the potential to transform the forgotten Western part of Manatee County. The neighborhood — a Medallion Home project by Carlos Beruff — incorporates the concepts smart-growth Floridians like to see: environmental preservation, a mixed-use design and revitalization in the form of […]

Guest AuthorAugust 9, 2017

Ask the average Floridian on the street, “Who does the business of state government?” and you’ll likely hear responses such as the governor or the name of a local senator or representative. Though these are figures the media covers on a daily basis, in reality, it is the thousands of government employees that make up […]

Guest AuthorAugust 7, 2017

The Purple Heart, created by General George Washington on August 7, 1782, and first known as the Badge of Military Merit, is one of the most respected and well-recognized medals one can receive. On Purple Heart Day, we’re called to remember and celebrate America’s wartime heroes who have been injured or killed while serving our […]

Guest AuthorAugust 4, 2017

Just one day following the conclusion of the shameful Constituent Assembly aimed to empower Nicolas Maduro’s regime, the dictator and his gang of thugs have struck again. This time, during a cowardly overnight raid to seize two members of the opposition party, Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma. The world saw the devastating images from Venezuela […]

Guest AuthorAugust 4, 2017

Make no mistake. Our country is divided. There is anger. It is palpable. No one side is fully to blame. The anger exists on all sides. Sadly, the most divisive areas of American life today are now in politics and religion. But it doesn’t stop there. We now live in an age where we can […]

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Janet Cruz: Hillsborough school AC issues part of much bigger problem

Sal Nuzzo: Long-term policy needed to guarantee a free internet

Gil Ziffer: Protect home rule and let cities work

Christian Cámara: No, white supremacists at Charlottesville were not ‘good people’

Richard Corcoran: Why community redevelopment agencies have to go

Duane Henderson: Joe McClash’s quest to squash Aqua by the Bay

Dominic Calabro, Bob Ward: Without state workers, there is no Florida

Adam Putnam: Time to honor our Purple Heart recipients

Rick Scott: We will not give up until Venezuela is free

Francisco Gonzalez: #ComingTogether, the movement to make America united again