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Mitch PerryMay 4, 2015

Plant City Republican Josh Burgin, who been on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) since February 2012, said Monday that he will leave the agency on July 1 to pursue a degree at the Harvard School of Government. “Three years ago, you gave me a specific charge to ‘protect the taxpayer,'” Burgin wrote last […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2014

Here is some good news for folks seeking to enter an Ivy-League college and bad news for those seeking minimum-wage work. Harvard is accepting a higher percentage of its applicants than McDonalds is hiring for its minimum-wage positions. According to CBS2 Chicago, at a recent National Hiring Day, McDonald’s hired only 6.2 percent of those […]

Guest AuthorJune 25, 2014

It’s been almost 15 years since I decided to give this whole Mommy Thing a try. Back in 2000, I said goodbye to friends, who would go on to shape global policies, so I could move back to Tampa and find fulfillment in “Goodnight Moon” and “Banana Phone.” I don’t think it’s a coincidence that […]

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