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Phil AmmannJanuary 17, 2016

A roundup of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Call time out on Florida executions, capital cases This week’s U.S. Supreme Court opinion that struck down Florida’s sentencing system for death penalty cases has created wholesale uncertainty for judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers and those convicted and accused of capital crimes. With […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 10, 2016

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Time to move forward on Rays deal A new and improved agreement negotiated by St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and the Tampa Bay Rays to let the franchise look at stadium sites in both Pinellas and Hillsborough counties focuses on the right […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 3, 2016

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Consider electing state education commissioner No issue is more important to Florida and its future than public education. Yet voters are two steps removed from directly influencing the state education commissioner, who is appointed by the Board of Education, and whose members […]

Phil AmmannDecember 27, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Taxpayers assume risk, little gain for charter schools Florida has invested heavily in privately run charter schools for years, and the payoff for taxpayers has been uneven at best. While some successful charter schools fill particular needs in local communities, too many […]

Phil AmmannDecember 20, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Florida prison rife with abuses Inmates in Florida state prisons should be able to serve their sentences without the fear of being raped or abused. But too often that is the reality for inmates at Lowell Correctional Institution, a women’s prison in […]

Phil AmmannDecember 13, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Saving money by hurting sick kids The state of Florida should not balance its budget on the backs of sick children. But that is exactly what state health officials have done since May, when they kicked about 9,000 children out of a […]

Phil AmmannDecember 6, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — Hard choices on climate change Midway through the climate talks in Paris, world leaders will make the uneasy transition this week from soaring rhetoric to hard promises. But with nothing on the table so far that achieves the goal of limiting future […]

Phil AmmannNovember 29, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — St. Petersburg should wait on spending most BP money St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman has imaginative plans to spend BP settlement dollars to fight environmental calamity and enhance the city’s quality of life. But the City Council has wisely applied the brakes […]

Phil AmmannNovember 22, 2015

A roundup of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times — The right way for churches to help schools Idlewild Baptist Church in Lutz should be commended for the work it is doing with the Hillsborough County School District. For years, the church has made a concerted effort to help students at one […]

Phil AmmannNovember 15, 2015

A round-up of Sunday editorials from Florida’s leading newspapers: Tampa Bay Times – Florida cannot afford Scott’s corporate welfare Gov. Rick Scott is campaigning to make Florida the king of corporate welfare. He toured the state last week to promote his $1 billion tax cut that would primarily benefit big business. On top of that, […]