* “I think that we need less politics in our education, not more. Education should be about expertise and not about politics.”—House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, in response to a bill that would make the Hillsborough County Public Schools superintendent position a partisan elected one.
* TIA is the 27th largest airport in the U.S.
* Hurricane season and a 250-foot “observation wheel” in the Channel District seem problematic.