Some folks just don’t get it. And in the case of East Tampa, folks who can least afford not to get it. To wit: What’s with those, such as the African People’s Solidarity Committee, who can’t see Mayor Pam Iorio’s early commitment to East Tampa as anything but an “attack” on the black community? They [...]
I caught a snippet the other day of the Little League Softball World Series. The game matched teams of 11 -and 12-year-old girls from Upper Darby, Pennsylvania and Canada. I saw this cute, freckle-faced tyke of an 11 year old at bat for Upper Darby. The graphic at the bottom gave her name and “The [...]
As a major university, USF is a major newsmaker. There’s enrollment-cap speculation; budget-cut scenarios; a special fee for foreign students; an alumnus (Gallagher) on the California recall ballot; and Sami Al-Arian — in jail, virtually incommunicado, but not out of media reach. There’s new greek housing; an Alzheimer’s research-facility update; a Phi Beta Kappa snub; [...]
USF has done the right thing in getting serious about extending the contract of its first, only — and highly successful — football coach Jim Leavitt. The deal, when signed, would be worth $4.3 million over seven years. It would take him through 2009. Call it a reward for a job well done; no one [...]
This, I know, won’t please some folks, maybe a lot of folks. I think Bruce Kimball should get his driver’s license back. This is the Bruce Kimball who, in the summer of 1988, sped down a Brandon road and plowed through a group of college and high school students. He was drunk, and two students [...]
The daily dispatches out of Iraq have made it abundantly clear how challenging it is to convince Iraqis that they are more “liberated” than “occupied.” As the sabotage and sniper attacks persist and the ante is upped by the recent truck bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, the words of syndicated columnist Thomas [...]
The daily dispatches out of Iraq have made it abundantly clear how challenging it is to convince Iraqis that they are more “liberated” than “occupied.” As the sabotage and sniper attacks persist and the ante is upped by the recent truck bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, the words of syndicated columnist Thomas [...]
The St. Petersburg Times knew what it was doing when it assigned Tom Zucco to the story of the cryonics facility, Suspended Animation Inc., that’s planned for Boca Raton. He’s a solid reporter with a better than average sense of the absurd and the incongruous. If it opens for business — and permits are expected [...]
Pam Iorio’s run to City Hall was the perfect campaign storm — starting with her perfectly timed re-entry into the race. More than four months into her administration, timing — as in sooner really means sooner — remains an Iorio forte. Out of the blocks, she brought in Fred Karl. He, in turn, brought a [...]
Pam Iorio’s run to City Hall was the perfect campaign storm — starting with her perfectly timed re-entry into the race. More than four months into her administration, timing — as in sooner really means sooner — remains an Iorio forte. Out of the blocks, she brought in Fred Karl. He, in turn, brought a [...]
