The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Tampa Bay
It wasn’t stop-the-presses stuff, but it was encouraging to see that the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority is moving ahead with plans to better connect Tampa Bay—specifically from Wesley Chapel to Tampa and St. Petersburg. It includes a more pragmatic use of the Howard Frankland Bridge. Presses would have stopped, however, had we been talking about light rail—and not a 41-mile bus system that includes express lanes for the Howard Frankland.
Not surreal: Masks are required for all visitors—including the vaccinated—while indoors at the Dali Museum.