The biggest story in the world today is the reaction to President Obama's big bet on a brief surge in Afghanistan. We've got some of the reaction;
The Hillsborough County Commission holds another crucial vote on a proposed referendum for light rail and other transportation projects today;
And the Tampa City Council is poised to deny the men and women of the Tampa Police Department from getting any raises;
Hopefully we'll have a podcast up later in the day.
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2009.