Yesterday Governor Charlie Crist called for a special session to be held soon – with action to be conducted to impress upon Washington about the state's sincerity in wanting high-speed rail. One problem: Lakeland State Senator Paula Dockery. She's been a force for two years now in holding up a plan for rail in Central Florida because of liability concerns with CSX – and she's still not satisfied;
The editor of a New Jersey Jewish newspaper spoke last night at an event sponsored by the Tampa Jewish Federation. The topic: The Jewish columnists with the New York Times, and how they shape Jewish public opinion.
And the founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, will announce later this week a new wiki for the homeless in Hillsborough County. Read more here.
This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2009.