Florida State Senator John Thrasher is moaning about the power of unions in the Sunshine State. The powerful Republican in Tallahassee was quoted as making that comment after the push to privatize South Florida prisons went down narrowly yesterday in the state Senate.
Some of Tampa's most powerful developers and real estate representatives have unveiled their much awaited report on how to make the Cigar City more business-friendly.
Even though Mitt Romney doesn't seem to be that popular among Republicans, he does have more money than everybody else. That financial edge helped him carpet-bomb Newt Gingrich with negative ads in Florida, but Rick Santorum has a new ad up mocking Romney for his negative ways.
And a personal remembrance of the late Freddie Solomon, who passed away Monday in Tampa.
This article appears in Feb 9-15, 2012.