Yay, it's Friday, which generally puts an extra bounce in everyone's step. No doubt the mood will be considerably different on Monday. First because it's, well, Monday, but also it's when the full impact of shifting the clocks forward an hour really takes effect. Most people dig the extra of daylight at night, but there are those of us in the minority who don't. Regardless, it's a fact of life, but I'm still smarting over Congress' decision starting back in 2005 to give us four additional weeks of daylight saving time, as this time shift previously didn't happen until the last weekend of March. So have at it until Monday!
Unemployment numbers for February have just been announced: the rate remains at 8.3 %.
As we continue into the presidential campaign, you continue to hear from Republicans and the press that Barack Obama will raise $1 billion this year. As we report, however, you should start questioning that assumption.
There were some raw emotions exposed yesterday at the Hillsborough County Commission, much of it the residue of some racially charged comments a member of the public made at a board meeting two weeks ago.
As the slaughtering of Syrian citizens by their own government continues unabated, there has been some talk this week in Washington about committing the U.S. military to engage in an air war of sorts there. So far Marco Rubio, who has proven himself to a be a hawk on such issues, is resisting calling for such action.
And we have a story in the current CL about a roiling issue between many merchants in Ybor City and the district's chamber of commerce regarding the annual Guavaween event.
This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2012.