Seriously, what is Dan Ruth at the Tampa Trib going to do with Ronda leaving the commission? Heck, what will we do? Probably one-fourth of Ruth’s columns, and maybe 75 percent of our best jokes, must deal with her outrageous comments and Bible-thumping ways. Whether she was cracking down on public access television, or cracking down on the Hillsborough transit system, or cracking down on gay people, or cracking down on strippers and adult bookstores, by cracky, we’re going to miss Ronda. At least until she is sworn in as a state senator, when we predict she’ll give the whole state something to worry about. Possible runner-up: Scott could join this category if he loses his bid to unseat fellow incumbent Mark Sharpe in November.
This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2006.