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It Could Take a Creative Village
My misgivings about the project are its west-of-I-4 location and its reliance on grants, which are, after all, taxpayer-funded.
Either Way, an Inspiring Story
The details of Nate’s miraculous survival and recovery are the most gripping parts of the comeback narrative...
The Mayors Go to Bat
I give Crotty some props for dialing back spending in the county and taking a more cautious approach than Dyer to building the downtown performing arts center.
Commitment’s a Solid Color
Somewhere out there is a Hummer owner who eats at vegan restaurants, so we’re kind of offsetting each other’s contributions to global warming. Maybe.
Captain Crist Abandons Ship
Crist is running a Ponzi scheme, but unlike Bernie Madoff’s operation there isn’t a diabolical genius behind it.
Change of Venue: Fix the Stadium
The recession taught me a humbling lesson: It’s the bed tax, stupid!
Our Neighbor, Tiger Woods
Other than a few autographed items he’s donated for silent auctions there is scant evidence of him personally giving back to the place he calls home.
About Next Year, It’s Predictable
All the kids appearing in TV commercials with their dads, including Grace “What’s the Bottom Line?” Dance, form a union.
A Desperate Ploy to Rescue SunRail
The SunRail supporters in the room . ...couldn’t have asked for tougher talk had they scripted LaHood’s comments themselves.
Twitter Dee, Twitter Dumb
My boss instructed me some time back to begin Twittering—or is it Tweetin’?—as part of my job. I struck a confident pose and told her I would get right on it. I had no idea what she was talking about. A few hours of Internet research and discussions with people under age 30 educated me about Twitter. It is a short message system, via Internet or cell phone, that carries a running commentary of subscribers’ random thoughts and observations. A Twitterer follows other Twitterers’ Tweets. A Tweet can go up to 140 characters in length. I can’t write a “please excuse” school-absence note in so few characters. But try I must, so here are some Tweets I would have posted on Orlando magazine’s Twitter page had I been able to figure out how to do it.
Scandalous Behavior, of That I'm Positive
"Crotty and Demings dealt from the bottom of the deck, turning up the “denial” and “victim” cards, respectively, when they reacted to scandals involving them."
The $13 Billion Paper Shredder
Short on resources and squeezed for cash by its corporate master, the Sentinel no longer has the bark of a vigilant public watchdog.
Feeding the Fire at the Anthonys'
Sometimes I couldn’t tell whether I was watching a news broadcast or an episode of Big Brother.
My Train of Thought: Let's Derail SunRail
"A result of SunRail would be more cars on more pavement, contributing to global warming and further preventing rainwater from seeping into the aquifer."
