Should the New York Yankees be recognized on Tampa welcome signs that herald the area’s professional sports titles? Mayor Pam Iorio says no, but many city council members are in favor of it. Tell us what do you think.
Fifteen Cubans whose rickety boat reached remnants of the old Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys were sent back to Cuba earlier this month because the bridge is missing some sections and doesn’t touch land. Had they grabbed a pier of the adjacent new bridge, they could have stayed.
Should Congress rewrite its Cuban policy to welcome a reasonable number of immigrants each year? What do you think about the current policy? Tell us what you think.
Some Pasco County residents have been trying for months to gather the 100 new memberships it will take to charter a local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. At the same time, several events are planned throughout the Bay area this week to recall the legacy of the murdered civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What do you think about the state of civil rights movement now?
Do you think a new generation is ready to take on leadership of the movement?
Where will they come from?
What priorities should they focus on?
This week Mayor Pam Iorio enacted to charge new structures for the costs of building the giant water main. Should there have been public hearings and vote by city council? Is it fair to charge developers? Tell us what you think.
Confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito begin this week. Do you think Alito is fit to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court? Will Alito receive a fair hearing?
The Florida Supreme Court threw out the state’s voucher system that allows some children to attend private schools at taxpayer expense. Are school vouchers a good idea?
A recent survey shows nearly half of high school students report being sexually active. Is Hillsborough County’s “abstinence plus” approach working? How should schools monitor outside groups that send speakers into schools with contradicting messages? Should schools even teach sex education? Tell us what you think.
Have you decided what your New Year’s resolutions are going to be?
Will you be joining a cooking class, or set a goal to go bungee jumping, or tour the world? Will you be pumping some iron or train for a marathon? Will you be cutting your TV viewing hours or play the lotto often?
Tell us about your resolution, and if you are not making any resolutions, tell us why.
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Wendy’s and AirTran Airways have teamed up in a free flight giveaway. If you buy 32 drinks at Wendy’s, you get a free one-way airfare. Roundtrip costs you 64 drinks. People are apparently going to extremes to collect the necessary cups, diving in dumpsters to pull out used cups. Would you “dumpster dive†for free tickets? What do you think about those who do?
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