Many people these days are fed up with government waste, huge federal deficits and corporate bailouts. ...more

December 4, 2009

Lawmakers have wooed seniors skeptical of the health care overhaul by emphasizing the plan would close the "doughnut hole" - a gap in Medicare drug coverage that can cost thousands of dollars a year. ...more

December 4, 2009

The Democratic-controlled House has passed historic health care legislation to provide medical coverage to millions more Americans. ...more

November 7, 2009

Despite what you may hear from mainstream media or certain members of Congress, we are not political terrorists, mobsters, Nazis, haters, "astro-turfers'" well funded by a certain political group and we are not the minority. The truth is, we are ordinary American citizens. ...more

September 24, 2009

If we can get past the political rhetoric, we might identify what the real angst is about health care reform. ...more

September 12, 2009

Watching two hours of Sen. Spector's recent "town hall" meeting in Lebanon, Pa., I realized that a new chapter in the protocol of political correctness has been written which only applies to elected officials holding "town hall" meetings on health care. ...more

August 21, 2009

In an effort to address the health care concerns of rural residents in Highlands and surrounding counties, the Florida Office of Rural Health will hold a town hall meeting starting at noon, Thursday, at the Bert J. Harris Jr. Agricultural Center to receive public input. ...more

March 11, 2009

Pinellas officials had no good news for people who attended a Tuesday night town hall meeting on the county's budget plans for the 2010 fiscal year. ...more

March 4, 2009

No, the headline above isn't asking you what you're doing. Instead, it is a question county officials are asking Pinellas residents as they decide how to deal with a projected revenue shortfall for the 2010 fiscal year. ...more

February 28, 2009

East Lake Woodlands residents will have the final say on whether the city of Oldsmar will annex the community. The subdivision's community association hopes residents say no. ...more

February 7, 2009