TBX rebrands as Tampa Bay Next | May 23 <\/p>\n
High-occupancy lanes do the job <\/p>\n
High-occupancy vehicle lanes should replace toll lanes in the next transportation plan. Unlike Lexis lanes that serve those who can afford them, HOV lanes encourage carpooling, thereby reducing congestion. <\/p>\n
For many years we have enjoyed family visits to Phoenix, where HOV lanes have been in use for decades. With two or more people in a car we hop on the HOV lane and avoid congestion, even at rush hour. HOV infrastructure spending would create good-paying construction jobs as well. <\/p>\n
Robert White, Valrico <\/p>\n
Sessions' crime policy <\/p>\n
Turning back the clock <\/p>\n
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has reinstated \"tough on crime\" policies that have already been proven ineffective in decreasing crime rates or making communities safer. What these policies are very effective at is promoting long sentences for low-level drug offenses and other victimless crimes, perpetuating the plethora of social issues that accompany a criminal record kids in foster care, inability to find work and housing, poor credit, etc. <\/p>\n
Thanks to Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren, along with other state attorneys, for voicing opposition. Putting more people in jail for longer periods without adequate preparation for re-entering society certainly benefits for-profit prison corporations and their shareholders when prisons are full they make out like bandits. Unfortunately they are the only beneficiaries. <\/p>\n
Anita Jimenez, Tampa <\/p>\n
Liquor wall staying up after veto by Scott May 25 <\/p>\n
Talk of reform, little action <\/p>\n
It seems strange that Gov. Rick Scott, who talks all the time about how government regulations hurt businesses, would veto this bill. <\/p>\n
The main issue here is burdening retailers with a costly, outdated law. This is symbolic of how all the talk by some lawmakers about the need for regulatory reform often falls short when confronted by entrenched interests. <\/p>\n
Joseph H. Brown, Tampa <\/p>\n
What the walkouts could have learned May 25, commentary <\/p>\n
Peaceful, respectful protest <\/p>\n
It's fair to argue that the 100 or so students who walked out of Vice President Mike Pence's speech at Notre Dame might have gleaned something by staying to listen. If the editorial writer at the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel had stuck to that point perhaps we could take the piece seriously. Instead, it was just more posturing against \"liberals\" and \"political correctness.\" <\/p>\n
The students walked out peacefully as a protest against Pence's record, which clearly discriminates against LGBT, women and refugees. There was no quashing of free speech; Pence had the right to speak and the students had the right to listen to him, or not. They did not prevent anyone who wanted to hear Pence from hearing him. <\/p>\n
But what finally qualifies this editorial for the trash bin is the writer's descent to the astoundingly moronic tactic of calling the students \"delicate snowflakes,\" in the tradition of intolerant conservatives who use such epithets to make themselves feel superior. <\/p>\n
Teresa Brandt, Temple Terrace <\/p>\n
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