Editorials
The race that might have been
Win or lose, Pam Iorio would have changed the course of Tampa politics if she had stayed in next year's mayoral race. Her decision not to enter the contest was disappointing, though her reason -- to implement, as Hillsborough County's elections supervisor, the new computer voting machines coming online this year -- will only burnish her image should she seek the job down the road.

Rewriting the code
Florida needs a revised education code, but this week's special legislative session won't deal with the more substantial issues facing the state's schools.

Open doors to new service dogs
Most of us have witnessed the remarkable work of seeing-eye dogs. These gentle animals guide their blind owners safely along sidewalks and through traffic, giving their masters a remarkable degree of independence. Now, a new breed of service dog is being enlisted to help another disabled community: people who suffer from seizures.

Letters
Disabilities act protects all of us
Re: Big winners in disabled crusade? Lawyers, March 24.

Martin Dyckman
The state of the state in Tallahassee
TALLAHASSEE -- Haven't we seen this before?

Bill Maxwell
Time served well during spring break
Spring break is the annual rite of passage in which nearly 1-million college students relax on sandy beaches and binge drink in tiki bars. For thousands of others, however, spring break has become a time to serve the less fortunate.

Robyn Blumner
There's no stopping the big money flow into political advocacy
When it comes to finding ways around rules we don't like, the human mind is remarkably inventive. The more burdensome a requirement is to our lives or interests, the more determinedly we find loopholes. Hence our tax code grows by volumes every few years.