Perspective: May 6, 2001
May 6, 2001
Editorials
State budget squeezes the poor
Legislative leaders in Tallahassee were downright gleeful last week over the final state budget.
Justice enhanced
The Legislature has acted to spare the mentally retarded from execution and to open the way to DNA testing for certain inmates. In Florida, these steps represent huge progress.
Letters
Democratic drumbeat lacks subtlety
Re: Shiny shoes with big feet walk heavily in the halls of the Capitol, by Philip Gailey, April 29,
Don Addis
So what's with those oxymorons and pleonasms
For a long time, I thought an oxymoron was some kind of large, intellectually impaired bovine ungulate that pulled covered wagons across the great plains; sorta like the vernal equinox, only dumber.
Robyn E. Blumner
Prosecutors should rethink their goals
Timothy McVeigh is scheduled to die on May 16. He will be the first federal prisoner executed since 1963. There are 20 more scheduled to follow.
Martin Dyckman
The Capitol command
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Legislature and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have much in common. Both resemble only superficially what they're supposed to be. They know the rules, but they can't play the game.
Tim Nickens
The Capitol command
TALLAHASSEE -- There was something missing in the legislative session that often had the decorum of a fraternity house.
Philip Gailey
Quality Democratic contenders look to the 2002 governor's race
Until recently, I had been of the mind that Florida Democrats would not be able to field the kind of gubernatorial candidate it will take to evict Jeb Bush from the governor's mansion in next year's elections. I still think the odds are in Bush's favor, but I'm impressed by the quality of some of the Democrats considering the race.
