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June 27, 2000

Editorials
Sensible law protects pets
Few issues are as contentious for local government as passing laws affecting the family pet. But the health and safety problems caused by irresponsible pet owners and breeders are too great for government to ignore. Luckily for the Hillsborough County Commission, a group of dedicated citizens has taken the lead and crafted a sensible pet law the commission should pass.

Miranda means justice
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to keep intact the Miranda warnings, which have become a part of America's culture and a symbol of justice.

Letters
Death penalty not carried out for the victims
Re: Let's end unjustified delays in appeals, Gov. Jeb Bush's letter, June 15.  

Perspective
Taking jobs, alienating customers
For weeks Americans have been told that the outsourcing of high-tech jobs is good for our economy. So said Greg Mankiw, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers in a recent report signed by President Bush. So, too, writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times in articles praising the rise of call centers in India used for everything from making airline reservations and reading medical X-ray films to providing tech support for American computer firms.

Philip Gailey: Democrats fall off campaign finance reform wagon
Well, what do you know. Soft money is back, and it's making hypocrites of all those Democrats who fervently championed the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law, not to mention those Republicans who objected to the law's restrictions on issue advocacy.

Bill Maxwell: Who is for the farm worker?
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is touting legislation to improve the lives of Florida's 300,000-plus farm workers, who endure institutional and systemic injustices each day in our fields and groves and their personal lives.

Robyn E. Blumner: For some defendants, an American gulag
In Bernard Malamud's masterpiece The Fixer, inmate Yakov Bok was subjected to psychological torture in a Soviet gulag through the humiliations of constant shackling and repeated strip searches.