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September 6, 2001
Editorials
Randomly writing A+ checks
Teachers and students at Palm River Elementary School in Tampa should indeed take a bow for their improved scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, but don't mistake Gov. Jeb Bush's ceremonious check presentation there on Wednesday for a cohesive education policy.
Better landscaping for Tampa
The city of Tampa is moving to a logical next step in response to Florida's prolonged drought. A proposal would require that new homes and businesses limit the amount of turf grass they plant, make greater use of drought-resistant plants and install sprinkling systems that are more efficient. These reasonable steps are overdue.
Attorney general race
The election for state attorney general hasn't received the attention that such an important law enforcement post deserves.
Letters
Don't frighten people about Social Security
Re: What surplus?
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.
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