Emerson Point has lovely restored wetlands, great views of the Manatee River where it empties into the mouth of Tampa Bay, and ruins and other artifacts from early European settlers — and from Indians who lived here as early as 800 A.D. This short “highlight tour” concentrates on some of the more humble animal inhabitants [...]

I’m just going to point you to this AP article and let you read it for yourself. Please read it all the way through. Then, if you still think our current Republican administration is at all competent, please check yourself into a mental hospital for a thorough checkup. And also, please, think very hard before [...]

Florida’s biggest problems — a poor educational system, doctor shortages, a lack of high-paying jobs, inadequate roads and other infrastructure, high crime, and excess growth — will take government intervention to solve. And government intervention will require more and higher taxes, not fewer and lower taxes.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2008 - The Village of the Arts in Bradenton, Florida, held its first-ever St. Patrick's Day parade. It was organized by Dona Lee, owner of the Village Voices Book Gallery on 10th Ave. West.
Most of the shots in this impromptu video were taken at [...]

FANTASYLAND, USA — During a press conference held earlier today, presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton invited (soon to be former) New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to run as vice president on her ticket.
“I am totally comfortable with this man in a way I am not comfortable with other potential vice presidents,” Clinton told all [...]

Our local papers tend to run articles about once a month that say housing prices have bottomed out, so you should buy now instead of waiting. This Sarasota Herald-Tribune piece quotes local builder Lee Wetherington, who says his sales prices are 25% lower than in 2005, that building costs are going up, and new homes [...]

Here in Florida we are watching thousands of government employees, including a number of “conservative” elected Republicans, trying to justify retiring early to collect pensions, then keeping the jobs from which they have “retired” — at full salary while collecting full pensions. On the national stage, we see insurance companies competing fiercely for “Medigap” customers [...]

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New Bradenton City Council member Harold Byrd, Jr. meets constituents — and (gasp) listens more than he talks.

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There are some okay shots of Palmetto’s central area here, but it was really practice footage with a new video camera, plus mic and tripod setting tests, so sound is uneven and many of the pans and camera moves are jerky.