Metro I-4 News

Hurricane season is coming
Sentinel EDITORIAL:  Faulty hurricane forecasts are no reason to let guard down - Given that hurricane forecasters are about as dependable as a windbreaker in a snowstorm, the best advice we can offer is to not pay any attention to what these “experts” say. # Hurricanes happen. But beyond stocking up on [...]

Sentinel:
Obama visits Orlando area in bid to win over Floridians - ‘We can persuade an awful lot of folks . . . to move toward the future.’ Obama hits Kissimmee, Maitland and Tampa in a bid to win over Floridians.
Orlando is still a draw for domestic visitors in 2007 - The number of domestic visitors [...]

Unsafe at home:
The Tampa Tribune front page both Sunday and today were about the State of Florida’s hurricane inspection program. Reporter John Allman says My Safe Florida Home is not living up to its name, and that if you are looking at the contractors listed by the state, you still better do your homework [...]

Sentinel Opinion: 

Orange is way too timid in dealing with campaign contributions - Campaign-finance reform continues to be a festering sore in the effort to strengthen Orange County government’s ethics code.

Tribune Opinions: 

More Must Be Done To Prevent Teen Deaths Behind The Wheel - Requiring teens to take full-fledged driver’s education programs could save lives.
Without [...]

Tampa Tribune:

For the start of hurricane season, Grocers are stocking up on generators. Not to sell, but to use - [Publix] is almost finished with a $100 million project to install permanent backup generators that run on diesel at stores considered “hurricane-prone.” That means nearly every Publix store in Florida, coastal Georgia and South [...]

The big story is wildfires raging through east central Florida.  The Sentinel tells us hundreds are evacuated as wildfires close I-95.  The Ledger also knows that more are forced to flee central Florida wildfires.  The Tribune, however says the big story is the movie remake of the 2000 Florida voting debacle and recount by HBO.
Orlando’s [...]

Top o’ the fold:

Tampa Tribune - Wrigley Heiress Is A Rebel With A Cause - The Mars Co. recently bought the Wrigley chewing gum company. Odessa resident Helen Rosburg is the great granddaughter of Wrigley founder William J. Wrigley Jr. Rosburg is a Ybor City tattoo sporting, Harley-riding romance novelist.

TheLedger.com - City to [...]

Sentinel:
Front page - Recipe for Trouble: Weak economy, high food prices take the sizzle out of high-end steakhouses
When high-end steak chains — known for their high-rolling clientele — are mailing $25-discount cards, advertising happy-hour specials and promoting value deals, it can only mean one thing: Hard times in the restaurant industry have gone much deeper [...]

In an ALL CAPS top of A1 SCARY HEADLINE, the Orlando Sentinel tells us that the RAIL DEAL CLINGS TO LIFE.  The other big story is an important one in the wake of the Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photos: growing up may be life’s toughest role for kid stars.  Well, it’s important for all those [...]

Tampa Tribune

Printed Front Page: Taking Cancer on at its Base
Online Front Page: Police are wasting money buying premium gas
Opinion: One More Reason To Pull CSX Deal
Metro: Hillsborough, Pinellas Schools Lose $38 Million In Budget.

Lakeland Ledger

Online Front Page: Boosting Economy Not In Plans for Some in Polk
Opinion: Keep Politics Out Of [...]

Opinion from Orlando, Lakeland, and Tampa:

Reserve money can’t be used recklessly to allow a bureaucracy to live beyond its means… But even lean budgets should have room for common sense.
This Legislature is literally weighing dollars against lives and coming down on the side of thrift over humanity. Lawmakers should be ashamed of themselves.
A deal [...]

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Opinion:

Sentinel - Dan Webster’s revamped commuter rail bill is wonderful, and the Legislature should waste no time approving it!
Ledger - Dan Webster promises something for everyone, just to get support for the CSX/Commuter Rail
Tribune - Dan Webster’s Train Deal Plays Loose With Florida’s Tax Dollars
Times - Attack on universities stalls

Front Page:

Sentinel - Why Snipes Shouldn’t [...]

Above the fold

Sentinel: print-St. Johns: A river at risk? online-Men in car flee from deputies, crash into brick wall
Ledger: online-Rail Project Took Long Time to Get on Track
Tribune: print-Pope: Inspect Your Life online-Those Prank Calls To 911 Don’t Amuse Authorities
Times: print-Lethal Injection is Upheld online-‘Sex after 60?’ mirrors their lives

Property tax fallout:
The Tampa [...]

Yes - that headline says April 15. Your tax forms must be in the mail by midnight tonight.
Apopka Cops say that the house being used for a reality show was once used to broadcast live sex acts for an adult entertainment Web site. Can’t you imagine the idiots behind this? “Hey, [...]

From east to west, here are the stories found in your local newspapers:
The St. Pete Times tells us about an attempt to make sure all Hillsborough County voices continue to be heard. Community activist Gerald White says African-Americans would see their voices weakened by a concentration of power if the county charter changes to [...]