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Stealing Cars, Budget Crisis, Pain, and Mortgage Woes for July 15, 2008

Locking your car is always smart. You don’t want to make it easier for it to be stolen: Thieves still love Hondas best, but thefts are on the decline

You lower taxes you see headlines like this: Budget crisis slams Orlando

I thought the idea that pain was good went out the window years ago: No pain, no gain? Think again, when it comes to working out

Two mortgage crisis stories: ‘Work-Out, Not Kick-Out’ Approach Can Help Stop Foreclosures and Two Mortgage Giants Stay Afloat But Taxpayers Must Start Bailing

Editorial Bonus: We think: A program to link needy families with food stamps will ease economic pressures

The Don’t it Make My Red Eyes Blue Bonus: State May Be Getting A Touch Blue

State Budget, Everglades Plan, and College News for July 6, 2008

In the “What Did You Think Would Happen if You Cut Taxes?” news of the day: Floridians feel squeeze of state’s $66 billion budget

Some are happy with the state’s proposed purchase of U.S. Sugar’s operation, and not just U.S. Sugar: Rethinking the grand plan for the Everglades

If they’re working, can you really call them panhandlers? City Considers Use Of Panhandlers

In college news: PCC Dealing With Budget Worries and the Tampa Tribune editorial board continues pushing their agenda against regional control of universities: Accreditation Trouble Reveals Flaws Of USF Regional System. No, Trib, the accreditation trouble reveals a simple flaw in a specific department at USF St. Petersburg. The Trib editor’s argument suffers from a simple logic flaw called Composition. You simply can not argue that because small parts of a whole have a certain feature that the whole has that feature.

Budget Cuts, Rate Hikes and Crime for June 13, 2008

Today’s grab bag of articles takes us from budget cuts to budget winners; from suing developers to green builders; from crime prevention to college promotion and the cherry on top is rate hikes for electric customers.

Not everyone felt the impact of budget cuts

Buyers sue Four Corners developer

Our position: Local and state government can fight crime by making prevention a priority

PCC Closer to 4-Year Programs

Tampa Gives Preliminary Approval To Building Green

Tampa Electric, Peoples Gas Plan To Seek Rate Increase