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Editorial Cartoons for Tuesday from Times Wire Services
What did you learn from Hurricane Ian for next time? | Editorial
The causeway to Sanibel Island — the only way to drive there — was made impassable by Hurricane Ian.
Tampa Bay’s close brush with Ian gives us all a chance to plan for the next one.
Protecting the vulnerable from exploitation after Hurricane Ian | Letters
A damaged property is seen near a broken section of Pine Island Road in Matlacha. There are countless Floridians who have lost everything due to Hurricane Ian, but some are more at-risk for human trafficking and exploitation.
Here’s what readers are saying in Monday’s letters to the editor.
Republican bigotry has long been self-evident | Column
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America rally at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022, in Commerce, Georgia.
Guess which party’s members score highest on the ‘Structural Racism Index’?

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  1. Editorial Cartoons for Tuesday from Times Wire Services
    5 hours ago• Opinion
  2. What did you learn from Hurricane Ian for next time? | Editorial
    Yesterday• Opinion
    The causeway to Sanibel Island — the only way to drive there — was made impassable by Hurricane Ian.
  3. Protecting the vulnerable from exploitation after Hurricane Ian | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    A damaged property is seen near a broken section of Pine Island Road in Matlacha. There are countless Floridians who have lost everything due to Hurricane Ian, but some are more at-risk for human trafficking and exploitation.
  5. Republican bigotry has long been self-evident | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Former President Donald Trump speaks during a Save America rally at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022, in Commerce, Georgia.
  6. Yes to Hillsborough transportation tax | Editorial
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Cars sit locked in evening rush hour traffic on Dale Mabry Highway near Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. The transportation tax referendum on the Hillsborough County ballot marks a key investment in the region's future. [ZACK WITTMAN | Times] 
  7. Florida doesn’t have to be a ‘miasma of white supremacists’ and ‘predatory capitalists’ | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Anthime Gionet, wearing sunglasses, known online as Baked Alaska, lives in Pinellas County, where he hosts a livestream show that spreads antisemitic and racist rhetoric.
  8. It should be easier to donate produce to food banks to help Hurricane Ian victims | Letters
    Oct. 1• Opinion
    Volunteers with the Metropolitan Ministries World Central kitchen prepare sandwiches that will go to Hurricane Ian survivors in Southwest Florida, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Tampa.
  9. Editorial Cartoons for Saturday and Sunday from Times Wire Services
    Sep. 30• Opinion
  10. Three big jobs for Florida after Hurricane Ian | Editorial
    Sep. 30• Opinion
    Donna LaMountain, 51, embraces her friend, Tammey Lynch, 55, after looking at damage in Matlacha, devastated by Hurricane Ian.
  11. What to do if your home was damaged by Hurricane Ian and you need to file a claim | Column
    Sep. 30• Opinion
    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers survey damage in Matlacha after Hurricane Ian.
  12. Hurricane Ian will affect voting. Florida needs to make it easier right now. | Column
    Sep. 30• Opinion
    Streets of downtown in Fort Myers get flooded from the surge as Hurricane Ian hits the West Coast of Florida as Category 4 storm on Wednesday.
  13. Are we really different from them — Iran’s ‘morality police’? | Column
    Sep. 30• Opinion
    People participate in a protest against Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi outside of the United Nations on Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Protests have broken out over the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody for allegedly violating the country's hijab rules.
  14. When will it be Tampa Bay?
    Sep. 30• Hurricane
    Tourist t-shirts lay in the sand among the ruins of a store on Fort Myers Beach on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, which was mostly destroyed after Hurricane Ian made landfall overnight on Wednesday.
  15. Thank the meteorologists for their work during Hurricane Ian | Letters
    Sep. 30• Opinion
    This aerial photo shows damaged homes and debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian on Thursday in Fort Myers.
  16. Editorial Cartoons for Friday from Times Wire Services
    Sep. 29• Opinion
  17. Hurricane Ian’s three early lessons for Tampa Bay | Editorial
    Sep. 29• Opinion
    Pat Ton, holding his dog Ginger on Thursday, takes in the damage to homes and businesses on Third Street in Fort Myers Beach on, which was mostly destroyed after Hurricane Ian made landfall.
  18. California can’t ‘out crazy’ Florida | Letters
    Sep. 29• Opinion
    Mullet caught in a cast net.
  19. Editorial Cartoons for Thursday from Times Wire Services
    Sep. 28• Opinion
  20. Attention, fools! What not to do in Hurricane Ian.
    Sep. 28• Hurricane
    A steady stream of people walk along the sea bed during a reverse storm surge along Bayshore Boulevard Wednesday in Tampa.
  21. Climate change should not be such a tough sell | Letters
    Sep. 28• Opinion
    Giselle Barker, 14, top, and Azuri Brown, 15, listen to speakers for the Global Climate Strike protests in New York on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
  22. Editorial Cartoons for Tuesday and Wednesday from Times Wire Services
    Sep. 28• Opinion
    Cartoon
  23. Hate should not be a Christian value | Letters
    Sep. 27• Opinion
    Anthime Gionet, known online as Baked Alaska, hosts his livestream show on Sept. 15. Gionet lives in Pinellas County, where he hosts a livestream show that spreads antisemitic and racist rhetoric.
  24. Tampa Bay, for the love of ... please get ready for Hurricane Ian
    Sep. 26• Opinion
    Hurricane Ian is seen in this satellite image on Monday morning as it heads toward Florida.
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