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U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, speaks to supporters during a campaign rally as he annouces his run for Florida governor Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
Why is Charlie Crist running for Florida governor again? | Column
“Florida politics are Florida politics today largely because of one man and one fateful decision,” writes columnist Daniel Ruth.
DeSantis should veto Florida’s ban on transgender athletes. Here’s why | Column
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that bans transgender girls and women from scholastic sports.
When I played sports, not once did I stop to consider what gender my teammates were assigned at birth.
On Florida’s ‘apocalyptic hellscapes,’ stand for something or fall for anything | Letters
Housing on one side of the road, rare wild land on another. The contrast could not be more stark for the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property, 44 undeveloped acres in the heart of Dunedin. Even as it’s surrounded by housing developments, this hammock of green space serves as a refuge for wildlife. [Photo by Carlton Ward Jr | Florida Wild]
Here’s what readers are saying in Sunday’s letters to the editor.
Connie Schultz’s mother is still with her in spirit | Column
The longer Connie Schultz has been a mother, the more she understands just how much her own mother influenced who she become.
No matter how good your own mother, if you live long enough, you’ll eventually find yourself without her on Mother’s Day.

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  1. Why is Charlie Crist running for Florida governor again? | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, speaks to supporters during a campaign rally as he annouces his run for Florida governor Tuesday in St. Petersburg.
  2. DeSantis should veto Florida’s ban on transgender athletes. Here’s why | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that bans transgender girls and women from scholastic sports.
  3. On Florida’s ‘apocalyptic hellscapes,’ stand for something or fall for anything | Letters
    Yesterday• Letters to the Editor
    Housing on one side of the road, rare wild land on another. The contrast could not be more stark for the Gladys Douglas-Hackworth property, 44 undeveloped acres in the heart of Dunedin. Even as it’s surrounded by housing developments, this hammock of green space serves as a refuge for wildlife. [Photo by Carlton Ward Jr | Florida Wild]
  5. Connie Schultz’s mother is still with her in spirit | Column
    Yesterday• Opinion
    The longer Connie Schultz has been a mother, the more she understands just how much her own mother influenced who she become.
  6. A second chance for Hillsborough’s youthful offenders, plus more good news from around the state
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Hillsborough County expanded its civil citation program for juveniles, a move designed to keep more of them off the path toward incarceration.
  7. No winners in Bayshore crash’s aftermath | Letters
    Yesterday• Letters to the Editor
    Ron DeSantis leaves a West Palm Beach rally where he appeared live on "Fox and Friends" to sign a voting reform law.
  8. Editorial Cartoons for Saturday & Sunday from Times Wire Services
    May 7• Opinion
  9. Gov. DeSantis just made it harder for me - a veteran - to vote | Letters
    May 7• Letters to the Editor
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis leaves a West Palm Beach rally where he appeared live on "Fox & Friends" to sign a voting reform law. Hundreds of DeSantis supporters attended the signing that was broadcast live on the Fox News morning show while numerous Florida news reporters and photographers were barred from entering.
  10. This Mother’s Day, the moms are not all right
    May 7• Opinion
    Show her you care with a moment of silence.
  11. Editorial Cartoons for Friday from Times Wire Services
    May 6• Opinion
  12. Videotaping police officers is a valuable tool in Florida. Let’s keep it that way | Editorial
    May 6• Opinion
    In this May 25, 2020, image from surveillance video, Minneapolis police officers from left, Tou Thao, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are seen attempting to take George Floyd into custody in Minneapolis, Minn. The video was shown in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in Floyd's death. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)
  13. Hey Facebook, why wait six months? Just ban Trump permanently now. | Column
    May 6• Opinion
    The Facebook page of Donald Trump, the former president, is seen on a computer display in Spring Lake, N.C., on Apr. 22, 2021.
  14. Sports betting in Florida is a bigger gamble than you might think | Column
    May 6• Opinion
    The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa. The Seminole Tribe is agreeing to the latest draft of a new gambling compact which will allow sports betting at any sports arena, gaming facility or casino, and would give the Seminole Tribe six new casinos, including one more in Tampa on its Hard Rock property.
  15. What Tampa Bay vets who fought in Afghanistan think about the pull-out
    May 6• Opinion
    Afghan security forces stand on Humvee vehicles during a military operation in Arghandab district of Kandahar province last month.
  16. Quit using Florida law to celebrate Confederate traitors | Editorial
    May 6• Opinion
    Florida's laws include state holidays for Confederate President Jefferson Davis, left, and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
  17. It’s about time Pasco schools and the sheriff ended surveillance program | Editorial
    May 6• Opinion
    Pasco Sheriff Chris Nocco, shown here, and the Pasco County School Board reversed course Tuesday on a controversial data-sharing agreement involving students.
  18. Capitalism didn’t produce the COVID vaccine on its own | Letters
    May 6• Letters to the Editor
    Micah Kerr gets his COVID-19 vaccination at the Visiting Nurses Association of Central Jersey clinic at the Asbury Park Senior Center in New Jersey earlier this month.
  19. Editorial Cartoons for Thursday from Times Wire Services
    May 5• Opinion
  20. Florida transgender youth lost in this legislative session, as did human decency | Column
    May 5• Opinion
    Why are we discriminating against any student by banning them from playing sports just because they’re transgender?
  21. Jeb Bush likes a money-back guarantee on workforce training in Florida | Column
    May 5• Opinion
    Jeb Bush writes that the Legislature has passed several smart common-sense bills, relevant to the work force, and, most of all, focused on the job-seekers and workers who have waited too long for the help they need.
  22. Defying conservative principles in Florida’s quest for private school vouchers | Column
    May 5• Opinion
    The Florida Legislature recently expanded the state's school voucher program.
  23. Is America a racist country? Seriously, you even have to ask? | Column
    May 5• Opinion
    Shaker Heights, Ohio, residents march for the justice to support Black Lives Matter last month.
  24. Florida and the country ‘need people who want to work’ | Letters
    May 5• Letters to the Editor
    A man wearing a mask while walking under a Now Hiring sign at a CVS Pharmacy.
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