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  1. By the time Gov. DeSantis announces his vaccine plan, we’ll all be 65 | Letters
    Yesterday• Letters to the Editor
    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a news conference last week in Hernando County, where he again defended prioritizing seniors for vaccines and did not share specifics on who will get shots next.
  2. Leave Florida’s mail-in voting alone | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    An election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections last year.
  3. The gender gap in construction pay is next to nothing | Letters
    Feb. 27• Letters to the Editor
    Construction jobs have near pay equity for women, says the letter writer.
  5. I’ve got the receipts, so I’m expecting my Hillsborough transportation tax refund | Letters
    Feb. 26• Letters to the Editor
    It was a happier time two years ago for members of All for Transportation as they celebrated election results showing voters approved the one-cent sales tax hike to pay for transportation improvements. On Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court overturned the tax.
  6. Life is really hard in Tampa Bay. No, really, it is | Letters
    Feb. 25• Opinion
    People walk along the water and children play in the surf this week at St. Pete Beach, just named the number one beach in America on TripAdvisor.
  7. More prison time for murderer Kyle Moran makes no sense | Letters
    Feb. 24• Opinion
    Kyle Moran poses for a portrait in Tampa on Thursday. He was sentenced to life in prison at 16 after shooting a man during an attempted armed robbery. In 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court found it unconstitutional for juveniles to face life sentences so Moran was released after serving 24 years in prison, but the state recently appealed his re-sentencing was unconstitutional and now he has been ordered to return to prison.
  8. ‘Independent’ Texas wants federal help now? How convenient. | Letters
    Feb. 23• Opinion
    People wait in a long line to buy groceries at H-E-B in Austin, Texas, during last week's extreme cold snap and widespread power outage.
  9. Ban offshore drilling near Florida permanently | Letters
    Feb. 22• Opinion
    Oil can be seen in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in April 2010.
  10. Try registering for a vaccination without a computer | Letters
    Feb. 21• Opinion
    A pharmacist with Walgreens Pharmacy prepares a syringe with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for residents and staff at the The Palace assisted living facility in Coral Gables last month.
  11. Love and, well, not love for Rush Limbaugh | Letters
    Feb. 20• Opinion
    Rush Limbaugh in 2001. Mr. Limbaugh died earlier this week.
  12. Gov. DeSantis, there’s no such thing as ‘extra’ COVID-19 vaccine doses | Letters
    Feb. 19• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures as he speaks to the media at a coronavirus vaccination site at Lakewood Ranch on Wednesday in Bradenton.
  13. Voting by mail in Florida ain’t broke, so why are politicians planning to break it? | Letters
    Feb. 18• Opinion
    A poll worker verifies a Vote-by-Mail ballot as a voter uses the official ballot drop box setup at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center polling station on October 19, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
  14. Florida Legislature should keep its nose out of teachers’ business | Letters
    Feb. 17• Opinion
    Teachers from Pinellas County joined the public school education rally, "Take On Tallahassee," which was organized last year by the Florida Education Association in a call for improved support from Florida lawmakers of public education.
  15. It was Tom Brady’s and the Bucs’ trophy to toss | Letters
    Feb. 16• Opinion
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady holds the Lombardi Trophy as the Bucs celebrate the 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55 on Feb. 7. The boat-to-boat completion came later on the Hillsborough River.
  16. Maybe the Lombardi Trophy needs a stunt double, given Tom Brady’s toss | Letters
    Feb. 15• Opinion
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is seen on a boat with family and friends. Thousands of fans lined up on the banks of the Hillsborough River to celebrate the boat parade of the Super Bowl LV champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Wednesday in Tampa.
  17. Trump’s impeachment lawyer isn’t that bad | Letters
    Feb. 13• Opinion
    Bruce Castor, lawyer for former President Donald Trump, walks off the Senate floor during a break in the second impeachment trial.
  18. Don’t call the Bucs the Brady Bunch | Letters
    Feb. 11• Opinion
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) holds the Vince Lombardi trophy following the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
  19. Florida Democrat compliments Republican senator. The start of a trend? | Letters
    Feb. 10• Opinion
  20. Super Bowl players make so much but what about everybody else? | Letters
    Feb. 9• Opinion
    Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (12) holds the Lombardi Trophy as he and teammates celebrate the 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55 Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 in Tampa.
  21. Sex ed is important to keep in Florida’s schools | Letters
    Feb. 8• Opinion
    The Florida State Capitol
  22. Here’s the letter of the month for January | Letters
    Feb. 7• Opinion
    President Joe Biden stands during a performance of the national anthem during a virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service in the State Dinning Room of the White House.
  23. Here’s what Pinellas taxpayers and residents really want | Letters
    Feb. 6• Opinion
    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. Pinellas now has a second chance to protect this habitat — the largest left to preserve in Pinellas. [Photo by Carlton Ward Jr | Florida Wild]
  24. When voters amend the Florida Constitution, legislators should stay out of it | Letters
    Feb. 5• Opinion
    The Florida Capitol.
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