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  1. I may be no ‘expert,’ but I know something about teaching | Letters
    2 hours ago• Opinion
    A letter writer writes that, "I have watched a profession I love lose bright, talented people because of low pay, low morale and constant degradation by elected officials."
  2. Stop suspending driver’s license for non-payment of fines | Letters
    Yesterday• Opinion
    Suspending driver’s licenses due to unpaid fines needs to stop, one letter writer says. Another letter writer disagrees.
  3. I’m glad my 3 kids went to college in Florida before Gov. DeSantis intervened | Letters
    Mar. 19• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican Legislature are changing the nature of higher education in Florida.
  5. Gov. DeSantis’ degradation of universities is breaking my contract with Florida Prepaid | Letters
    Mar. 18• Opinion
    Graduates stand at the beginning of a USF commencement ceremony.
  6. If students can’t choose their pronoun, perhaps they should be assigned a number | Letters
    Mar. 17• Opinion
    A Pride flag billows in the wind as students go to join a protest at Gaither High School in Tampa last year against the Parental Rights in Education Act, also known as the Don’t Say Gay bill. This week, a Florida House panel backed a proposal that would expand the law barring instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades and restrict the way students and teachers can use their preferred pronouns in schools.
  7. The U.S. can take care of business at home and still aid Ukraine | Letters
    Mar. 16• Opinion
    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 21, 2022.
  8. On Florida property insurance, we’ve just ensured even more problems | Letters
    Mar. 15• Opinion
    A downed stop sign rests on a fence on the corner of Lagoon and Tarpon roads in Fort Myers Beach, next to items like a pinball machine and appliances in October 2022. The items were among tons of debris left behind in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which hit the area as a Category 4 storm a month earlier.
  9. Why aren’t Florida homeowners getting covered for Hurricane Ian damage? | Letters
    Mar. 14• Opinion
    Debris surrounds damaged homes in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers Beach last September.
  10. The pressing issue of later Florida high school start times can wait until 2026? | Letters
    Mar. 13• Opinion
    Largo High School freshman Ian Demilo navigates his predawn pickup. A bill before the Legislature would ban high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m. as of the 2026 school year.
  11. More guns won’t make us safer in Florida | Letters
    Mar. 12• Opinion
    Florida's GOP legislators will be debating a bill to allow permitless carry of concealed weapons.
  12. Plan to close St. Pete’s Albert Whitted Airport won’t fly | Letters
    Mar. 11• Opinion
    IndyCars round turn one in front of Albert Whitted Airport at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
  13. Gov. DeSantis shows us how elections really have consequences | Letters
    Mar. 10• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis, Mason, Madison, Casey DeSantis and Mamie wave to the crowd during an inauguration ceremony at the historic Florida Capitol on Jan. 3 in Tallahassee.
  14. What does low turnout say about politics in Florida? | Letters
    Mar. 9• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks about his new book, "The Courage to Be Free," at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on March 5 in Simi Valley, California.
  15. Given Gov. DeSantis’ sway, why do we even have a Legislature? | Letters
    Mar. 8• Opinion
    Sophie Craig, 19, cheers during a gathering after University of South Florida students and faculty members join a statewide student walkout this week to protest Gov. Ron DeSantis' education policies.
  16. A Pinellas school board member tells Gov. DeSantis why local control matters | Letters
    Mar. 7• Opinion
    Pinellas County Schools Vice Chairperson Laura Hine attends the “State of the Bay” event held by Suncoast Tiger Bay on Jan. 3, 2023, in St.Petersburg.
  17. Gov. DeSantis, if business should stay out of politics, what about contributions? | Letters
    Mar. 6• Opinion
    Tourists watch a show near a statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista.
  18. February letter of the month: Gov. DeSantis and education — public and private | Letters
    Mar. 5• Opinion
    Gov. Ron DeSantis
  19. Count me among the radicals who plead for rationality and freedom in Florida | Letters
    Mar. 4• Opinion
    Students gathered near the Sudakoff Center at New College of Florida on Feb. 28 before a meeting of the new board of trustees. They made passionate speeches, sharing their experiences and hopes for an inclusive and diverse student body to continue.
  20. On Reedy Creek, Disney and DeSantis, there actually was a law | Letters
    Mar. 3• Opinion
    The entrance to Walt Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District headquarters in Lake Buena Vista.
  21. I wish Sheriff DeSantis spent more time being governor | Letters
    Mar. 2• Opinion
    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks at the 2022 CPAC conference at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Thursday, February 24, 2022.
  22. As people cast Tampa ballots, remember the fundamental importance of our right to vote | Letters
    Mar. 1• Opinion
    Voters drop off mail-in ballots at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office in Tampa on Nov. 8, 2022.
  23. The death of Dilbert and the art vs. the artist | Letters
    Feb. 28• Opinion
    Scott Adams is creator of the comic strip Dilbert. Distributor Andrews McMeel Universal announced on Sunday that it would no longer work with the cartoonist. In an episode of his YouTube show last week, Adams described people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” The Tampa Bay Times is among the hundreds of newspapers that canceled the strip.
  24. Florida gun owners should be held responsible for securing their weapons | Letters
    Feb. 27• Opinion
    Protesters take part in the March for Our Lives rally in 2018 in Chicago, among hundreds of events worldwide, organized by survivors of the Parkland school shooting, calling for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence.
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